Signs & symptoms in emergency medicine literature-based guide to emergent conditions

• Other Authors: Davis, Mark A. (chief editor), Votey, Scott R. (Editor), Greenough, P. Gregg (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis, Missouri Mosby 1999
• Subjects: Emergencies > Handbook; Diagnosis > Handbook; Emergency Medicine > Handbook
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• Item Description: Includes stable/unstable color emergency algorithm and drug treatment card 14x19cm folded to 14x10cm
• Physical Description: xxiii, 551 pages illustrations (some colour) 19 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780323002110; 0323002110

Patients present to the emergency department with symptoms, and no diagnoses. With this in mind the unique 'signs and symptoms' approach of this new book offers the quickest possible way to diagnose critical conditions in an emergency situation. This pocket-sized manual will be in an outline format and practically oriented, so that it can be used as a quick reference guide by students doing clerkships in emergency medicine as well as emergency medicine residents. Since this manual will be organized around presenting symptoms, it can be used in real-time to answer patient care questions. Diagnoses will be listed in order of their severity in each chapter with the symptoms, signs, suggested workup, and patient disposition given for each diagnosis