CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment Emergency Medicine, Seventh EditionAn easy-to-use guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and managemenet of the full range of clinical conditions seen in emergency medicine For more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format. Whether for coursework, clerkships, USMLE prep, specialty board review, or patient care, there's a LANGE book that guarantees success. This updated edition in the trusted CURRENT series is valuable to anyone practicing in an emergency department or acute-care setting. It emphasizes immediate management of life threatening problems, then covers the evaluation and treatment of specific disorders.Authoritative, easy-access coverage for Emergency Department clinicians who needs answers NOW
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Contents
I Special Aspects of Emergency Medicine | 1 |
II Management of Common Emergency Problems | 141 |
III Trauma Emergencies | 319 |
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abdominal pain abnormalities abscess acute airway analgesics aneurysm antibiotics aortic artery associated bleeding blood pressure blunt trauma bradycardia cardiac cardiac tamponade catheter cause Chapter chest pain chest X-ray Clin Clinical Findings common contraindicated CT scan decreased disease disorders distal dose dyspnea ectopic pregnancy edema embolism emergency department emergency physician ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSIS evaluation fever Figure fluid Foley catheter follow-up fractures headache hematoma hematuria hemodynamic hemorrhage hospital hypertension hypotension indicated infection initial injury insertion intravenous intubation ischemia joint lacerations lidocaine mg/kg muscle myocardial infarction needle nerve neurologic normal obstruction Obtain occur ofthe onset oral oxygen patients pelvic PMID pneumothorax posterior pregnancy present pulmonary pulmonary embolism renal require respiratory resuscitation rupture seizures shock sinus skin spinal sterile surgical suture Symptoms and Signs syncope syndrome syringe tachycardia tenderness tension pneumothorax therapy tion tissue Treatment and Disposition tube ultrasound usually vascular vein venous ventilation ventricular vomiting wound