Rosen's emergency medicine concepts and clinical practice

• Other Authors: Marx, John A. (Editor), Hockberger, Robert S. (Editor), Walls, Ron M. (Editor), Adams, James 1962 May 8- (Editor), Rosen, Peter 1935-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mosby/Elsevier 2006
• Edition: SIXTH EDITION
• Subjects: Emergencies; Emergency Medicine
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Apply the expertise of today's leading Emergency Medicine authorities! The completely revised 6th Edition of Rosen's Emergency Medicine continues to serve as the definitive EM resource. Now with a new full-colour page layout (and many full-colour illustrations) it encompasses all of today&...

Table of Contents:

• V. 1. Airway
• Mechanical ventilation and noninvasive ventilatory support
• Monitoring the emergency patient
• Shock
• Blood and blood components
• Brain resuscitation
• Adult resuscitation
• Pediatric resuscitation
• Neonatal resuscitation
• Clinical decision making
• Fever in the adult patient
• Weakness
• Dizziness and vertigo
• Confusion
• Coma and depressed level of consciousness
• Seizures
• Headache
• Dyspnea
• Chest pain
• Syncope
• Nausea and vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Diarrhea
• Constipation
• Jaundice
• Acute pelvic pain
• Vaginal bleeding
• Back pain
• Cyanosis
• Sore throat
• Hemoptysis
• Red and painful eye
• Multiple trauma
• Trauma in pregnancy
• Pediatric trauma
• Geriatric trauma
• Head
• Facial trauma
• Spinal injuries
• Neck
• Thoracic trauma
• Abdominal trauma
• Genitourinary system
• Peripheral vascular injury
• General principles of orthopedic injuries
• Hand
• Wrist and forearm
• Humerus and elbow
• Shoulder
• Musculoskeletal back pain
• Pelvis
• Femur and hip
• Knee and lower leg
• Ankle and foot. Wound management principles
• Foreign bodies
• Mammalian bites
• Venomous animal injuries
• Thermal burns
• Chemical injuries
• Injury prevention and control
• Forensic emergency medicine
• Child maltreatment
• Sexual assault
• Intimate partner violence and abuse
• Elder abuse and neglect
• Youth, gangs, and violence
• V. 2. Oral medicine
• Ophthalmology
• Otolaryngology
• Asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary
• Upper respiratory tract infections
• Pneumonia
• Pleural disease
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Dysrhythmias
• Implantable cardiac devices
• Heart failure
• Pericardial and myocardial disease
• Infective endocarditis and valvular heart disease
• Hypertension
• Aortic dissection
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Peripheral arteriovascular disease
• Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis
• Esophagus, stomach, and duodenum
• Liver and biliary tract
• Pancreas
• Disorders of the small intestine
• Acute appendicitis
• Acute gastroenteritis
• Large intestine
• Anorectum
• Renal failure
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Selected urologic problems
• Stroke
• Seizures
• Headache. Delirium and dementia
• Brain and cranial nerve disorders
• Spinal cord disorders
• Peripheral nerve disorders
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Central nervous system infections
• Thought disorders
• Mood disorders
• Anxiety disorders
• Somatoform disorders
• Factitious disorders and malingering
• Suicide
• Arthritis
• Tendinopathy and bursitis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus and the vasculitides
• Allergy, hypersensitivity, and anaphylaxis
• Dermatologic presentations
• Anemia, polycythemia, and white blood cell disorders
• Disorders of hemostasis
• Selected oncologic emergencies
• Acid-base disorders
• Electrolyte disturbances
• Diabetes mellitus and disorders of glucose homeostasis
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Thyroid and adrenal disorders
• Bacteria
• Visures
• Rabies
• AIDS and HIV
• Parasites
• Tick-borne illnesses
• Tuberculosis
• Bone and joint infections
• Soft tissue infections
• Sepsis syndromes
• V. 3. Frostbite
• Accidental hypothermia
• Heat illness
• Electrical and lightning injuries
• Scuba diving and dysbarism
• High-altitude medicine
• Submersion. Radiation injuries
• General approach to the poisoned patient
• Acetaminophen
• Aspirin and nonsteroidal agents
• Anticholinergics
• Antidepressants
• Cardiovascular drugs
• Caustics
• Cocaine and other
• Toxic alcohols
• Hallucinogens
• Heavy metals
• Hydrocarbons
• Inhaled toxins
• Lithium
• Antipsychotics
• Opioids
• Pesticides
• Plants, mushrooms, and herbal medications
• Sedative hypnotics
• General approach to the pediatric patient
• Fever
• Pediatric respiratory emergencies: upper airway obstruction and infections
• Pediatric respiratory emergencies: lower airway obstruction
• Pediatric respiratory emergencies: disease of the lungs
• Cardiac disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Infectious diarrheal disease and dehydration
• Renal and genitourinary tract disorders
• Neurologic disorders
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Sudden infant death syndrome and apparent life-threatening events
• General approach to the pregnant patient
• Acute complications of pregnancy
• Chronic medical illness during pregnancy
• Drug therapy and substance abuse
• Labor and delivery and their complications
• The elder patient. The immunocompromised patient
• The solid-organ transplant patient
• Alcohol-related disease
• Substance abuse
• Evaluation of the developmentally and physically disabled patient
• Pain management
• Procedural sedation and analgesia
• The combative patient
• The difficult patient
• Emergency medical service: overview and ground transport
• Air medical transport
• Tactical emergency medical support and urban search and rescue
• Disaster preparedness
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Guidelines in emergency medicine
• Medical literature and evidence-based medicine
• Observation medicine and clinical decision units
• Occupational medicine and occupational health in the emergency department
• Hyperbaric medicine
• The social role of emergency medicine
• Information technology in emergency medicine
• Multiculturalism and care delivery
• Process improvement and patient safety in the emergency department
• Bioethics
• End of life
• Medicolegal and risk management
• Wellness, stress, and the impaired physician