Acute Medicine
Blackwell Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-632-03652-3 (ISBN)
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This is a truly practical guide aimed at the junior physician or casualty officer which explains what to do when faced with medical emergencies "on take", on the ward or in the Accident and Emergency department. In this Second Edition, the authors have thoroughly revised all chapters to take into account the advances in diagnosis and treatment which have taken place over the past five years. A chapter on acute abdominal pain has been added to Section One
Section 1: Common Presentations:; 1. Cardiac arrest; 2. Cardiac arrhythmias; 3. Hypotension; 4. Acute chest pain; 5. Acute breathlessness; 6.The unconscious patient; 7. Transient loss of consciousness; 8. Acute confusional state; 9. Headache; 10. Sepsis and sepsis syndrome; 11. Poisoning; Section 2: Specific Problems:; 12. Acute myocardial infarction; 13.Unstable angina; 14. Aortic dissection; 15. Severe hypertension; 16. Pulmonary oedema; 17. Pericarditis; 18. Cardiac tamponade; 19. Deep vein thrombosis; 20.Pulmonary embolism; 21. Acute asthma; 22. Acute exacerbation of chronic airflow limitation; 23. Pneumonia; 24. Pneumothorax; 25. Haemoptysis; 26.Hyperventilation; 27. Stroke; 28. Transient ischaemic attack; 29. Subarachnoid haemorrhage; 30. Bacterial meningitis; 31. Spinal cord compression; 32.Guillain-Barre syndrome; 33. Epilepsy; 34. Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage; 35. Acute hepatic encephalopathy; 36. Acute renal failure; 37.Overview of diabetic emergencies; 38. Diabetic ketoacidosis; 39. Hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycaemia; 40. Perioperative management of diabetes; 41.Hyponatraemia; 42. Hypercalcaemia; 43. Acute adrenal insufficiency; 44.Thyrotoxic crisis; 45. Hypothermia and myxoedema coma; 46. Acute medical problems in the patient with HIV/AIDS; 47. Septic arthritis; 48. Anaphylactic shock; 49. Sickle cell disease; 50. Fever on return from abroad; Section 3: Procedures:; 51. Central vein cannulation; 52. Pulmonary artery catheterisation; 53. Temporary cardiac pacing; 54.Pericardial aspiration; 55. DC countershock; 56. Insertion of a chest drain; 57. Lumbar puncture; 58. Peritoneal dialysis; 59. Insertion of a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube; Section 4: Useful Information:; 60. Drugs and drug infusions; 61. ECG and chest X-ray; 62. Respiratory function tests; 63.Arterial blood gases and pH; 64. Peripheral nervous system; 65. Brainstem death
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.2.1995 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 46 |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 123 x 186 mm |
| Gewicht | 470 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin |
| ISBN-10 | 0-632-03652-4 / 0632036524 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-632-03652-3 / 9780632036523 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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