Emergency Medicine (eBook)

Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes

Amal Mattu, Deepi G. Goyal (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
128 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-75517-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Emergency Medicine is a brand new book focusing on the common pitfalls and mistakes that can occur when dealing with high-risk conditions during standard medical practice. Concise chapters focus on clinical relevance, addressing the mistakes, the consequences and the knowledge necessary to avoid high-risk mistakes. An essential book for all staff dealing with emergencies.

Autor

Amal Mattu, MD Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency. Co-Program Director, Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Residency. Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Deepi G Goyal, MD Associate Program Director, Mayo Emergency Medicine Residency. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Inhalt

Contributors.

Preface.

1. Evaluation and Management of Patients with Chest Syndromes:
Richard A. Harrigan (Temple University Hospital and School of
Medicine) and Michael A. DeAngelis (Temple University School of
Medicine).

2. Management of the Dyspneic Patient in the ED: Jairo I.
Santanilla (Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New
Orleans) and Peter M.C. DeBlieux (Louisiana State University School
of Medicine in New Orleans).

3. Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Abdominal Pain:
Joseph P. Martinez (University of Maryland School of Medicine).

4. Management of Patients with Acute Back Pain in the ED:
Michael E. Winters (University of Maryland School of Medicine).

5. Headache Management: Stephen Schenkel (University of Maryland
School of Medicine).

6. Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Neck Pain:
Joshua Broder (Duke University Medical Center) and Anita
L'Italien (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

7. Trauma Management in the ED: David E. Manthey (Wake Forest
University School of Medicine) and Bret A. Nicks (Wake Forest
University School of Medicine).

8. Management of Infectious Diseases: David J. Karras (Temple
University School of Medicine), Wayne A. Satz (Temple University)
and Jeffrey Barrett (Temple University School of Medicine).

9. Wound Care in Emergency Medicine: Siamak Moayedi (University
of Maryland School of Medicine) and Mercedes Torres (University of
Maryland School of Medicine).

10. Management of the Pregnant Patient in the ED: Kristine
Thompson (Mayo Clinic).

11. Pediatric Care in the ED: Ghazala Sharieff (University of
California, San Diego).

12. Management of Hematology/Oncology Patients in the ED: Robert
L. Rogers (The University of Maryland School of Medicine).

13. Management of Intoxicated/Violent Patients: Yesha Patel
(Tufts-New England Medical Center) and Gus M. Garmel (Stanford
University School of Medicine).

Index

Rezensionen

"Clearly organized around the tendencies of the good
emergency physician...It has a dedication to evidence, with the
clear belief that data will protect our patients."

Doodys Reviews

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
• Schlagworte: Emergency Medicine & Trauma • Medical Science • Medizin • Notfallmedizin u. Traumatologie
• ISBN-10: 0-470-75517-2 / 0470755172
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-75517-4 / 9780470755174