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GUIDE TO ESSENTIALS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE

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Guide to Essentials in Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition
Guide to Essentials in Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition

GUIDE TO ESSENTIALS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE

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The first edition of the Guide to the Essentials in Emergency Medicine co-edited by two prominent emergency physicians Associate Professors Shirley Ooi and Peter Manning with a combined total of 64 years of Emergency Medicine practice between them was first published in Singapore in 2004.
 
This book focuses on the practical management of the most life-threatening and common conditions encountered by emergency physicians. It is designed to offer a balanced viewpoint advocating the tenets of evidence-based medicine.
 
This second edition preserves several of its predecessors hallmark features.
  • Easy-to-read format:: clinical descriptions are presented succinctly and problems are introduced with the same symptom-based approach in Section One.
  • Popular sections such as Caveats covering the pitfalls likely to be encountered in medical practice and Special Tips for GPs are retained.

New features of this second edition include::

  • Twenty new chapters
  • Thorough revision of the text for more content coverage easier reading and reflection of the latest evidence
  • Reorganisation of Section Two into specific systems for ease of reading and revision for exams
  • Inclusion of coloured photographs
  • Addition of further illustrations ECGs plain radiographs CT scans and ultrasound images
Product Details
McGraw Hill / Medical
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9789814742580
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Publication date
2016
Issue number
2
Cover
paperback
Pages count
968
Dimensions (mm)
188 x 237
Weight (g)
2
  • PART 1     COMMON PRESENTATIONS IN ADULT PATIENTS
    Chap 1Altered mental state 
    Chap 2Bleeding GIT 
    Chap 3Bleeding, Vaginal, Abnormal 
    Chap 4Blurring of vision
    Chap 5Breathlessness, acute
    Chap 6Diarrhoea and vomiting
    Chap 7Fever
    Chap 8Giddiness
    Chap 9Haemoptysis
    Chap 10Headache
    Chap 11Hyperventilation
    Chap 12Lower limb swelling
    Chap 13Pain, abdominal
    Chap 14Pain, chest, acute
    Chap 15Pain, joint, peripheral
    Chap 16Pain, low back
    Chap 17Pain, scrotal and penile
    Chap 18Palpitations
    Chap 19Poisoning, General Principles
    Chap 20Red eye
    Chap 21Seizure
    Chap 22Shock/hypoperfusion states
    Chap 23Stridor
    Chap 24Syncope
    Chap 25Trauma Multiple, Initial Management
    Chap 26Urinary retention, acute
    Chap 27Violent and psychotic patients
    PART 2      SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
    PART 2A:   AIRWAY AND RESUSCITATION
    Chap 28Airway Management/Rapid Sequence Intubation 
    Chap 29Allergic reactions/Anaphylaxis
    Chap 30Cardiac arrest algorithms
    Chap 31Cardiogenic Shock
    Chap 32Neurogenic shock
    Chap 33Sepsis/septic shock

