Emergency medicine : a comprehensive review /

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Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:New York : Raven Press, c1993.
Description:xxviii, 1521 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1605216
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Other authors / contributors:Kravis, Thomas Clarke
Warner, Carmen Germaine, 1941-
Jacobs, Lenworth M.
ISBN:0781700450
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Richard L. Stennes
  • Foreword / Mildred K. Fincke
  • Foreword / Denis J. Kollar
  • 1. Prehospital Emergency Medical Services / Barbara Bennett Jacobs and Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr.
  • 2. Disaster Management / Glenn W. Mitchell
  • 3. Emergency Care and the Law / Robert W. Heilig
  • 4. Hospital Care / Eileen Whalen and Robert W. Heilig
  • 5. Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement for the Emergentologist / R. S. Venable
  • 6. Shock / Mark Allen Shaffer and Jacek B. Franaszek
  • 7. Management of the Multisystem-Injured Patient / Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr., Barbara Bennett Jacobs and William Kantor
  • 8. Transfusions / Frederick B. Epstein
  • 9. Emergency Wound Management / Davis Cracroft
  • 10. Musculoskeletal Emergencies: Introduction and Basic Principles / Daniel R. Benson
  • 11. Emergencies of the Vertebral Column / Daniel R. Benson
  • 12. Upper Extremity Emergency Problems / Robert M. Szabo
  • 13. Pelvis and Lower Extremity Fracture Management / Timothy J. Bray
  • 14. Diabetic Emergencies / Stephen Hamburger and David Rush
  • 15. Thyroid Disorders / Gerald S. Levey
  • 16. Adrenal Insufficiency / George L. Higgins III
  • 17. Electrolyte Abnormalities / Barry E. Brenner
  • 18. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia / Paul M. Paris
  • 19. Hypomagnesemia, Hypermagnesemia, and Magnesium Therapy / Joel Geiderman
  • 20. Hypercalcemia / Emanuel K. Gordon
  • 21. Acid-Base Disturbances / Barry E. Brenner
  • 22. Emergencies in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease / Barbara Matteucci and Raphael J. DeHoratius
  • 23. Acute Monoarticular Arthritis / Raphael J. DeHoratius and Barbara Matteucci
  • 24. Medical Genetics / Joel M. Lamon
  • 25. Infectious Disease Emergencies / Richard T. Ellison III and Stephen H. Zinner
  • 26. Burns / G. Richard Braen
  • 27. Dermatologic Emergencies / George L. Sternbach
  • 28. Gastrointestinal Emergencies / William Linnik
  • 29. Poisoning, Drug Overdose, and Toxic Exposures / John B. Sullivan, Jr.
  • 30. Oncology in the Emergency Department / Marc Borenstein
  • 31. Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / James E. Pierog
  • 32. Evaluation of Febrile Children Younger Than Two Years of Age / James E. Pierog
  • 33. Pediatric Surgical Emergencies / Arthur Cooper
  • 34. Upper Airway Obstruction / Michael G. Tunik and George L. Foltin
  • 35. Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders in Children / Elise W. van der Jagt
  • 36. Neurologic Emergencies of Infancy and Childhood / Richard M. Cantor
  • 37. Child Abuse / Celeste M. Madden
  • 38. Radiation Emergencies / Charles V. Pollack, Jr.
  • 39. Bites and Stings / Robert C. Jorden and Charles V. Pollack, Jr.
  • 40. Hyperthermia / Eric A. Weiss
  • 41. Hypothermia / Jon W. Miller, Jr.
  • 42. Altitude-Related Emergencies / Mark A. Selland and Peter H. Hackett
  • 43. Drowning and Near-Drowning / Shirley A. Graves and A. Joseph Layon
  • 44. Hyperbaric Emergencies / C. Gresham Bayne
  • 45. Dangerous Marine Organisms / Kenneth E. Schultz
  • 46. Hazardous Materials / Brent T. Burton
  • 47. Occupational Toxicologic Emergencies / Robert Harrison
  • 48. Substance Abuse / Carl Klingelberger and Daniel Shine
  • 49. Alcohol Problems / William D. Clark
  • 50. Depression and Suicidal Feelings and Behaviors / Thomas F. McGee
  • 51. Domestic Violence / Tina M. H. Blair and Carmen Germaine Warner
  • 52. Emotional and Spiritual Support / Ann R. Schreier
  • 53. Pain Management / Gary Sparger, K. Sue Hoyt and Roland Heidenhofer
  • 54. Head Injuries / Anthony J. Caputy and Kourosh B. Afshar
  • 55. Cervical Spine Injuries / David J. Dula
  • 56. Headache / James Santiago Grisolia
  • 57. Coma / Mark Smith
  • 58. Cerebrovascular Accident / Ron M. Walls
  • 59. Seizures / Gregg Husk
  • 60. The Confused Patient / Gregg Husk
  • 61. Syncope / Gregg Husk
  • 62. Acute Myocardial Infarction / Lester B. Jacobson
  • 63. Disturbances in Cardiac Rhythm / Lester B. Jacobson
  • 64. Congestive Heart Failure / Richard G. Friedman
  • 65. Hypertensive Emergencies / Howard A. Bessen
  • 66. Vascular Emergencies / James B. Alexander, Anthony J. DelRossi and Jonathan H. Cilley, Jr.
  • 67. Heart and Great Vessel Emergencies / Anthony J. DelRossi, Jonathan H. Cilley, Jr. and James B. Alexander
  • 68. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Alan D. Guerci
  • 69. Dyspnea and Pulmonary Edema / George L. Sternbach
  • 70. Airway Management / Linda Nordeman and Emily J. Lucid
  • 71. Croup and Epiglottitis / Ronald N. Rothenberg
  • 72. Obstructive Airway Disease / Michael R. Sayre and Brian W. Carlin
  • 73. Pulmonary Embolism / Charles M. Shufflebarger and D. Kim Zaiser
  • 74. Respiratory Failure / Rebecca Seip and Marcus L. Martin
  • 75. Miscellaneous Respiratory Emergencies / Fred Harchelroad and Dietrich Jehle
  • 76. Chest Trauma / Alan H. Brader
  • 77. Common Genitourinary Emergencies / Alexander D. Vargas
  • 78. Renal Failure / Jonathan L. White, John A. Mitas II and Leonard G. Gomella
  • 79. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies / John J. Willems and Dennis E. Sandler
  • 80. Rape and Sexual Assault / Tina M. H. Blair and Carmen Germaine Warner
  • 81. Ocular Emergencies / James Cabral
  • 82. Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies / Janice Birney, Kenneth Kulig and Gordon Genta
  • 83. Laryngeal Emergencies / Janice Birney and Kenneth Kulig
  • 84. Maxillofacial Injuries / Stephen V. Cantrill
  • 85. Dental Emergencies / John P. Kelly
  • 86. Atlas of Emergency Procedures / Thomas Clarke Kravis
  • 87. Emergency Drug Index / Joseph A. Grillo and Edgar R. Gonzalez
  • Appendix: Temperature Conversion.