Acute Medicine (eBook)

A Practical Guide to the Management of Medical Emergencies

David C. Sprigings, John B. Chambers (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 5. Auflage
784 Seiten
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
9781118644263 (ISBN)

Infos

Acute Medicine offers an accessible and concise guide to the practical management of all acute medical problems likely to be encountered in the emergency department, ambulatory care centre, acute medical unit or on the wards.

Reflecting the maturation of acute medicine as a separate specialty, the book is divided into common presentations, specific problems and procedures. New to the fifth edition is a chapter on bed-side ultrasonography; throughout, emphasis is placed on patient safety, and the use of flow diagrams, tables and figures ensures that key information is quickly accessible.

Thoroughly revised by experts in the subject, and updated to reflect current approaches to diagnosis and management, Acute Medicine is an excellent companion for the trainee as well as an aide-mémoire for the more experienced physician.

David Sprigings, Consultant Physician 1993-2016, Northampton General Hospital, Northampton, UK.

John B. Chambers, Professor of Clinical Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.

Inhalt

Acute Medicine: A Practical Guide to the Management of Medical Emergencies 1
Contents 9
Contributors 13
Preface 21
Evolution of Acute Medicine: The Development of Ambulatory Emergency Care 23
Section 1: Presentations in Acute Medicine 29
General 30
Chapter 1: The Critically Ill Patient 31
Chapter 2: Hypotension and Shock 37
Chapter 3: Reduced Conscious Level 44
Chapter 4: Delirium 51
Chapter 5: Falls in Older People 58
Cardiorespiratory 62
Chapter 6: Cardiac Arrest in Hospital 63
Chapter 7: Acute Chest Pain 74
Chapter 8: Palpitations 81
Chapter 9: Transient Loss of Consciousness 88
Chapter 10: Acute Breathlessness 96
Chapter 11: Acute Respiratory Failure 101
Chapter 12: Pleural Effusion 107
Chapter 13: Cough and Haemoptysis 113
Neurological 119
Chapter 14: Neurological Diagnosis in Acute Medicine 120
Chapter 15: Acute Headache 126
Chapter 16: Seizures and Epilepsy 131
Chapter 17: Weakness and Paralysis 138
Chapter 18: Acute Sensory Symptoms 145
Chapter 19: Loss of Vision 151
Abdominal 160
Chapter 20: Acute Vomiting 161
Chapter 21: Acute Abdominal Pain 166
Chapter 22: Acute Diarrhoea 172
Chapter 23: Acute Jaundice 178
Chapter 24: Ascites 183
Chapter 25: Acute Kidney Injury 188
Skin and Musculoskeletal 198
Chapter 26: Acute Rash 199
Chapter 27: Urticaria and Angioedema 205
Chapter 28: Acute Arthritis 211
Chapter 29: Acute Spinal Pain 215
Chapter 30: Acute Limb Pain 218
Miscellaneous 222
Chapter 31: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment 223
Chapter 32: Acute Medical Problems in Pregnancy 227
Chapter 33: Fever on Return from Abroad 235
Chapter 34: Acute Medical Problems in the HIV-Positive Patient 243
Section 2: Syndromes and Disorders 251
General 252
Chapter 35: Sepsis 253
Chapter 36: Poisoning 261
Chapter 37: Acid-Base Disorders 274
Chapter 38: Anaphylaxis 280
Cardiovascular 286
Chapter 39: Acute Arrhythmias: General Principles of Management 287
Chapter 40: Regular Broad Complex Tachycardia 291
Chapter 41: Irregular Broad Complex Tachycardia 296
Chapter 42: Narrow Complex Tachycardia 300
Chapter 43: Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter 307
Chapter 44: Bradycardia and Atrioventricular Block 311
Chapter 45: Acute Coronary Syndromes (1): ST-Segment Elevation 317
Chapter 46: Acute Coronary Syndromes (2): Non-ST-Segment Elevation 326
Chapter 47: Acute Pulmonary Oedema 333
Chapter 48: Acute Heart Failure and Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure 339
Chapter 49: Cardiogenic Shock 345
Chapter 50: Aortic Dissection and Other Acute Aortic Syndromes 349
Chapter 51: Heart Valve Disease and Prosthetic Heart Valves 356
Chapter 52: Infective Endocarditis 361
Chapter 53: Acute Pericarditis 368
Chapter 54: Cardiac Tamponade 372
Chapter 55: Severe Hypertension 375
