Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Evidence-based medicine series |
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Evidence-based medicine.
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Contents |
pt. 1. The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules. Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Care -- Evidence-Based Emergency Care: The Process -- The Epidemiology and Statistics of Diagnostic Testing -- Clinical Decision Rules -- Appropriate Testing In an Era of Limited Resources: Practice and Policy Considerations -- Understanding Bias in Diagnostic Research -- pt. 2. Trauma. Cervical Spine Fractures -- Cervical Spine Fractures in Children -- Cervical Spine Fractures Older Adults -- Blunt Abdominal Trauma -- Acute Knee Injuries -- Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries -- Blunt Head Injury in Children -- Blunt Head Injury -- Blunt Chest Trauma -- Occult Hip Fracture -- Blunt Soft Tissue Neck Trauma -- Occult Scaphoid Fractures -- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma -- Penetrating Trauma to the Extremity and Vascular Injuries -- pt. 3. Cardiology. Heart Failure -- Syncope -- Acute Coronary Syndrome -- Palpitations |
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pt. 4. Infectious Disease. Bacterial Meningitis In Children -- Serious Baterial Infections in Children Aged One to Three Months -- Necrotizing Fasciitis -- Infective Endocarditis -- Pharyngitis -- Rhinosinusitis -- Pneumonia -- Urinary Tract Infection -- Sepsis -- Septic Arthritis -- Osteomyelitis -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Influenza -- Pediatric Fever -- pt. 5. Surgical and Abdominal Complaints. Acute, Non-specific, Non-traumatic abdominal pain -- Small Bowel Obstruction -- Acute Pancreatitis -- Acute Appendicitis -- Acute Cholecystitis -- Aortic Emergencies -- Ovarian torsion -- pt. 6. Urology. Nephrolithiasis -- Testicular torsion -- pt. 7. Neurology. Non-traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -- Acute stroke -- Transient Ischemic Attack -- Seizure -- pt. 8. Miscellaneous: Ophthamology, Hematology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology. Venous Thromboemoblism -- Temporal arteritis -- Intraocular pressure -- Asthma -- Non-traumatic Back Pain -- Intravascular Volume Status -- Geriatric syndromes |
Summary |
"The purpose of this book is to present relevant questions on diagnostic testing that arise in everyday emergency medicine practice and to comment on the best available evidence"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
Subject |
Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis.
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Emergency medicine -- Decision making
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Evidence-based medicine.
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Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine -- methods
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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
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MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Emergency Medical Services.
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MEDICAL -- Emergency Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Emergency.
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Emergency medicine -- Diagnosis
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Evidence-based medicine
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Pines, Jesse M
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LC no. |
2012026183 |
ISBN |
9781118482131 |
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1118482131 |
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9781118482148 |
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111848214X |
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9781118482124 |
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1118482123 |
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9781118482117 |
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1118482115 |
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9781299188273 |
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1299188273 |
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0470657839 |
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9780470657836 |
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