Current Essentials of Emergency Medicine 1/e

500 common or important diseases, disorders, or symptoms managed by
emergency physicians - covers entire range of problems encountered in
the ED

Proven, unique format: one-disease-per-page, with bulleted text -
easy to use "quick reference"

Uses popular Current Emergency Diagnosis & Treatment as information
base - based on trusted, highly practical reference



-Contents-


SECTION 1: SHOCK
SECTION 2: CARDIAC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 3: PULMONARY EMERGENCIES
SECTION 4: GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES
SECTION 5: NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 6: GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES
SECTION 7: VASCULAR EMERGENCIES
SECTION 8: HEMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 9: INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES
SECTION 10: METABOLIC & ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES
SECTION 11: ELECTROLYTE & ACID-BASE EMERGENCIES
SECTION 12: RHEUMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 13: OBSTETRIC & GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 14: EYE EMERGENCIES
SECTION 15: ENT EMERGENCIES
SECTION 16: HEAD TRAUMA
SECTION 17: MAXILLOFACIAL & NECK TRAUMA
SECTION 18: CHEST TRAUMA
SECTION 19: ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
SECTION 20: GENITOURINARY TRAUMA
SECTION 21: VERTEBRAL & SPINAL INJURIES
SECTION 22: ORTHOPEDIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 23: HAND EMERGENCIES
SECTION 24: DERMATOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 25: PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES
SECITON 26: EMERGENCIES DUE TO PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS
SECTION 27: POISONING
SECTION 28: PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 29: NUCLEAR, BIOLOGIC, AND CHEMICAL AGENTS OF TERRORISM








Author Biography


C. Keith Stone, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas
A&M University Health Sciences Center, Scott & White Memorial
Hospital, Temple, Texas

Roger Humphries, MD, Residency Program Director, Department of
Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine,
Lexington, Kentucky