- Several published research trials have identified new interventions that improve outcomes for patients presenting in the emergency department with acute cardiovascular or infectious disease and psychiatric and trauma-related illnesses or injuries. Recent technological advances in pharmacotherapy, medical imaging and laboratory measurement have contributed to making these improvements in patient care possible. Increasing emphasis on clinical practice guidelines for certain acute conditions assist emergency physicians who are managing several patients in a busy emergency department.
- Hospital closings, in the face of increasing demands for access to emergency care, have resulted in the overcrowding of many emergency departments. In addition, insufficient inpatient beds has resulted in delays in transferring the sickest patients to critical care settings. The increasing numbers of uninsured, the insufficient number of primary care providers in some areas, and the aging of the population as a whole suggest that the demand for emergency care will not soon abate. As hospitals are forced to expand their emergency departments, the departments are being redesigned to accommodate more and sicker patients for longer periods. Observation Units and Chest Pain Centers are being added to larger hospital emergency departments to improve efficiency and capacity. Emergency physicians are learning to adapt to the increasing scope of care they must provide as a result of these environmental and demographic changes.
- Events such as the World Trade Center attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and the January 12, 2010, Haitian earthquake, have focused the attention of the media and the public on the critical role that emergency physicians and emergency departments play in disaster response. The EM subspecialty areas of disaster medicine, emergency medical services, and toxicology have experienced substantial increases in support for the development of rapid response capability and the performance of research in areas that will lead to improved management of terrorist threats.
Finally, the editors are devoted emergency physicians committed to the practices of emergency medicine, the advancement of the specialty within organized medicine, and the support of research efforts that will improve the care provided to emergency patients. The editors and authors wish to dedicate this textbook to their families and to the well being of the millions of patients being seen in the emergency departments across the globe.
Contents:
SECTION I RESUSCITATION
CHAPTER 1 Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CHAPTER 2 Pediatric Resuscitation
SECTION II EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) AND DISASTER MEDICAL CARE
CHAPTER 3 Emergency Medical Services
CHAPTER 4 Public Health Issues After a Disaster
CHAPTER 5 Disaster Triage
CHAPTER 6 Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
CHAPTER 7 Pediatric Disaster Medicine
CHAPTER 8 Radiation Exposures, Blast Injury, and Bioterrorism
SECTION III ABDOMINAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 9 Approach to Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders
CHAPTER 10 Esophagus and Stomach
CHAPTER 11 Liver
CHAPTER 12 Diseases of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tract
CHAPTER 13 The Pancreas
CHAPTER 14 Small Bowel
CHAPTER 15 Large Bowel
CHAPTER 16 Rectum and Anus
SECTION IV CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
CHAPTER 17 Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
CHAPTER 18 Acute Heart Failure
CHAPTER 19 Pericarditis
CHAPTER 20 Endocarditis and Myocarditis
CHAPTER 21 Cardiomyopathies
CHAPTER 22 Valvular Disease
CHAPTER 23 Dysrhythmias
CHAPTER 24 Hypertension
CHAPTER 25 Peripheral Vascular Disease
SECTION V CUTANEOUS DISORDERS
CHAPTER 26 Dermatitis
CHAPTER 27 Bacterial Infections
CHAPTER 28 Fungal Infections
CHAPTER 29 Parasitic Infections
CHAPTER 30 Viral Infections
CHAPTER 31 Maculopapular Lesions
CHAPTER 32 Purpura and Petechiae
CHAPTER 33 Urticaria/Angioedema
CHAPTER 34 Papular/Nodular Lesions
CHAPTER 35 Erythemas
CHAPTER 36 Vesicular/Bullous Lesions
CHAPTER 37 Cancers
SECTION VI ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 38 Acid-Base Disturbances
CHAPTER 39 Adrenal Disease
CHAPTER 40 Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances
CHAPTER 41 Disorders of Glucose Metabolism
CHAPTER 42 Nutritional Disorders
CHAPTER 43 Parathyroid Disorders
CHAPTER 44 Pheochromocytoma
CHAPTER 45 Pituitary Disorders
CHAPTER 46 Thyroid Disease
CHAPTER 47 Endocrine Manifestations of Neoplasia
SECTION VII HEAD, EARS, EYES, NOSE, AND THROAT DISORDERS
CHAPTER 48 Life-Threatening Emergencies
CHAPTER 49 Disorders of the External Ear
CHAPTER 50 Disorders of the Internal Ear
CHAPTER 51 Nose/Sinus
CHAPTER 52 Throat and Oropharynx
CHAPTER 53 External Eye
SECTION VIII INTRODUCTION TO HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 54 Hemostatic Disorders
CHAPTER 55 Lymphomas
CHAPTER 56 Red Blood Cell Disorders
CHAPTER 57 Transfusions
CHAPTER 58 White Blood Cell Disorders
CHAPTER 59 Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
SECTION IX INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDERS
CHAPTER 60 Autoimmune Diseases
CHAPTER 61 Cardiac Transplantation
CHAPTER 62 Hypersensitivity
SECTION X SYSTEMIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
CHAPTER 63 Bacterial Infections
CHAPTER 64 Parasites
CHAPTER 65 Rickettsial Infections
CHAPTER 66 Viral Infections
CHAPTER 67 Sepsis
SECTION XI MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (NONTRAUMATIC)
CHAPTER 68 Bony Abnormalities
CHAPTER 69 Joint Disorders
CHAPTER 70 Disorders of the Spine
CHAPTER 71 Overuse Syndrome
CHAPTER 72 Muscle Disorders
CHAPTER 73 Soft Tissue Infections
SECTION XII NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS
SECTION XIII INTRODUCTION TO OBSTETRICAL AND PREGNANCY DISORDERS
SECTION XIV PEDIATRIC DISORDERS
SECTION XV PSYCHOBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
SECTION XVI INTRODUCTION TO RENAL DISEASES
SECTION XVII THORACIC RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
SECTION XVIII INTRODUCTION TO UROGENITAL/GYNECOLOGIC PROBLEMS
SECTION XIX ENVIRONMENTAL DISORDERS
SECTION XX TOXICOLOGIC DISORDERS
SECTION XXI TRAUMATIC DISORDERS
SECTION XXII ADMINISTRATION
Product Details
- Paperback: 1096 pages
- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2 edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0763766526
- ISBN-13: 978-0763766528
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches