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Vascular Disasters, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : Alex Koyfman

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 16,11 MB

Release : 2017-10-11

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323548768

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Vascular Disasters. Editors Alex Koyfman and Brit Long have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Thoracic aortic syndromes; Abdominal aortic emergencies; SAH – aneurysmal/traumatic; Stroke – latest on ischemic stroke; Stroke – intracerebral bleeds (excluding SAH); Carotid / vertebral dissections (including post-traumatic); Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Mesenteric ischemia; Deep vein thrombosis upper/lower; Peripheral arterial occlusion; Penetrating vascular injury; and Vascular access complications.



Observation Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : R. Gentry Wilkerson

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 42,15 MB

Release : 2017-08-01

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323532284

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Observation Medicine in the ED. Editors R. Gentry Wilkseron and Christopher Baugh have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: History and Principles of Observation Medicine; Observation Unit Design and Establishing an Observation Unit; Care of the Patient with Chest Pain in an Observation Unit; Care of Cardiovascular Conditions in an Observation Unit; Care of Gastrointestinal Conditions in an Observation Unit; Care of Metabolic / Endocrine Conditions in an Observation Unit; Care of Neurologic Conditions in an Observation Unit; Care of Respiratory Conditions in an Observation Unit; Care of Infectious Conditions in an Observation Unit; Care of Traumatic Conditions in an Observation Unit; Care of Extremes of Age in an Observation Unit.



Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : Eric A. Weiss

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 22,14 MB

Release : 2017-04-19

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323528376

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Drs. Eric Weiss and Douglas Sward have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Article topics include: Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of High Altitude Illness; Out-of-hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia; Arthropod Envenomation in North America; North American Snake Envenomation; Cutting Edge Management of Frostbite;Updates in Decompression Illness; Marine Envenomation; Is There a Doctor on Board: Medical Emergencies at 40,000 Feet; Translating Battlefield Medicine to Wilderness Medicine; The Application of Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Austere Environments; Wilderness EMS Systems; Preparing for International Travel & Global Medical Care; and Medical-legal Issues in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine.



Neurologic Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : Jonathan A. Edlow

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 17,82 MB

Release : 2016-10-15

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323477003

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Neurologic Emergencies. Articles include: Headache; Back Pain; Dizziness; Generalized Weakness; Initial Diagnosis and Management of Coma; Neuro-ophthalmology; Diagnosis of Acute Ischemic Stroke; Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke; Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke; Status Epilepticus; Diagnosis and Emergency Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and more!



Pediatric Emergency Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : Sean M. Fox

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 23,78 MB

Release : 2018-04-13

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323583512

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, with topics including: BRUE/ALTE; Pediatric Minor Head Injury; PAIN MANAGEMENT and PAIN ALTERNATIVES; DEHYDRATION - ORT and IVF FLUID SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SYNCOPE - High Risk Conditions and Reasonable Approach; INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM IN THE ED; BRONCHIOLITIS - From Guideline to Clinical Practice; PED NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION; PED VENT MANAGEMENT; POST-OP TONSILLECTOMY HEMORRHAGE; UNDIFFERENTIATED SHOCK MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC BURN MANAGEMENT; MAJOR HEAD TRAUMA: Not a Minor Problem; and PEDIATRIC THORACIC TRAUMA.



Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : Colin G. Kaide

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 185 pages

File Size : 42,11 MB

Release : 2018-07-28

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323613853

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Hematology and Oncology Emergencies, with topics including: Cardiovascular toxicities of cancer therapies; The latest cancer agents and their complications; Infections in the cancer patient; Pediatric oncologic emergencies; Rapid fire oncologic emergencies; Rapid fire hypercalcemia; Rapid fire sickle cell disease; Rapid fire SVC Syndrome; The Cancer ED; EM Oncology Fellowship; Anticoagulation Reversal; and Rapid Fire Blast Crisis/Hyperviscosity.



Severe Sepsis Care in the Emergency Department, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : John C. Perkins Jr

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 15,15 MB

Release : 2016-12-02

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323496563

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Drs. John C. Perkins and Michael E. Winters have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Sepsis in the Emergency Department. Article topics include: Defining and Diagnosing Sepsis; Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy; Severe Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource Limited Settings; Source Control in Severe Sepsis; Considerations in Special Populations with Severe Sepsis; Pediatric Severe Sepsis Resuscitation; The New Usual Care; Prehospital Sepsis Care; Endpoints of Sepsis Resuscitation; Pitfalls in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Disposition of Severe Sepsis; Biomarkers in Sepsis; Vasopressors and Inotropes in Sepsis; and Sepsis Quality Measures and Performance Improvement.



Damage Control: Advances in Trauma Resuscitation, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : Christopher Hicks

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : pages

File Size : 22,14 MB

Release : 2017-11-19

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323569773

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Christopher Hicks and Andrew Petrosoniak, includes: Human factors in trauma resuscitation; rational approach to the trauma patient in shock; evidence-based updated on traumatic cardiac arrest; trauma airway; neuro-trauma management; managing thoracic trauma; major hemorrhage in trauma; major trauma in non trauma center; pelvic and abdominal trauma; major vascular injury; Special considerations in paediatric trauma; and Special considerations in geriatric trauma.



Cardiovascular Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author : Semhar Z. Tewelde

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 22,77 MB

Release : 2015-11-12

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323393314

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Book Description

Drs. Tewelde and Reynolds have put together an excellent issue on Cardiovascuar Emergencies. Articles include:Pregnancy Related Coronary Artery Disease, Decompensated Cyanotic Heart Disease, Blunt Cardiac Injury, Blunt Cardiac Injury, STEMI Chameleons, Hypertensive Emergency, Troubleshooting the Pacer/ICD, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiac Arrest, and more!



Difficult Decisions in Trauma Surgery

Author : Kenneth Wilson

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 443 pages

File Size : 11,61 MB

Release : 2021-10-29

Category : Medical

ISBN : 3030816672

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This book provides a practical guide to decision making within the realm of trauma surgery. Each chapter covers the ideal approach, rather than customary care, for the treatment of the chosen difficult decision or controversy. A broad range of topics are covered with particular attention given to resuscitation, wound management, thoracic and abdominal trauma, antimicrobial management, transplant considerations, vascular trauma, traumatic brain injury, pediatric trauma and ethics. Difficult Decisions in Trauma Surgery aims to help improve the treatment of trauma patients and is relevant to surgical trainees and practicing surgeons, and as well as medical professionals working within trauma medicine.