Description
Acute Care Casebook provides a case-based approach to the broad practice of acute care medicine, covering a variety of common patient presentations and clinical environments. This book features over 70 illustrated cases, including presentations of trauma and medical illness in wilderness medicine, military and prehospital environments, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and intensive care unit and floor emergencies. Designed for students and trainees in medicine, nursing, EMS, and other acute care specialties, this text guides readers through not only symptom evaluation and treatment, but also the thought process and priorities of experienced clinicians. Each chapter features key diagnoses and management pearls from leading experts that will help prepare readers for any event, from stabilizing and transporting a trauma patient in the field, to managing post-operative complications in the ICU.
Table of Contents
Section I: Wilderness/ExpeditionEdited by N. Stuart HarrisChapter 1: Headache at High AltitudeRenee N. SalasChapter 2: Head TraumaTodd W. ThomsenChapter 3: Dizziness While TravelingJacqueline PaulisChapter 4: Dizziness on AirplaneJustin T. PitmanChapter 5: EnvenomationJillian NickersonChapter 6: Wrist PainEric LeeChapter 7: Abdominal PainCarlo CanepaChapter 8: FeverRittik ChaudhuriChapter 9: Acute Mountain SicknessNathaniel R. MannChapter 10: HypothermiaS. Terez MalkaSection II: PrehospitalEdited by Jeremy T. CushmanChapter 11: VomitingMaia DorsettChapter 12: Fall with SyncopeChristopher J. FullagarChapter 13: Excited DeliriumThomas WilliamsChapter 14: StridorSean Donovan and Heidi CordiChapter 15: Interfacility Ventilator ManagementChristopher GaltonChapter 16: Difficulty BreathingEssie Reed-Schrader and William T. RiversChapter 17: Failing AsthmaticDavid Poliner, Philip Nawrocki, and Benjamin J. LawnerChapter 18: Blunt Chest TraumaDaniel ShocketChapter 19: Out of Hospital Cardiac ArrestErik RueckmannChapter 20: WeaknessAaron FarneySection III: Emergency DepartmentEdited by Evie MarcoliniChapter 21: Chest PainAamer KhanChapter 22: Severe HeadacheAman ShahChapter23: Eye PainAbbie SaccaryChapter24: Shortness of BreathHarman S. GillChapter25: Abdominal painAli KamranChapter26: SeizureOlga KovalerchikChapter 27: Extremity SwellingJennifer RepanshekChapter 28: OverdoseEvie Marcolini and Anthony TomassoniChapter 29: Cat BiteMartin CaseyChapter 30: VertigoUsama QadriChapter 31: Gastrointestinal BleedingOliver HullandSection IV: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)Edited by Julie Mayglothling WinkleChapter 32: HypotensionAngie CredittChapter 33: HypoxiaDrew ClareChapter 34: Altered Mental StatusCynthia OliviaChapter 35: FeverSarah MorganChapter 36: AgitationMegan RashidChapter 37: DyspneaMichael JoyceChapter 38: AnemiaKathy LiChapter 39: Abdominal DistentionMegha RajpalChapter 40: TachycardiaSteve MillerChapter 41: Focal WeaknessJordan TozerSection V: Medicine FloorEdited by Allen TranChapter 42: PalpitationsColin TurnerChapter 43: No Urine OutputAlison RodgerChapter 44: FeverGlenn PatriquinChapter 45: Chest PainAndrew CaddellChapter 46: Abdominal PainRachelle BlackmanChapter 47: Altered Mental StatusJaclyn LeBlancChapter 48: Low Blood PressureScott LeeChapter 49: Blistering RashAshley SutherlandChapter 50: AgitationChristopher J. M. GreenChapter 51: DyspneaMarko BalanSection VI: Pediatric ClinicEdited by Jennifer SandersChapter 52: Rule out Sepsis in InfantTemima WaltuchChapter 53: DrowningElysha PifkoChapter 54: Crying InfantCaroline BlackChapter 55: LimpSarah Yale and David MillsChapter 56: Fever in a ChildShannon DrohanChapter 57: Altered Mental StatusMichelle N. MarinChapter 58: Swollen EyesJeff MeyerChapter 59: Chest PainJennifer BellisChapter 60: Abdominal PainPeter GutierrezChapter 61: Shortness of BreathSylvia E. GarciaChapter 62: RashKara Cockrum and David MillsSection VII: Military/TacticalEdited by Leslie V. SimonChapter 63: Primary Blast InjuryLeslie V. SimonChapter 64: Secondary Blast InjuryLeslie V. SimonChapter 65: Crush InjuryChristopher M. PerryChapter 66: Abdominal PainElizabeth DeVosChapter 67: Heat StrokeAlexander BerkChapter 68: Facial DisfigurationDouglas Hofstettler, Andrea Austin, and Ryan MavesChapter 69: Febrile IllnessDouglas Hofstettler, Andrea Austin, and Ryan MavesChapter 70: Extremity Swelling and Altered Mental StatusDenise WhitfieldChapter 71: Eye InjuryMichael MohseniChapter 72: Dyspnea and Hemoptysis after a Rigorous, Open-water SwimPatrick Engelbert, John Haggerty, and Steven PortouwChapter 73: Penetrating Chest TraumaKatherine Biggs
