Emergency medicine secrets. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Vincent J. Markovchick, Peter T. Pons, Katherine M. Bakes, Jennie A. Buchanan.
• Editors: Markovchick, Vincent J; Pons, Peter T; Bakes, Katherine M; Buchanan, Jennie A
• Contents: Decision making in emergency medicine -- Management of cardiac arrest and principles of resuscitation -- Airway management -- Shock -- Emergency ultrasound -- Geriatric emergency medicine -- Palliative care and advance directives -- How to critically review emergency medicine literature -- Evidence-based rational use of diagnostic imaging -- EMTALA, the joint commission, and HIPAA -- Emergency medicine observation medicine -- Performance evaluation and improvement in emergency medicine -- Altered mental status and coma -- Fever -- Chest pain -- Abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting -- Headache -- Syncope, vertigo, and dizziness -- Seizures -- Anaphylaxis -- Low back pain -- Nontraumatic ocular emergencies -- Nontraumatic ear, nose, and throat emergencies -- Dental and oral surgical emergencies -- Transient ischemic attack and cerebrovascular accident -- Meningitis -- Breathing and ventilation -- Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and pneumonia -- Venous thromboembolism -- Congestive heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- Ischemic heart disease -- Cardiac dysrhythmias, pacemakers, and implantable defibrillators -- Hypertension, hypertensive crisis, aortic dissection, and aortic aneurysms -- Pericarditis and myocarditis -- Esophagus and stomach disorders -- Bowel disorders -- Liver and biliary tract disease -- Renal colic and scrotal pain -- Acute urinary retention -- Urinary tract infection : cystitis, pyelonephritis, and prostatitis -- Chronic kidney disease and dialysis -- Hemostasis and coagulopathies -- Sickle cell disease -- Oncologic emergencies -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Acid-base disorders -- Diabetes mellitus -- Thyroid and adrenal disorders -- Sepsis syndromes and toxic shock -- Soft-tissue infections -- Sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Tetanus, botulism, and food poisoning -- Travel medicine and vector-borne diseases -- Arthritis -- Skin diseases -- Lightning and electrical injuries -- Drowning -- Hypothermia and frostbite -- Heat illness -- Altitude illness and dysbarisms -- Evaluation of fever in children younger than age 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 -- General approach to poisonings -- The alcohols : ethylene glycol, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, and alcohol-related complications -- Antipyretic poisoning -- Bites and stings -- Smoke inhalation -- Common drugs of abuse -- Cardiovascular toxicology -- Pediatric ingestions -- Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Sexual assault -- Spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, and vaginal bleeding -- Third-trimester complications and delivery -- Multiple trauma -- Maxillofacial trauma -- Cervical spine and spinal cord trauma -- Head trauma -- Traumatic ophthalmologic emergencies -- Neck trauma -- Chest trauma -- Abdominal trauma -- Pelvic fractures and genitourinary trauma -- Trauma in pregnancy -- Pediatric trauma -- Musculoskeletal trauma and hand injuries -- Burns -- Wound management -- Acute psychosis -- Depression, suicide, and posttraumatic stress disorder -- Management of the violent patient -- Intimate partner violence -- EMS medical oversight -- Disaster management -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Tactical medicine.
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 616.02/5076; Emergency medicine -- Examinations, questions, etc; Emergencies; Emergency Medicine; Emergency medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Examination Questions; Electronic books; Examinations; Examinations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323374835; 0323374832
• Related ISBNs: 9780323355162; 0323355161
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from resource home page (ClinicalKey, viewed December 11, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.