Emergency Medicine Manual

by Ma, O. John; Cline, David; Tintinalli, Judith; Kelen, Gabor; Stapczynski, J.

• ISBN13: 9780071410250
• ISBN10: 0071410252
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

The best-selling pocket reference in emergency medicine! Condenses the essential clinical content from the premier text Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. Includes color photos of dermatologic and ophthalmic conditions, pharmacologic considerations throughout, and tables of critical differential diagnoses.

Author Biography

O. John Ma, MD, Associate Professor, Research Director, Vice Chair for Academic Advancement, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Trauman Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas David M. Cline, MD, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Judith E. Tintinalli, MD, MS, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Gabor D. Kelen, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopskins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky

Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: PREHOSPITAL CARE

SECTION TWO: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

SECTION THREE: RESUSCITATIVE PROBLEMS & TECHNIQUES

SECTION FOUR: SHOCK

SECTION FIVE: ANALGESIA, ANESTHESIA, AND SEDATION

SECTION SIX: EMERGENCY WOUND MANAGEMENT

SECTION SEVEN: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

SECTION EIGHT: PULMONARY EMERGENCIES

SECTION NINE: GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES

SECTION TEN: RENAL AND GENITOURINARY DISORDERS

SECTION ELEVEN: GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS

SECTION TWELVE: PEDIATRICS

SECTION THIRTEEN: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

SECTION FOURTEEN: TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

SECTION FIFTEEN: ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES

SECTION SIXTEEN: EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTS

SECTION SEVENTEEN: ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES

SECTION EIGHTEEN: HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES

SECTION NINETEEN: NEUROLOGY

SECTION TWENTY: EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT, AND ORAL SURGERY

SECTION TWENTY-ONE: DISORDERS OF THE SKIN

SECTION TWENTY-TWO: TRAUMA

SECTION TWENTY-THREE: INJURIES TO THE BONES, JOINTS, AND SOFT TISSUE

SECTION TWENTY-FOUR: NONTRAUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

SECTION TWENTY-FIVE: PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDERS

SECTION TWENTY-SIX: ABUSE AND ASSAULT

SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN: PRINCIPLES OF IMAGING

SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT: SPECIAL SITUATIONS