Full Description
The first edition of the Guide to the Essentials in Emergency Medicine, co-edited by two prominent emergency physicians, Associate Professors Shirley Ooi and Peter Manning, with a combined total of 64 years of Emergency Medicine practice between them, was first published in Singapore in 2004. This book focuses on the practical management of the most life-threatening and common conditions encountered by emergency physicians. It is designed to offer a balanced viewpoint advocating the tenets of evidence-based medicine. This second edition preserves several of its predecessor's hallmark features. Easy-to-read format: clinical descriptions are presented succinctly and problems are introduced with the same symptom-based approach in Section One. Popular sections such as Caveats, covering the pitfalls likely to be encountered in medical practice, and Special Tips for GPs are retained.New features of this second edition include: twenty new chapters; thorough revision of the text for more content coverage, easier reading, and reflection of the latest evidence; reorganisation of Section Two into specific systems for ease of reading and revision for exams Inclusion of coloured photographs; and addition of further illustrations, ECGs, plain radiographs, CT scans and ultrasound images.
Contents
PART 1 COMMON PRESENTATIONS IN ADULT PATIENTS Chap 1Altered mental state Chap 2Bleeding GIT Chap 3Bleeding, Vaginal, Abnormal Chap 4Blurring of vision Chap 5Breathlessness, acute Chap 6Diarrhoea and vomiting Chap 7Fever Chap 8Giddiness Chap 9Haemoptysis Chap 10Headache Chap 11Hyperventilation Chap 12Lower limb swelling Chap 13Pain, abdominal Chap 14Pain, chest, acute Chap 15Pain, joint, peripheral Chap 16Pain, low back Chap 17Pain, scrotal and penile Chap 18Palpitations Chap 19Poisoning, General Principles Chap 20Red eye Chap 21Seizure Chap 22Shock/hypoperfusion states Chap 23Stridor Chap 24Syncope Chap 25Trauma Multiple, Initial Management Chap 26Urinary retention, acute Chap 27Violent and psychotic patients PART 2 SPECIFIC CONDITIONS PART 2A: AIRWAY AND RESUSCITATION Chap 28Airway Management/Rapid Sequence Intubation Chap 29Allergic reactions/Anaphylaxis Chap 30Cardiac arrest algorithms Chap 31Cardiogenic Shock Chap 32Neurogenic shock Chap 33Sepsis/septic shock PART 2B: CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES Chap 34Aortic Emergencies Chap 35Bradydysrhythmias Chap 36Coronary syndromes, acute Chap 37Other Heart Conditions(Pericarditis, Myocarditis, Infective Endocarditis, Cardiomyophathy) Chap 38Heart failure, acute Chap 39Hypertensive Crises Chap 40Acute limb ischaemia Chap 41Pulmonary Embolism Chap 42Venous emergencies Chap 43Tachydysrhythmias PART 2C: RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES Chap 44Asthma Chap 45Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Chap 46Pneumonia, Community Acquired (CAP) Chap 47Pneumothorax Chap 48Respiratory Failure, Acute PART 2D: GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES Chap 49Acute Appendicitis Chap 50Hepatic encephalopathy, acute Chap 51Hepatobiliary Emergencies Chap 52Intestinal Obstruction Chap 53Ischaemic Bowel/Mesenteric Ischaemia Chap 54Pancreatitis, acute Chap 55Peptic Ulcer Disease/ Dyspepsia Chap 56Perianal Conditions PART 2E: ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC EMERGENCIES Chap 57Acid Base Emergencies Chap 58Adrenal Insufficiency, acute Chap 59Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders Chap 60Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS) Chap 61Hypoglycaemia Chap 62Thyroid Emergencies -Thyroid Crisis and Myxoedema PART 2F: RENAL AND GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES Chap 63Renal Emergencies Chap 64Urinary Tract Infection Chap 65Urolithiasis PART 2G: NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES Chap 66Meningitis Chap 67Migraine and Cluster Headache Chap 68Stroke Chap 69Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH) Chap 70Temporal Arteritis Chap 71Transient Ischaemic Attack PART 2H: INFECTIOUS DISEASES Chap 72Coping with Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century in the Emergency Department - A New Norm Chap 73Dengue Fever & Chikungunya Fever Chap 74Malaria Chap 75Needle Stick/Body Fluid Exposure Chap 76Tetanus and anti-tetanus prophylaxis PART 2I: HAEMATOLOGIC/ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES Chap 77Administration of Blood Products in the EMD Chap 78Oncology Emergencies Chap 79Overwarfarinisation PART 2J: DERMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES Chap 80Dermatology in Emergency Care PART 2K: GERIATRIC EMERGENCIES Chap 81Geriatric Emergencies PART 2L: TOXICOLOGY Chap 82Alcohol Intoxication & Poisoning with other alcohols Chap 83Poisoning, Benzodiazepine Chap 84Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide Chap 85Poisoning, Cyclic Antidepressants Chap 86Poisoning, Digoxin Chap 87Poisoning, Organophosphates Chap 88Poisoning, Paracetamol Chap 89Poisoning, Salicylates PART 2M: TOXICOLOGY (INCLUDING BITES) Chap 90Bites, Mammalian and Human Chap 91Bites, Snake PART 2N: SURGICAL & ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA/INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES Chap 92Crush Sydrome Chap 93Trauma, Abdominal Chap 94Trauma, Chest Chap 95Trauma, Head Chap 96Trauma and infections, Hand Chap 97Trauma, Lower Extremity Chap 98Trauma, Maxillofacial Chap 99Trauma , Paediatric (refer to Chap 137) Chap 100Trauma, Pelvic Chap 101Trauma in Pregnancy Chap 102Trauma, Spinal Cord Chap 103Trauma, Upper Extremity Chap 104Wound Care & Management PART 2O: ENT EMERGENCIES Chap 105Common ENT Emergencies PART 2P: EYE EMERGENCIES Chap 106Blurring of vision and Red and Painful eye PART 2Q: PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES Chap 107ASSAULT (non-sexual) PART 2R: OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES Chap 108Eclampsia Chap 109Ectopic Pregnancy Chap 110Emergency delivery of the newborn Chap 111Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) PART 2S: ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES Chap 112Burn, Major Chap 113Burns, Minor Chap 114Diving Emergencies Chap 115Electrical and Lightning Injuries Chap 116Hyperthermia Chap 117Submersion Injuries PART 2T: IMAGING Chap 118Emergency Ultrasound Chap 119Views of x-rays to order PART 2U: PHARMACOLOGY Chap 120Commonly Used Emergency Drugs in Adults Chap 121List of drugs to avoid in G6PD deficiency Chap 122Prescribing Pregnancy PART 2V: PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES Chap 123Child, Abdominal pain Chap 124Child with breathlessness Chap 125Child/baby, crying Chap 126Child with diarrhoea Chap 127Child with fever Chap 128Child, fitting Chap 129Child, Vomiting Chap 130Paediatric Asthma Chap 131Bronchiolitis Chap 132Febrile Fit Chap 133Fluid Replacement in Paediatrics Chap 134Newborn Resuscitation in the ED Chap 135Non-accidental Injury in Paediatrics Chap 136Paediatric Drugs and Equipment Chap 137Trauma, Paediatric PART 2W: MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL INFORMATION Chap 138Commonly Used Scoring Systems Chap 139Common Emergency Procedures Chap 140Pain Management Chap 141 Procedural Sedation Chap 142Simple Statistics Chap 143Useful Formulae AppendixColour images for Chapter
