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Emergency Medicine Secrets, 5th Edition, by Drs. Vincent J. Markovchick, Peter T. Pons, and Katherine M. Bakes, gives you the emergency medicine answers you need to succeed on your rotations and boards. Featuring new chapters and revised content to bring you completely up to date, this dependable review and reference retains its engaging question-and-answer format, ideally suited for board preparation, recertification exams, or quick clinical reference.

List of contents

I. DECISION MAKING IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE * Decision Making in Emergency Medicine * Management of Cardiac Arrest and Principles of Resuscitation * Airway Management - Rescue Airway Devices * Shock * Emergency Ultrasound * Geriatric Emergency Medicine * Safety in Emergency Medicine * How to Critically Review Emergency Medicine Literature * Evidence-based Rational Use of Diagnostic Imaging II. PRIMARY COMPLAINTS * Altered Mental Status and Coma * Fever * Chest Pain * Abdominal Pain * Nausea and Vomiting * Headache * Syncope, Vertigo and Dizziness * Seizures * Anaphylaxis * Low Back Pain III. NONTRAUMATIC ILLNESS * Nontraumatic Ocular Emergencies * Nontraumatic ENT Emergencies * Dental and Oral Surgical Emergencies IV. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM * Transient Ischemic Attack and Cerebrovascular Accident * Meningitis V. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM * Breathing and Ventilation * Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Pneumonia * Venous Thromboembolism VI. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM * Congestive Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema * Ischemic Heart Disease * Cardiac Dysrhythmias, Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators * Hypertension, Hypertensive Crisis, Aortic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection * Pericarditis and Myocarditis VII. GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT * Esophagus and Stomach Disorders * Bowel Disorders * Liver and Biliary Tract Disease VIII. GENITOURINARY TRACT * Renal Colic and Scrotal Pain * Acute Urinary Retention * Urinary Tract Infection: Cystitis, Pyelonephritis and Prostatitis * Chronic Renal Failure and Dialysis IX. HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY * Hemostasis and Coagulopathies * Sickle Cell Disease * Oncologic Emergencies X. METABOLISM AND ENDOCRINOLOGY * Fluids and Electrolytes * Acid-Base Disorders * Diabetes Mellitus * Thyroid and Adrenal Disorders XI. INFECTIOUS DISEASE * Sepsis Syndromes * Soft-Tissue Infections * Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection * Toxic Shock Syndrome * Tetanus, Botulism, and Food Poisoning * Mosquito and Tick-borne Diseases of North America * Arthritis * Skin Diseases XII. ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES * Lightning and Electrical Injuries * Submersion Incidents * Hypothermia and Frostbite * Heat Illness * Altitude Illness and Dysbarisms XIII. NEONATAL AND CHILDHOOD DISORDERS * Evaluation of Fever in Children Younger than Three * Seizures in Infancy and Childhood * Acute Respiratory Disorders in Children * Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disorders and Dehydration * Pediatric Infectious Diseases * Emergency Department Evaluation of Child Abuse * Procedural Sedation and Analgesia of the Pediatric Patient * Pediatric and Neonatal Resuscitation XIV. TOXICOLOGIC EMERGENCIES * General Approach to Poisonings * The Alcohols: Ethanol, Ethylene Glycol, Methanol and Isopropyl Alcohol * Antipyretic Poisoning * Bites and Stings * Smoke Inhalation * Common Drugs of Abuse * Cardiovascular Toxicology * One Pill Can Kill - Pediatric Ingestions XV. GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS * Pelvic Inflammatory Disease * Sexual Assault * Vaginal Bleeding, Spontaneous Abortion, and Ectopic Pregnancy * Third Trimester Complications and Delivery XVI. TRAUMA * Multiple Trauma * Maxillofacial Trauma * Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Trauma * Head Trauma * Traumatic Ophthalmologic Emergencies * Neck Injuries * Chest Trauma * Abdominal Trauma * Pelvic Fractures and Genitourinary Trauma * Trauma in Pregnancy * Pediatric Trauma * Musculoskeletal Trauma and Conditions of the Extremity * Hand Injuries and Infections * Burns * Wound Management XVII. BEHAVIORAL EMERGENCIES * Acute Psychosis * Depression and Suicide * Management of the Violent Patient * Domestic Violence XVIII. EMERGENCY MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT * Cost Containment and Risk Management in Emergency Medicine - Evidence-based Lab * EMTALA, JCAHO, and HIPAA XIX. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS AND MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS * Medical Oversight and Disaster Management * Weapons of Mass Destruction

Product details

• Authors: Katherine A. Bakes, Vincent Markovchick, Vincent J. Markovchick, Peter T. Pons
• Publisher: Mosby
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2011
• EAN: 9780323071673
• ISBN: 978-0-323-07167-3
• No. of pages: 768
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 215 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 746 g
• Illustrations: w. 55 figs.
• Series: Secrets Series; The Secrets Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine