Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine

by Wolfson, Allan B.; Hendey, Gregory W.; Ling, Louis J.; Rosen, Carlo L.; Schaider, Jeffrey J.; Sharieff, Ghazala Q.

• ISBN13: 9780781789431
• ISBN10: 0781789435
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-23
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Organized for easy reference, this comprehensive, concise, and clinically focused text covers all aspects of emergency medicine. Chapters follow a consistent, structured format--clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, evaluation, management, disposition, and common pitfalls. In this edition, the Pain and Pain Management section is now at the front of the book, since a large percentage of emergency department patients present with pain-related complaints. The Trauma section now follows the High-Risk Chief Complaint section. A new two-color design will help readers find critical elements of each chapter easily. A companion Website will include the fully searchable text, more than 400 board-review questions with answers, and additional images and tables.

Table of Contents

SECTION I: RESUSCITATION 1 Airway Management 2 Airway Procedures 3 Cardiopulmonary Arrest 4 Shock 5 Vascular Access SECTION II: PAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROCEDURAL SEDATION 6 Acute Pain Management 7 Chronic Pain Syndromes 8 Procedural Sedation and Analgesia SECTION III: HIGH-RISK CHIEF COMPLAINTS 9 Chest Pain 10 Abdominal Pain 11 Shortness of Breath 12 Syncope 13 Fever 14 Altered Mental Status and Coma 15 Headache 16 Weakness 17 Dizziness SECTION IV: TRAUMA PART I. General Considerations 18 General Principles of Trauma 19 Trauma Airway Management 20 Traumatic Shock 21 Wound Management PART II. Specific Injuries 22 Head Injuries 23 Maxillofacial Injuries 24 Dental Injuries 25 Eye Trauma 26 Blunt Neck Trauma 27 Penetrating Neck Trauma 28 Cervical Spine Fractures 29 Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures 30 Spinal Cord Injuries 31 Blunt Chest Trauma 32 Penetrating Chest Trauma 33 Blunt Abdominal Trauma 34 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma 35 Genitourinary Trauma 36 Peripheral Vascular Injuries PART III. Orthopaedic Trauma 37 Approach to Musculoskeletal Injuries 38 Shoulder Injuries 39 Elbow Injuries 40 Wrist and Forearm Injuries 41 Hand Injuries 42 Pelvic Fractures 43 Hip and Femur Injuries 44 Knee Injuries 45 Ankle and Foot Injuries PART IV. Special Considerations 46 Burns 47 Replantation 48 Acute Compartment Syndrome 49 Ballistics 50 Blast Injuries 51 Hanging and Strangulation Injuries 52 Trauma in Pregnancy 53 Trauma in the Elderly SECTION V: EYE EMERGENCIES 54 The Eye Examination 55 Common Ophthalmic Medications 56 The Red Eye 57 Corneal Abrasion and Foreign Bodies 58 Acute Vision Loss 59 Diplopia 60 Acute Eye Infections 61 Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma SECTION VI: ENT AND DENTAL EMERGENCIES 62 Dental Emergencies 63 Oral and Maxillofacial Disorders 64 Nontraumatic Upper Airway Obstruction 65 Sore Throat 66 Complications of Tracheostomies 67 Sinusitis and Rhinitis 68 Ear Infections in Adults 69 Epistaxis 70 Vertigo 70 Vertigo 71 Acute Hearing Loss and Tinnitus SECTION VII: PULMONARY EMERGENCIES 72 Respiratory Failure 73 Pneumonia 74 Pleural Effusion 75 Asthma 76 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 77 Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum 78 Pulmonary Embolism 79 Hemoptysis 80 Sarcoidosis SECTION VIII: CARDIAC EMERGENCIES 81 Acute Coronary Syndrome 82 Congestive Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale 83 Bradydysrhythmias 84 Tachydysrhythmias 85 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators 86 Valvular Heart Disease 87 Infectious Endocarditis 88 Acute Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade 89 Hypertension SECTION IX: VASCULAR EMERGENCIES 90 Nontraumatic Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disorders 91 Peripheral Arterial Disease 92 Deep Venous Thrombosis 93 Vascular Graft Complications 94 Thoracic Aortic Dissection 95 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Abbreviated Table of Contents