Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine

by Ramrakha, Punit S.; Moore, Kevin P.

• ISBN13: 9780192626820
• ISBN10: 0192626825
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-06-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Medical emergencies make great demands on the diagnostic and therapeuticknowledge and skill of the junior doctor. During regular hours , there isusually good supervision by senior colleagues, but nights on call, when help ison the end of a telephone and is about 30 minutes from the hospital, can bedifficult. The Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine provides a handy andpractical guide to the management of emergency situations in everyday clinicalpractice. It is aimed at the newly qualified doctor, following on from theOxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. It provides step by step details on thecurrent diagnostic and management principles necessary to allow junior doctorsto deal with medical emergencies safely and effectively. It assumes a basicknowledge of disease processes, physical examination skills, and medicalterminology, and concentrates on therapeutic and diagnostic decisions. It willalso be of interest to emergency room staff, general practitioners, some medicalstudents, and nurses involved in the care of acutely ill patients.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vi	(1)
Symbols and abbreviations	vii	(5)
Preface and acknowledgement	xii	(1)
Foreword	xiii
Professor John Ledingham
1. Cardiovascular emergencies	1	(150)
2. Respiratory emergencies	151	(54)
3. Shock	205	(24)
4. Infectious diseases	229	(24)
5. Infections in the HIV-positive patient	253	(22)
6. Renal emergencies	275	(28)
7. Neurological emergencies	303	(126)
8. Endocrine emergencies	429	(50)
9. Gastroenterological emergencies	479	(54)
10. Haematological emergencies	533	(62)
11. Rheumatological emergencies	595	(36)
12. Drug overdoses	631	(42)
13. Pharmacotherapy	673	(48)
14. Dermatological emergencies	721	(22)
15. Disorders due to physical agents	743	(24)
16. Practical procedures	767	(80)
Reference intervals	847	(7)
Useful telephone numbers	854	(1)
Index	855
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