Emergency Medicine: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the OutcomesAmal Mattu, Deepi G. Goyal Emergency Medicine is a brand new book focusing on the common pitfalls and mistakes that can occur when dealing with high-risk conditions during standard medical practice. Concise chapters focus on clinical relevance, addressing the mistakes, the consequences and the knowledge necessary to avoid high-risk mistakes. An essential book for all staff dealing with emergencies. |
Contents
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 1 Evaluation and Management of Patients with Chest Syndromes | 1 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 2 Management of the Dyspneic Patient in the ED | 17 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 3 Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Abdominal Pain | 25 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 4 Management of Patients with Acute Back Pain in the ED | 33 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 5 Headache Management | 39 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 6 Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Neck Pain | 46 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 7 Trauma Management in the ED | 55 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 8 Management of Infectious Diseases | 63 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 9 Wound Care in Emergency Medicine | 72 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 10 Management of the Pregnant Patient in the ED | 79 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 11 Pediatric Care in the ED | 85 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 12 Management of HematologyOncology Patients in the ED | 93 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes 13 Management of IntoxicatedViolent Patients | 99 |
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Emergency Medicine: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes Amal Mattu,Deepi G. Goyal No preview available - 2008 |
Emergency Medicine: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes Amal Mattu,Deepi G. Goyal No preview available - 2008 |
Emergency Medicine: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes Amal Mattu,Deepi G. Goyal No preview available - 2007 |
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