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Uniform Title Textbook of adult emergency medicine (2014)
Title Textbook of adult emergency medicine / edited by Peter Cameron, George Jelinek, Anne-Maree Kelly, Anthony Brown, Mark Little
Edition Fourth edition
Published Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2015
Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2015
©2015

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Description xxvi, 1077 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
regular print
Contents Section 1: Resuscitation. 1.1. Basic Life Support -- 1.2. Advanced Life Support -- Section 2: Critical Care. 2.1. Airway and ventilation management -- 2.2. Oxygen therapy -- 2.3. Haemodynamic monitoring -- 2.4. Shock overview -- 2.5. Sepsis and septic shock -- 2.6. Arterial blood gases -- 2.7. Cerebral resuscitation after cardiac arrest -- 2.8. Anaphylaxis -- Section 3: Trauma. 3.1.Trauma overview -- 3.2. Neurotrauma -- 3.3. Spinal trauma -- 3.4. Facial trauma -- 3.5. Abdominal trauma -- 3.6. Chest trauma -- 3.7. Limb trauma -- 3.8. Radiology in major trauma -- 3.9. Trauma in pregnancy -- 3.10. Wound care and repair -- 3.11. Burns -- 3.12. Massive transfusion -- Section 4: Orthopaedic Emergencies. 4.1. Injuries of the shoulder -- 4.2. Fractures of the humerus -- 4.3. Dislocations of the elbow -- 4.4. Fractures of the forearm and carpal bones -- 4.5. Hand injuries -- 4.6. Pelvic injuries -- 4.7. Hip injuries -- 4.8. Femur injuries -- 4.9. Knee injuries -- 4.10. Tibia and fibula injuries -- 4.11. Ankle joint injuries -- 4.12. Foot injuries -- 4.13. Osteomyelitis -- Section 5: Cardiovascular Emergencies. 5.1. Chest pain -- 5.2. Acute coronary syndromes -- 5.3. Assessment and management of acute pulmonary oedema -- 5.4. Arrhythmias -- 5.5. Pulmonary embolism -- 5.6. Pericarditis, cardiac tamponade and myocarditis -- 5.7. Heart valve emergencies -- 5.8. Peripheral vascular disease -- 5.9. Hypertension -- 5.10. Aortic dissection -- 5.11. Aneurysms -- Section 6: Respiratory Emergencies. 6.1. Upper respiratory tract -- 6.2. Asthma / Wee Yee Lee -- 6.3. Community-acquired pneumonia -- 6.4. Influenza and emerging respiratory infections -- 6.5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 6.6. Pneumothorax -- 6.7. Pleural effusion -- 6.8. Haemoptysis -- Section 7: Digestive Emergencies. 7.1. Dysphagia -- 7.2. Approach to abdominal pain -- 7.3. Bowel obstruction -- 7.4. Hernia -- 7.5. Gastroenteritis -- 7.6. Haematemesis and melaena -- 7.7. Peptic ulcer disease and gastritis -- 7.8. Biliary tract disease -- 7.9. Pancreatitis -- 7.10. Acute appendicitis -- 7.11. Inflammatory bowel disease -- 7.12. Acute liver failure -- 7.13. Rectal bleeding -- 7.14. Perianal conditions -- Section 8: Neurology Emergencies. 8.1. Headache -- 8.2. Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks -- 8.3. Subarachnoid haemorrhage -- 8.4. Altered conscious state -- 8.5. Seizures -- 8.6. Syncope and vertigo -- 8.7. Weakness -- Section 9: Infectious Disease Emergencies. 9.1. Approach to undifferentiated fever in adults -- 9.2. Meningitis -- 9.3. Septic arthritis -- 9.4. Urinary tract infections -- 9.5.Skin and soft-tissue infections -- 9.6. Hepatitis -- 9.7. HIV/AIDS -- 9.8. Sexually transmitted infections -- 9.9. Antibiotics in the emergency department -- 9.10. Needlestick injuries and related blood and body fluid exposures -- 9.11. Tropical infectious diseases -- Section 10: Genitourinary Emergencies. 10.1. Acute kidney injury -- 10.2. The acute scrotum -- 10.3. Renal colic -- Section 11: Endocrine Emergencies. 11.1. Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia: an overview -- 11.2. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar, hyperglycaemic state -- 11.3. Thyroid and adrenal emergencies -- Section 12: Metabolic Emergencies. 12.1. Acid-base disorders -- 12.2. Electrolyte disturbances -- Section 13: Haematology Emergencies. 13.1. Anaemia / Lindsay Murray -- 13.2. Neutropaenia -- 13.3. Thrombocytopaenia -- 13.4. Haemophilia -- 13.5. Blood and blood products -- Section 14: Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Emergencies. 14.1. Rheumatological emergencies -- 14.2. Monoarthritis -- 14.3. Polyarthritis -- 14.4. Musculoskeletal and soft-tissue emergencies -- Section 15: Dermatology Emergencies. 15.1. Emergency dermatology -- Section 16: Ocular Emergencies. 16.1. Ocular emergencies -- Section 17: Dental Emergencies. 17.1. Dental emergencies -- Section 18: ENT Emergencies. 18.1. Ears, nose and throat emergencies -- Section 19: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergencies. 19.1. Emergency delivery and complications -- 19.2. Ectopic pregnancy and bleeding in early pregnancy -- 19.3. Bleeding after the first trimester of pregnancy -- 19.4. Abnormal vaginal bleeding in the non-pregnant patient -- 19.5. Pelvic inflammatory disease -- 19.6. Pelvic pain -- 19.7. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia -- Section 20: Psychiatric Emergencies. 