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Title Current diagnosis & treatment : emergency medicine / edited by C. Keith Stone, Roger L. Humphries
Edition Seventh edition
Published New York : McGraw-Hill, 2011
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2011]
©2011

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 W'PONDS  616.025 Sto/Cda 2011  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  616.025 Sto/Cda 2011  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 1009 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
regular print
Series Lange medical book
Lange medical book.
Contents I: Special aspects of emergency medicine. 1. Approach to the emergency department patient -- 2. Prehospital emergencies -- 3. Nuclear, biologic and chemical agents; weapons of mass destruction -- 4. Disaster medicine -- 5. Legal aspects of emergency care -- 6. Emergency bedside ultradsound -- 7. Emergency procedures -- 8. Procedural sedation and analgesia -- II: Management of common emergency problems. 9. Basic and advanced cardiac life support -- 10. Compromised airway -- 11. Shock -- 12. The multiply injured patient -- 13. Respiratory distress -- 14. Chest pain -- 15. Abdominal pain -- 16. Gastrointestinal bleeding-- 17. Coma -- 18. Syncope -- 19. Seizures -- 20. Headache -- 21. Arthritis and back pain --
III: Trauma emergencies. 22. Head injuries -- 23. Maxillofacial and neck trauma -- 24. Chest trauma -- 25. Abdominal trauma -- 26. Genitourinary trauma -- 27. Vertebral column and spinal cord trauma -- 28. Orthopedic emergencies -- 29. Hand trauma -- -- 30. Wound care -- IV: Nontrauma emergencies. 31. Eye emergencies -- 32. Emergency disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses, oropharynx and mouth -- 33. Pulmonary emergencies -- 34. Cardiac emergencies -- 35. Cardia arrhythmias -- 36. Gastrointestinal emergencies -- -- 37. Neurologic emergencies -- -- 38. Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies and rape -- 39. Genitourinary emergencies -- -- 40. Vascular emergencies -- 41. Hematologic emergencies -- 42. Infectious disease emergencies -- 43. Metabolic and endocrine emergencies -- 44. Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base emergencies -- 45. Burn and smoke inhalation -- 46. Disorders due to physical and environmental agents -- 47. Poisoning -- 48. Dermatologic emergencies -- 49. Psychiatric emergencies -- 50. Pediatric emergencies
Summary Authoritative, easy-access coverage for ED clinicians who need answers NOW. Valuable to anyone practicing in an emergency department or acute-care setting. Emphasizes 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, neonatal and pediatric emergencies and more. Extensive at-a-glance algorithms facilitate quick management and diagnosis. Comprehensive tables of drugs commonly used in the ED. NEW chapters on beside ultrasound, procedural sedation, and pandemic flu. MORE radiologic images throughout
Notes "A Lange medical book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Diagnosis.
Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis.
Emergency medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Emergency medicine.
Medical emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Emergency Medicine -- diagnosis
Emergencies.
Emergency Medicine -- methods.
Emergency Medicine -- methods.
Emergencies.
Emergencies -- methods
Emergency Medicine.
Emergency Medicine -- methods.
Emergenies
Emergenies
Genre/Form Handbook.
Handbooks and manuals.
Author Humphries, Roger L., editor
Stone, C. Keith, editor
ISBN 9780071701075
Other Titles Current diagnosis and treatment : emergency medicine
Current emergency diagnosis & treatment