Admission and discharge decisions in emergency medicine / Leonard R. Frank, Kathy A. Jobe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Leonard R., 1961-

Contributor:

Jobe, Kathleen A., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine.

Hospitals--Admission and discharge.

Hospitals.

Hospitals--After care.

Emergency-based medicine.

Emergencies.

Patient Admission.

Decision Making.

Evidence-Based Medicine.

Patient Discharge.

Medical Subjects:

Emergencies.

Patient Admission.

Decision Making.

Evidence-Based Medicine.

Patient Discharge.

Physical Description:

xi, 435 pages ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Admission & discharge decisions in emergency medicine

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Hanley & Belfus, 2002.

Contents:

I. Cardiovascular Diseases

1. Atrial Fibrillation / Jeffrey S. Cooper, MD 1

2. Supraventricular Tachycardia / Brent R. Asplin, MD, MPH 7

3. Syncope / Nicholas A. Schwartz, MD 12

4. Venous Thromboembolism / Carin M. Olson, MD 17

5. Acute Coronary Ischemia / Hector Peniston-Feliciano, MD, Leonard R. Frank, MD 23

6. Pericarditis / Mark Leber, MD 28

7. Congestive Heart Failure / Karyn Cole, MD 32

8. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators / Kathleen A. Jobe, MD 35

II. Dermatology

9. Erythema Multiforme / Anton A. Wray, MD 39

III. Endocrine Diseases

10. Diabetic Emergencies / Martha Ramsey, MD, Trevor J. Mills, MD 45

11. Thyroid Disorders / Curt Meinecke, MD, Jonathan Glauser, MD, MBA 50

IV. Gastrointestinal Diseases

12. Gastroenteritis / Joseph Adrian Tyndall, MD 55

13. Esophageal Obstruction / Benjamin P. Harrison, MD 59

14. Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Richard M. Toy, MD 65

V. General Surgery

15. Diverticulitis / Kurtis R. Holt, MD 69

16. Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis / Roger Wang, MD 73

17. Appendicitis / Stephen J. Pieniak, MD 78

18. Abdominal Pain of Unclear Etiology / Prem C. Shukla, MD, MS 83

19. Hernias / Ian Doten, MD, Louis Binder, MD 89

VI. Hematology/Oncology

20. Sickle Cell Disease / David A. Mooradian, MD 95

21. Anemia / Annette Riggs, MD, Louis Binder, MD 100

22. Neutropenic Fever / Leonard R. Frank, MD, Michele B. Frank, MD 105

23. Spinal Cord Compression / Benson Yeh, MD, Joseph Adrian Tyndall, MD 110

24. Thrombocytopenia and Coagulopathies / Michele B. Frank, MD 116

VII. Infectious Diseases

25. Fever in Adults / Karen A. McDonough, MD 121

26. Meningitis / Jennifer L. Raley, MD, Jill Hurley Call, MD 125

27. Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients / Wesley Zeger, DO 130

28. Wound and Skin Infections / David E. Fosnocht, MD, Eric R. Swanson, MD 136

29. Home Use of Intravenous Antibiotics / Jacquelyn Salas, MD 139

30. Fever in the Intravenous Drug User / Brian Barkley, MD, Trevor J. Mills, MD 143

VIII. Neurologic Diseases

31. Transient Ischemic Attack / Paul Ishimine, MD 147

32. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Christopher A. Lipinski, MD, Alexander G. Benz, MD 152

33. Acute Stroke / Dedra R. Tolson, MD 157

34. Multiple Sclerosis Exacerbations / Amy A. Pittman, MD 161

35. Seizures / Sandra K. Archibald-Taylor, MD, Trevor J. Mills, MD 165

IX. Obstetric and Gynecologic Diseases

36. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Stacie Zelman, MD 171

37. Ectopic Pregnancy / Eric R. Swanson, MD, David E. Fosnocht, MD 176

X. Ophthalmology

38. Traumatic Hyphema / Leonard R. Frank, MD 183

39. Orbital and Periorbital Infections / Robert Lather, MD 187

XI. Orthopaedics

40. Hip Fractures / Jennifer Steinfeldt, MD, Jennifer Krawczyk, MD 191

41. Back Pain / Bradford A. Kilcline, MD 195

XII. Otolaryngology

42. Angioedema / Laura Grippa, MD, David C. Seaberg, MD 201

43. Epistaxis / Harrison J. Alter, MS, MD 205

44. Neck and Dental Infections / Lubomyr Domashevsky, MD 209

XIII. Pediatrics

45. Fever in Infants / Leonard R. Frank, MD 213

46. Febrile Children 3 to 36 Months Old / Michael Luszczak, DO 217

47. Croup / Jim J. Goutzamanis, PhD, MBBS 223

48. Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections / Tracey Shirk, MD 228