20.1. Mental state assessment -- 20.2. Distinguishing medical from psychiatric causes of mental disorder presentations -- 20.3. Deliberate self-harm/suicide -- 20.4. Depression -- 20.5. Psychosis -- 20.6. Pharmacological management of the aroused patient -- Section 21: Challenging Situations. 21.1. Death and dying -- 21.2. Sexual assault -- 21.3. Family violence -- 21.4. Alcohol-related illness -- 21.5. The challenging patient -- 21.6. End of life decision making and palliative care -- 21.7. Organ and tissue donation -- Section 22: Pain Relief. 22.1. General pain management -- 22.2. Local anaesthesia -- 22.3. Procedural sedation and analgesia -- Section 23: Emergency Imaging. 23.1. Emergency department ultrasound -- 23.2. CT scanning in emergency medicine -- 23.3. Magnetic resonance imaging in emergency medicine -- Section 24: Academic Emergency Medicine. 24.1. Research methodology -- 24.2. Writing for publication -- 24.3. Principles of medical education -- 24.4. Undergraduate teaching in emergency medicine -- 24.5. Postgraduate emergency medicine teaching and simulation -- Section 25: Emergency Medicine and the Law. 25.1. Mental health and the law: the Australasian and UK perspectives -- 25.2. The coroner: the Australasian and UK perspectives -- 25.3. Consent and competence the Australasian and UK perspectives -- 25.4. Privacy and confidentiality -- 25.5. Ethics in emergency medicine -- Section 26: Emergency and Medical Systems. 26.1. Pre-hospital emergency medicine. 26.2. Retrieval -- 26.3.Medical issues in disasters -- 26.4. Triage -- 26.5. Emergency care in a humanitarian crisis -- 26.6. Emergency department observation wards -- 26.7. Overcrowding -- 26.8. Rapid response systems and the emergency department -- 26.9. Public health and emergency medicine -- Section 27: Administration. 27.1. Emergency department staffing -- 27.2. Emergency department layout -- 27.3.Quality assurance/quality improvement -- 27.4. Business planning -- 27.5. Accreditation, specialist training and recognition in Australasia -- 27.6. Specialist training and recognition in emergency medicine in the United Kingdom -- 27.7. Complaints -- 27.8. Patient safety -- Section 28: Environmental Emergencies. 28.1. Heat-related illness -- 28.2. Hypothermia -- 28.3. Dysbarism -- 28.4. Radiation incidents -- 28.5. Drowning -- 28.6. Electric shock and lightning injury -- 28.7. Altitude illness -- Section 29: Toxicology Emergencies. 29.1. Approach to the poisoned patient -- 29.2. Cardiovascular drugs -- 29.3. Antipsychotic drugs -- 29.4. Antidepressant drugs -- 29.5. Lithium -- 29.6. Antihistamine and anticholinergic poisoning -- 29.7. Paracetamol -- 29.8. Salicylate -- 29.9. Antidiabetic drugs -- 29.10. Colchicine -- 29.11. Theophylline -- 29.12. Iron -- 29.13. Drugs of abuse -- 29.14. Methaemoglobinaemia -- 29.15. Cyanide -- 29.16. Corrosive ingestion -- 29.17. Hydrofluoric acid -- 29.18. Pesticides -- 29.19. Ethanol and other 'toxic' alcohols -- 29.20. Carbon monoxide -- Section 30: Toxinology Emergencies. 30.1. Snakebite -- 30.2. Exotic snakebite -- 30.3. Spider bite -- 30.4. Marine injury, envenomation and poisoning
Summary Now fully revised and updated, Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine provides clear and consistent coverage of this rapidly evolving specialty. Building on the success of previous editions, it covers all the major topics that present to the trainee doctor in the emergency department
Now fully revised and updated, Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine provides clear and consistent coverage of this rapidly evolving specialty. Building on the success of previous editions, it covers all the major topics that present to the trainee doctor in the emergency department. It will also prove invaluable to the range of other professionals working in this setting - including nurse specialists and paramedics - who require concise, highly practical guidance, incorporating latest best practice and current guidelines. For the first time this edition now comes with a complete and enhanced electronic version, providing a richer learning experience and making rapid reference easier than ever before, anytime, anywhere
Analysis Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Postgraduate, General
Notes Also issued online
Subject Disaster medicine.
Emergencies -- Adult
Emergencies.
Emergency medicine -- Methods.
Emergency medicine.
Medical emergencies.
Emergency Medicine -- methods.
Adult.
Emergencies.
Emergency Treatment -- methods.
Adult.
Emergencies.
Emergency Medicine -- methods.
Emergency Treatment -- methods.
Author Brown, Anthony F. T., editor of compilation
Cameron, Peter, 1958- editor of compilation
Jelinek, George, editor of compilation
Kelly, Anne-Maree, editor of compilation
Little, Mark (Emergency physician), editor of compilation
LC no. 2013046423
ISBN 9780702053351
Other Titles Adult emergency medicine