Last Minute Emergency Medicine: A Concise Review for the Specialty Boards

by Wagner, Mary Jo; Promes, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780071459624
• ISBN10: 0071459626
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-27
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical

Summary

This new study guide presents all the important topics covered on emergency medicine exams with a special emphasis on comparing and contrasting disease presentations and treatments to one another. Written by experts in residency education,Last Minute Emergency Medicineprovides an outstanding final tune-up to board review.

Author Biography

Mary Jo Wagner, MD
Associate Professor and Resident Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan

Susan B. Promes, MD
Associate Professor and Resident PRogram Director, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Signs, Symptoms, and Presentations	p. 1
Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders	p. 41
Cardiovascular Disorders	p. 69
Cutaneous Disorders	p. 115
Endocrine, Metabolic, and Nutritional Disorders	p. 132
Environmental Emergencies	p. 157
Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, and Throat Disorders	p. 177
Hematologic Disorders	p. 201
Immune System Disorders	p. 227
Systemic Infectious Disorders	p. 246
Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal Emergencies	p. 262
Nervous System Disorders	p. 279
Obstetrics and Gynecology	p. 306
Pediatrics	p. 331
Psychobehavioral Disorders	p. 365
Renal and Urogenital Disorders	p. 383
Thoracic-Respiratory Disorders	p. 399
Toxicologic Emergencies	p. 434
Traumatic Disorders	p. 469
Procedures and Skills	p. 525
Other Components of the Practice of Emergency Medicine	p. 556
Index	p. 575
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