Chapter 56: Deep Vein Thrombosis 381
Chapter 57: Pulmonary Embolism 386
Chapter 58: Problems with Pacemakers and Other Cardiac Devices 394
Respiratory 399
Chapter 59: Upper Airway Obstruction 400
Chapter 60: Acute Asthma 406
Chapter 61: Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 412
Chapter 62: Community-Acquired Pneumonia 418
Chapter 63: Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia 424
Chapter 64: Pneumothorax 427
Neurological 430
Chapter 65: Stroke 431
Chapter 66: Transient Ischaemic Attack 440
Chapter 67: Subarachnoid Haemorrhage 446
Chapter 68: Bacterial Meningitis 450
Chapter 69: Encephalitis 456
Chapter 70: Spinal Cord Compression 460
Chapter 71: Guillain-Barré syndrome 464
Chapter 72: Raised Intracranial Pressure 470
Abdominal 474
Chapter 73: Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 475
Chapter 74: Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 483
Chapter 75: Acute Oesophageal Disorders 487
Chapter 76: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare 490
Chapter 77: Acute Liver Failure and Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease 495
Chapter 78: Alcoholic Hepatitis 504
Chapter 79: Biliary Tract Disorders and Acute Pancreatitis 506
Chapter 80: Urinary Tract Infection 509
Metabolic 515
Chapter 81: Hypoglycaemia 516
Chapter 82: Hyperglycaemic States 519
Chapter 83: Diabetic Ketoacidosis 523
Chapter 84: Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State 527
Chapter 85: Disorders of Plasma Sodium Concentration 529
Chapter 86: Disorders of Plasma Potassium Concentration 536
Chapter 87: Disorders of Plasma Calcium Concentration 542
Chapter 88: Disorders of Plasma Magnesium Concentration 546
Chapter 89: Disorders of Plasma Phosphate Concentration 549
Chapter 90: Acute Adrenal Insufficiency 553
Chapter 91: Thyrotoxic storm 558
Chapter 92: Myxoedema Coma 562
Chapter 93: Pituitary Apoplexy 565
Chapter 94: Paraganglioma (Phaeochromocytoma) Crisis 568
Skin and Musculoskeletal 571
Chapter 95: Cellulitis and Necrotizing Fasciitis 572
Chapter 96: Erythroderma and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis 577
Chapter 97: Acute Gout and Pseudogout 583
Chapter 98: Septic Arthritis 586
Chapter 99: Acute Vasculitis 589
Haematology and Miscellaneous 596
Chapter 100: Interpretation of Full Blood Count and Film 597
Chapter 101: Pancytopenia and Febrile Neutropenia 605
Chapter 102: Bleeding Disorders 612
Chapter 103: Management of Anticoagulation 617
Chapter 104: Acute Painful Sickle Cell Crisis 629
Chapter 105: Complications of Cancer 633
Chapter 106: Alcohol-Related Problems in Acute Medicine 640
Chapter 107: Hypothermia 643
Chapter 108: Drowning 647
Chapter 109: Electrical Injury 651
Chapter 110: Palliative and End-of-Life Care 653
Chapter 111: Medicolegal Issues in Acute Medicine 660
Section 3: Techniques and Procedures in Acute Medicine 667
Chapter 112: Airway Management 669
Chapter 113: Non-Invasive ventilation 674
Chapter 114: Ultrasonography in Acute Medicine 679
Chapter 115: Reading a Chest X-Ray 685
Chapter 116: Central vein cannulation 693
Chapter 117: Arterial Blood Sampling and Cannulation 701
Chapter 118: Arterial Blood Gases, Oxygen Saturation and Oxygen Therapy 705
Chapter 119: Temporary Cardiac Pacing 709
Chapter 120: Pericardial Aspiration (Pericardiocentesis) 715
Chapter 121: DC cardioversion 720
Chapter 122: Insertion of an Intercostal Chest Drain 724
Chapter 123: Lumbar Puncture 732
Chapter 124: Aspiration of the Knee Joint 737
Chapter 125: Insertion of a Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube 740
Index 743
End User Licenseagreement 785

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
• Schlagworte: acutely ill • acute medicine • Akutmedizin • Allgemeine u. Innere Medizin • Diagnosis • Emergency Medicine & Trauma • General & Internal Medicine • Intensive/Critical Care • Intensivpflege • Junior Doctors • Management • medical emergency • Medical Science • medical students • Medicine • Medizin • Notfallmedizin • Notfallmedizin u. Traumatologie • Treatment • undergraduate
• ISBN-13: 9781118644263 / 9781118644263