Description |
xiii, 1009 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
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Lange medical book |
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Lange medical book.
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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 -- |
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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.
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Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis.
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Emergency medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Emergency medicine.
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Medical emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Emergency Medicine -- diagnosis
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Emergencies.
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Emergency Medicine -- methods.
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Emergency Medicine -- methods.
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Emergencies.
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Emergencies -- methods
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Emergency Medicine.
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Emergency Medicine -- methods.
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Emergenies
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Emergenies
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Genre/Form |
Handbook.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Author |
Humphries, Roger L., editor
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Stone, C. Keith, editor
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ISBN |
9780071701075 |
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