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Medical emergencies : essentials for the dental professional / Ellen B. Grimes.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RC86.7 .G76 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grimes, Ellen B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical emergencies.
- Dental emergencies.
- Dentists.
- Dental Care--methods.
- Emergencies.
- Emergency Treatment--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Dental Care--methods.
- Emergencies.
- Emergency Treatment--methods.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly illustrations) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, [2014]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The emergency kit
- Vital signs and hypertensive urgency and emergency
- Oxygen administration
- Syncope
- Shock
- Hyperventilation
- Seizure disorders
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Angina pectoris and myocardial infarction
- Heart failure and acute pulmonary edema
- Cardiac pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator malfunction
- Asthma
- Obstructed airway, aspiration, or ingestion of a foreign object
- Allergic reactions
- Diabetes-related emergencies
- Adrenal insufficiency and crisis
- Thyroid emergencies
- Epistaxis
- Excessive bleeding following an extraction
- Intraocular foreign body
- Broken instrument tip
- Drug overdose and toxicity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780133065626
- 0133065626
- OCLC:
- 811318261
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