| Description |
xv, 470 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Acute rhinosinusitis / Keith Posley -- 2. Pharyngitis / Jeff Wiese and Michelle Guidry -- 3. Otitis / Jason M. Redd and Peter E. Sokolove -- 4. Odontogenic infections, conjunctivitis, rhinitis, and rhinocerebral mucormycosis / Robert J. Paquette -- 5. Meningitis / Rodrigo Hasbun -- 6. Acute encephalitis / Trevor J. Mills -- 7. Epidural abscess and brain abscess / Lisa D. Mills -- 8. HIV-associated central nervous system infections / Andrew Nevins and Mark Holodniy -- 9. Influenza / Bennett P. deBoisblanc and John R. Godke -- 10. Community-acquired pneumonia and bronchitis / Peter DeBlieux and Claudia Barthold -- 11. Tuberculosis / Juzar Ali -- 12. Anaerobic lung abscess / John R. Godke and Bennett P. deBoisblanc -- 13. Infective endocarditis / Jorge A. Fernandez and Stuart P. Swadron -- 14. Myocarditis and pericarditis / Jorge A. Martinez and Melissa A. McKay -- 15. Hepatitis / Jan M. Schoenberger -- 16. Hepatobiliary infections / Robert L. Trowbridge -- 17. Peritonitis : primary SBP and secondary peritonitis / Lynne McCullough and Sunil Schroff -- 18. Infectious diarrhea / Tamara L. Thomas and Elizabeth Lynch -- 19. HIV-associated gastrointestinal infections / Andrew Nevins and Mark Holodniy -- 20. Urinary tract infections / Jordan C. Foster and Osman Sayan -- 21. Febrile child / Maureen McCollough and David Talan -- 22. Sepsis / Tonya Jagneaux, David E. Taylor and Stephen P. Kantrow -- 23. Adverse cutaneous drug eruptions / Jeffrey E. Frederic and Lee T. Nesbitt, Jr. -- 24. Primary skin infections : impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis / Fred A. Lopez, Ellen M. Slaven and Charles V. Sanders -- 25. Pyogenic skin and soft tissue infections / Ellen M. Slaven and Fred A. Lopes -- 26. Viral-associated exanthems / Jeffrey C. Poole -- 27. Osteomyelitis/infected prosthetic devices / Cedric J. Tankson and Peter C. Krause -- 28. Septic arthritis / Javier Marques, Liliana Candia and Luis R. Espinoza -- 29. Plantar puncture wounds / Kathleen C. Hubbbell -- 30. Diabetic foot ulcers / Heather Murphy-Lavoie and Keith Van Meter -- 31. Paronychias, felons, and tenosynovitis / Fiona E. Gallahue and Rafael E. Torres -- 32. Animal bites and rabies / Robert A. Green and Wallace A. Carter -- 33. Tetanus / Roma Hernandez and Sean Henderson -- 34. Bioterrorism : anthrax, smallpox, plague, and tularemia / Kerry King -- 35. Occupational exposure in health care personnel / Jeanne T. Maffei -- 36. Sexually transmitted diseaes / Stephanie N. Taylor and David H. Martin -- 37. Emerging infections / Stephen J. Playe and Pieter V. Esterhay -- 38. Tick-borne diseases / Julio E. Figueroa II -- 39. Fever in the returning traveler / Diane M. Birnbaumer -- 40. Immunizations / Michael E. Hagensee -- 41. HIV in the emergency department / Ronald D. Wilcox |
| Summary |
Infectious disease problems are very common in the emergency department, and with international travel and bioterrorism adding new angles, the emergency physician must increasingly be aware of common and more exotic/tropical sources of infection. This book--written by emergency physicians for emergency physicians--offers a clinical reference on diagnosis and management of infectious diseases as the present to the Emergency Department |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Communicable diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Communicable Diseases.
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Diagnosis.
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Emergency Medical Services.
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Methods.
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Therapeutics.
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Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis.
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Communicable Diseases -- therapy.
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Emergency Medical Services -- methods.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Slaven, Ellen M.
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Stone, Susan C.
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Lopez, Fred A.
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| LC no. |
2005049108 |
| ISBN |
9780071434164 paperback |
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007143416X paperback |
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