Thoroughly updated for its Fifth Edition, this best-selling Spiral® Manual is the most user-friendly quick reference available in emergency medicine. In an easy-to-scan outline format with key terms boldfaced, the book offers practical guidance for diagnosis and management of all types of emergencies. Lists of possible causes of symptoms lead readers rapidly to appropriate information. Chapters are organized by body system and extensively cross-referenced to make material easy to locate. This edition includes new guidelines for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and new information on disaster medicine and terrorism preparedness, thrombolytic therapy for stroke and heart attack, and alternative therapies.
The Washington Manual of Emergency Medicine
Authorship from the Emergency Nurses Association ensures this book contains the best practices in emergency nursing. Quick-reference format uses a consistent layout to help you find information quickly and easily.
This new edition includes extensive updates to all sections, incorporating the latest guidelines, evidence-based protocols, and relevant research.
New chapters cover additional procedures, musculoskeletal and pediatric applications, and the use of ultrasound in resuscitation. This text is invaluable for emergency physicians at all levels.
Reproduced with permission from Lichtenstein DA, Lascols N, Meziere G, Gepner A. Ultrasound diagnosis of alveolar consolidation in the critically ill. Intensive Care Med 2004; 30: 276–81. Chest Lichtenstein describes nine zones of the ...
Physical Examination There may be swelling of lymph nodes along the back of neck (Winterbottom sign). Diagnostic Criteria and Testing Laboratories Identification of the parasite in blood smear or from lymph.
A comprehensive Emergency Medicine textbook covering all aspects of contemporary Emergency Medicine practice in Australia and New Zealand. Suitable for all practitioners in, and students of, Emergency Medicine.
For further reading in Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 6th ed., see Chapter 84, “Jaundice,” by Richard O. Shields Jr; and Chapter 86, “Hepatic Disorders and Hepatic Failure,” by Joshua S. Broder and Rawden Evans.
Rev. ed. of: Emergency medicine: a comprehensive study guide / editor-in-chief, Judith E. Tintinalli; co-editors, Gabor D. Kelen, J. Stephan Stapczynski; American College of Emergency Physicians. 6th ed. c2004.
Manual of Emergency Medicine