CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment : Emergency Medicine, 8e / [edited by] C. Keith Stone, Roger L. Humphries.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humphries, Roger L., editor.

Stone, C. Keith, editor.

McGraw-Hill Companies.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine

Lange medical book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine--Diagnosis.

Emergency medicine.

Diagnosis.

Therapeutics.

Emergencies.

Emergency Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Emergencies.

Emergency Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Eighth edition.

Other Title:

Current diagnosis and treatment, emergency medicine, Eight edition

Current diagnosis and treatment

Emergeny medicine

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

An instant-access guide to the diagnostics, treatment, and management of the conditions most likely to present in the emergency department, Strikes the perfect balance between brevity and clinical necessity, delivering exactly the amount of information needed for quick diagnosis, effective treatment, and improved outcomes, Emphasizes the immediate management of life-threatening problems, then covers the evaluation and treatment of specific disorders, Priority-based and problem-oriented organization encompasses all aspects of emergency medicine, including common emergencies, trauma, and neonatal and pediatric emergencies, Extensive at-a-glance algorithms facilitate rapid decision making, Comprehensive tables of drugs commonly used in the ED, Lange® All chapters updated with the latest breakthroughs and developments, High-quality illustrations clarify difficult conepts, Valuable to anyone practising in an exergency department or acute care setting Book jacket.

Contents:

I: SPECIAL ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Chapter 1: Approach to the Emergency Department Patient

Chapter 2: Prehospital Emergency Medical Services

Chapter 3: Nuclear, Biologic, & Chemical Agents; Weapons of Mass Destruction

Chapter 4: Disaster Medicine

Chapter 5: Legal Aspects of Emergency Care

Chapter 6: Emergency Bedside Ultrasound

Chapter 7: Emergency Procedures

Chapter 8: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

II: MANAGEMENT OF COMMON EMERGENCY PROBLEMS

Chapter 9: Basic & Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Chapter 10: Compromised Airway

Chapter 11: Shock

Chapter 12: The Multiply Injured Patient

Chapter 13: Respiratory Distress

Chapter 14: Chest Pain

Chapter 15: Abdominal Pain

Chapter 16: Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Chapter 17: Coma

Chapter 18: Syncope

Chapter 19: Seizures

Chapter 20: Headache

Chapter 21: Arthritis & Back Pain

III: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES

Chapter 22: Head Injuries

Chapter 23: Maxillofacial & Neck Trauma

Chapter 24: Chest Trauma

Chapter 25: Abdominal Trauma

Chapter 26: Genitourinary Trauma

Chapter 27: Vertebral Column & Spinal Cord Trauma

Chapter 28: Orthopedic Emergencies

Chapter 29: Hand Trauma

Chapter 30: Wound Care

IV: NONTRAUMA EMERGENCIES

Chapter 31: Eye Emergencies

Chapter 32: Emergency Disorders of the Ear, Nose, Sinuses, Oropharynx, & Mouth

Chapter 33: Pulmonary Emergencies

Chapter 34: Cardiac Emergencies

Chapter 35: Cardiac Arrhythmias

Chapter 36: Gastrointestinal Emergencies

Chapter 37: Neurologic Emergencies

Chapter 38: Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies and Sexual Assault

Chapter 39: Genitourinary Emergencies

Chapter 40: Vascular Emergencies

Chapter 41: Hematologic Emergencies

Chapter 42: Infectious Disease Emergencies

Chapter 43: Metabolic & Endocrine Emergencies

Chapter 44: Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Emergencies

Chapter 45: Burns & Smoke Inhalation

Chapter 46: Disorders due to Physical & Environmental Agents

Chapter 47: Poisoning

Chapter 48: Dermatologic Emergencies

Chapter 49: Psychiatric Emergencies

Chapter 50: Pediatric Emergencies.

Notes:

"A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Jul. 26, 2017.

ISBN:

9780071840613

0071840613

ISSN:

0894-2293

OCLC:

959876721

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.