49. Pediatric Pneumonia / Marcus A. Trione, MD 232

50. Pediatric Asthma / Jim J. Goutzamanis, PhD, MBBS 237

51. Pediatric Dehydration / Beverly Bauman, MD 242

52. Bronchiolitis / Jim J. Goutzamanis, PhD, MBBS 246

XIV. Psychiatric Diseases

53. Suicide / Margaret B. Yamanaka, MSW 251

54. Conversion Disorder and Malingering / Alexandre F. Migala, DO 256

55. Acute Psychosis / L. Albert Villarin, Jr., MD 261

XV. Pulmonary Diseases

56. Asthma / Kristine M. Reid, MD 265

57. Adult Community-Acquired Pneumonia / Donald M. Yealy, MD, Thomas E. Auble, PhD, Michael J. Fine, MD, MSc 271

58. Spontaneous Pneumothorax / David A. Della-Giustina, MD 277

XVI. Renal and Urologic Disorders

59. Pyelonephritis / Leonard R. Frank, MD 281

60. Urolithiasis / Harrison J. Alter, MS, MD 285

61. Disorders of Serum Sodium / Robert B. Blankenship, MD 289

62. Disorders of Potassium / Neil Stern, MD, David C. Seaberg, MD 294

63. Disorders of Magnesium / Mark E. Green, MD, John G. McManus, Jr., MD 298

64. Disorders of Serum Calcium / John G. McManus, Jr., MD, Mark E. Green, MD 303

65. Disorders of Serum Phosphate / John G. McManus, Jr., MD, Mark E. Green, MD 307

66. Complications of Vascular Access Devices / Richard C. Butler, MD 310

67. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis / Michael Hilliard, MD 314

68. Renal Failure / Jonathan Glauser, MD, MBA 317

XVII. Toxicology

69. Acetaminophen Poisoning / Fergus Kerr, MBBS, MPH 323

70. Salicylate Poisoning / Fergus Kerr, MBBS, MPH 327

71. Cardiac Medication Toxicity / Kevin Coonan, MD 331

72. Toxic Alcohols: Methanol and Ethylene Glycol / Jeffrey R. Suchard, MD, Ivan Wu, MD 339

73. Iron Poisoning / Megan M. Cosentino, MD, David C. Seaberg, MD 344

74. Lead Poisoning / Megan M. Cosentino, MD, David C. Seaberg, MD 348

75. Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose / B. Zane Horowitz, MD 352

76. Lithium Toxicity / Julio E. Vializ, MD, Lisandro Irizarry, MD, MPH 357

77. Phenytoin and Phenobarbital Toxicity / Amy Baernstein, MD 362

78. Other Antiepileptic Medication Toxicity / Amy Baernstein, MD 366

79. Cocaine Toxicity / Christopher T. Conti, MD 372

80. Theophylline Toxicity / Mauricio Martinez, MD, Petra E. Duran, MD 377

81. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Hartwell Lin, MD 382

XVIII. Trauma

82. Minor Head Injury / Sophia Thomas, MD, Christopher A. Lipinski, MD, Leonard R. Frank, MD 385

83. Cardiac Contusion / Prem C. Shukla, MD, MS 391

84. Trauma in Pregnancy / Lisa Hoff, MD, David C. Seaberg, MD 397

85. Near-Drowning / Timothy J. D. Gregory, MD 401

86. Burns / Jennifer DeBlasi, MD 405

XIX. Special Clinical Conditions

87. Alcohol Withdrawal / Jane H. Brice, MD, MPH 411

88. Anaphylaxis / Walter Allen Fink, Jr., DO 415

89. Transplant Patients / Laura E. Fife, MD 418.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560534125

OCLC:

46393401