    PART 2B:   CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES
    Chap 34Aortic Emergencies
    Chap 35Bradydysrhythmias
    Chap 36Coronary syndromes, acute
    Chap 37Other Heart Conditions (Pericarditis, Myocarditis, Infective Endocarditis, Cardiomyophathy)
    Chap 38Heart failure, acute
    Chap 39Hypertensive Crises
    Chap 40Acute limb ischaemia
    Chap 41Pulmonary Embolism
    Chap 42Venous emergencies
    Chap 43Tachydysrhythmias
    PART 2C:   RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES
    Chap 44Asthma
    Chap 45Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    Chap 46Pneumonia, Community Acquired (CAP)
    Chap 47Pneumothorax
    Chap 48Respiratory Failure, Acute
    PART 2D:   GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES
    Chap 49Acute Appendicitis
    Chap 50Hepatic encephalopathy, acute
    Chap 51Hepatobiliary Emergencies
    Chap 52Intestinal Obstruction
    Chap 53Ischaemic Bowel/Mesenteric Ischaemia
    Chap 54Pancreatitis, acute
    Chap 55Peptic Ulcer Disease/ Dyspepsia
    Chap 56Perianal Conditions
    PART 2E:   ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 57Acid Base Emergencies
    Chap 58Adrenal Insufficiency, acute
    Chap 59Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
    Chap 60Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) 
    and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS)
    Chap 61Hypoglycaemia
    Chap 62Thyroid Emergencies -Thyroid Crisis and Myxoedema
    PART 2F:   RENAL AND GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES
    Chap 63Renal Emergencies
    Chap 64Urinary Tract Infection
    Chap 65Urolithiasis
    PART 2G:   NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 66Meningitis
    Chap 67Migraine and Cluster Headache
    Chap 68Stroke
    Chap 69Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH)
    Chap 70Temporal Arteritis
    Chap 71Transient Ischaemic Attack
    PART 2H:   INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    Chap 72Coping with Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century in the Emergency Department - A New Norm 
    Chap 73Dengue Fever & Chikungunya Fever
    Chap 74Malaria
    Chap 75Needle Stick/Body Fluid Exposure
    Chap 76Tetanus and anti-tetanus prophylaxis
    PART 2I:   HAEMATOLOGIC/ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 77Administration of Blood Products in the EMD
    Chap 78Oncology Emergencies
    Chap 79Overwarfarinisation
    PART 2J:   DERMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 80Dermatology in Emergency Care
    PART 2K:   GERIATRIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 81Geriatric Emergencies
    PART 2L:   TOXICOLOGY
    Chap 82Alcohol Intoxication & Poisoning with other alcohols
    Chap 83Poisoning, Benzodiazepine
    Chap 84Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide
    Chap 85Poisoning, Cyclic Antidepressants
    Chap 86Poisoning, Digoxin
    Chap 87Poisoning, Organophosphates
    Chap 88Poisoning, Paracetamol
    Chap 89Poisoning, Salicylates


    PART 2M:   TOXICOLOGY (INCLUDING BITES)
    Chap 90Bites, Mammalian and Human
    Chap 91Bites, Snake
    PART 2N:   SURGICAL & ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA/INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES
    Chap 92Crush Sydrome
    Chap 93Trauma, Abdominal
    Chap 94Trauma, Chest
    Chap 95Trauma, Head
    Chap 96Trauma and infections, Hand
    Chap 97Trauma, Lower Extremity
    Chap 98Trauma, Maxillofacial
    Chap 99Trauma , Paediatric (refer to Chap 137)
    Chap 100Trauma, Pelvic
    Chap 101Trauma in Pregnancy
    Chap 102Trauma, Spinal Cord 
    Chap 103Trauma, Upper Extremity
    Chap 104Wound Care & Management
    PART 2O:   ENT EMERGENCIES
    Chap 105Common ENT Emergencies
    PART 2P:   EYE EMERGENCIES
    Chap 106Blurring of vision and Red and Painful eye 
    PART 2Q:   PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 107ASSAULT (non-sexual)
    PART 2R:   OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 108Eclampsia
    Chap 109Ectopic Pregnancy
    Chap 110Emergency delivery of the newborn
    Chap 111Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
    PART 2S:   ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
    Chap 112Burn, Major
    Chap 113Burns, Minor
    Chap 114Diving Emergencies
    Chap 115Electrical and Lightning Injuries
    Chap 116Hyperthermia
    Chap 117Submersion Injuries
    PART 2T:   IMAGING
    Chap 118Emergency Ultrasound
    Chap 119Views of x-rays to order
    PART 2U:   PHARMACOLOGY
    Chap 120Commonly Used Emergency Drugs in Adults
    Chap 121List of drugs to avoid in G6PD deficiency
    Chap 122Prescribing Pregnancy
    PART 2V:  PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES
    Chap 123Child, Abdominal pain
    Chap 124Child with breathlessness
    Chap 125Child/baby, crying
    Chap 126Child with diarrhoea
    Chap 127Child with fever
    Chap 128Child, fitting
    Chap 129Child, Vomiting
    Chap 130Paediatric Asthma
    Chap 131Bronchiolitis
    Chap 132Febrile Fit
    Chap 133Fluid Replacement in Paediatrics
    Chap 134Newborn Resuscitation in the ED
    Chap 135Non-accidental Injury in Paediatrics
    Chap 136Paediatric Drugs and Equipment
    Chap 137Trauma, Paediatric
    PART 2W:   MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL INFORMATION
    Chap 138Commonly Used Scoring Systems
    Chap 139Common Emergency Procedures
    Chap 140Pain Management
    Chap 141Simple Statistics
    Chap 142Useful Formulae

    Index

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Guide to Essentials in Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition
Guide to Essentials in Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition
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