Emergency medicine pearls / [edited by] Jill M. Baren, Elizabeth R. Alpern.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baren, Jill M.

Alpern, Elizabeth.

Series:

Pearls series

The Pearls series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine--Examinations, questions, etc.

Emergency medicine.

Emergency medicine--Case studies.

Emergencies.

Emergency Medicine.

Case Report.

Medical Subjects:

Emergencies.

Emergency Medicine.

Case Report.

Genre:

Examinations.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Hanley & Belfus, [2004]

Summary:

In the unique vignette format of the Pearls Series., this book presents a variety of problems that challenge emergency physicians in everyday practice. For each patient, the authors present the case scenario, physical findings, lab data, and a clinical photo, and the reader is challenged to formulate a diagnosis and a treatment strategy. The next page reveals the diagnosis, discusses the condition, and leaves the reader with several "pearls of wisdom" distilled from the case. Actual real-life case studies are presented. Efficient problem-solving, self-study approach is ideal for board review Important points (pearls) are distilled from the case presentation Key references offer readers additional resources to consult

Contents:

1. A 54-year-old man with a distended, tender abdomen 1

2. A 26-month-old boy with fever and decreased activity 4

3. A 29-year-old woman with left shoulder pain 7

4. A 3-month-old infant with excessive crying 10

5. A 65-year-old woman with chest pain 13

6. A 13-month-old boy with sleepiness and poor feeding 16

7. A 22-year-old gravid woman with abdominal pain after a motor vehicle collision 19

8. A 4-year-old girl with painless vaginal bleeding for 1 day 22

9. A 38-year-old woman with generalized weakness 24

10. A 6-day-old girl with eye discharge 27

11. A 77-year-old woman with unresponsiveness 31

12. An 11-year-old boy with fever, myalgias, and rash 34

13. A 68-year-old woman with upper back pain 38

14. A 12-year-old girl with abdominal pain and inability to urinate 41

15. A 28-year-old man with a hand laceration after an assault 43

16. A 6-week-old boy with vomiting, diarrhea, and cyanosis 46

17. A 23-year-old man with nausea, vomiting, and fatigue 49

18. A 5-year-old girl with wheezing and dyspnea 52

19. A 15-year-old boy with weight loss, bradycardia, and hypothermia 54

20. A 6-year-old girl with genital lesions 57

21. A 58-year-old man with chest pain 60

22. A 40-year-old man with fever, chills, cough, and seizure 62

23. A 9-year-old boy with abdominal pain 65

24. An 8-year-old victim of an auto versus pedestrian incident 67

25. A 19-year-old woman with pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding 71

26. A 4-month-old boy with forceful vomiting 73

27. A 32-year-old woman with blunt truncal trauma 76

28. A 22-year-old woman with an ingestion 79

29. A 9-month-old boy with fever and petechiae 82

30. A 44-year-old man with confusion 85

31. A 33-year old man with severe headache, neck stiffness, and photophobia 88

32. An 11-month-old boy with a choking episode 91

33. A 22-year-old woman with sudden onset of shortness of breath 94

34. A 68-year-old man with left flank pain 97

35. A 4-month-old girl with rhinorrhea and worsening cough 100

36. A 43-year-old woman with abdominal pain and fever 103

37. A 33-year-old man with a history of chronic myelogenous leukemia presents with fever and chills 106

38. A 4-year-old girl with lethargy and abdominal pain 109

39. A 65-year-old woman with flu-like symptoms and syncope 112

40. An 83-year-old man with a resting tachycardia and abdominal pain 115

41. A 7-month-old boy with fever and decreased shoulder range of motion 117

42. A 45-year-old man with acute numbness and weakness 120

43. A 13-year-old boy with knee pain 123

44. A 2-year-old girl with lethargy 126

45. A 27-year-old man with chest pain and shortness of breath after blunt trauma 128

46. A 14-year-old girl with abdominal pain for 2 days 131

47. An 11-year-old girl with recurrent headache 135

48. A 23-year-old woman with abdominal pain and jaundice 138

49. A 57-year-old woman with fever, malaise, and weight loss 141

50. A 14-week-old boy with crankiness and poor feeding 145

51. A 79-year-old woman with dyspnea 148

52. A 24-year-old man with a swollen right hand 151

53. A 3-year-old girl with a snakebite 154

54. A 50-year-old man with altered mental status 159

55. A 60-year-old man with weakness 162

56. An 8-year-old girl with fever and a neck mass 165

57. A 35-year-old woman with acute onset of dyspnea 168

58. A 19-year-old man with facial trauma after a fall from a bicycle 171

59. An 11-year-old boy with vomiting and lethargy 174

60. A healthy 24-year-old woman with syncope and unexplained hypotension 177

61. An 18-year-old woman with headache and diplopia 181

62. A 13-month-old girl with left arm pain after a fall 183

63. A 45-year-old man with confusion and acute renal failure 185

64. A 6-week-old boy with apnea and cyanosis 188

65. A 55-year-old woman with chest pain and shortness of breath 191

66. A 2-year-old girl with fever and rash 194

67. A 28-year-old man with facial swelling 197

68. A 34-year-old man with confusion, diaphoresis, and drooling 200

69. A 15-year-old boy with sudden-onset abdominal pain and vomiting 203

70. A 55-year-old man with unresponsiveness 205

71. A 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg 208

72. An 18-year-old man with polyuria, polydipsia, and lethargy 211

73. A 79-year-old man with sudden loss of consciousness 214

74. An 18-month-old girl with vomiting, intermittent shaking, and refusal to walk 217

75. A 74-year-old man with chest pain 220

76. A 5-day-old boy with bilious emesis 222

77. A 6-year-old boy with multiple injuries after a firecracker explosion 225

78. A 12-month-old girl with altered mental status 228

79. A 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the left buttock 231

80. An 8-month-old boy with hypocalcemic seizures 234

81. A 7-year-old girl with abdominal and back pain after a motor vehicle collision 237

82. A 33-year-old man refusing ambulance transport after a seizure 240

83. A 75-year-old man status post fall onto right hip 243

84. A 20-month-old girl with fever, vomiting, and diarrhea 245

85. A 64-year-old woman with bloody stools 248

86. A 23-year-old man with shoulder pain after a fall 251

87. A 2-year-old boy with diffuse red rash for 2 days 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

156053575X

OCLC:

53477750