Title:
Current diagnosis & treatment : emergency medicine / edited by C. Keith Stone, Roger L. Humphries.
Author:
Stone, C. Keith, editor.
Humphries, Roger L., editor.
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
RC86.7 .C87 2017
Edition:
Eighth edition
ISBN:
9780071840613
Series:
A Lange medical book
Physical Description:
xvi, 1055 pages : illustrations (mostly black and white) ; 23 cm
General Note:
"A Lange medical book."
Added Title:
Current emergency diagnosis & treatment
Contents:
Approach to the emergency department patient -- Prehospital emergency medical services -- Nuclear, biologic, & chemical agents; weapons of mass destruction -- Disaster medicine -- Legal aspects of emergency care -- Emergency bedside ultrasound -- Emergency procedures -- Procedural sedation and analgesia -- Basic & advanced cardiac life support -- Compromised airway -- Shock -- The multiply injured patient -- Respiratory distress -- Chest pain -- Abdominal pain -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Coma -- Syncope -- Seizures -- Headache -- Arthritis & back pain -- Head injuries -- Maxillofacial & neck trauma -- Chest trauma -- Abdominal trauma -- Genitourinary trauma -- Vertebral column & spinal cord trauma -- Orthopedic emergencies -- Hand trauma -- Wound care -- Eye emergencies -- Emergency disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses, oropharynx, & mouth -- Pulmonary emergencies -- Cardiac emergencies -- Cardiac arrhythmias -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Neurologic emergencies -- Obstetic & gynecologic emergencies and sexual assault -- Genitourinary emergencies -- Vascular emergencies -- Hematologic emergencies -- Infectious disease emergencies -- Metabolic & endocrine emergencies -- Fluid, electrolyte, & acid-base emergencies -- Burns & smoke inhalation -- Disorders due to physical & environmental agents -- Poisoning -- Dermatologic emergencies -- Psychiatric emergencies -- Pediatric emergencies.
