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"Trauma Secrets, 2/E" covers virtually every trauma condition. Information includes guidelines for use in the field and the emergency department, managing a wide array of specific trauma conditions, special types of injuries (lightning, hanging, radiation injuries, child abuse, etc.) as well as modalities of diagnosis and therapy (MRI, chest drain, lavage, arterial lines, etc.). This volume is an important resource in the field of trauma management.

L'AMLS è un testo sui metodi pratici di trattamento delle emergenze nell'adulto. Ideato per fornire agli studenti la conoscenza pratica e le competenze necessarie per operare e gestire le emergenze. Ogni capitolo parte dalle procedure di valutazione per approdare alle diagnosi e al trattamento delle cause curabili. L'obiettivo del manuale è di fornire conoscenze di tipo pragmatico applicabili alle comuni emergenze mediche. Ogni capitolo presenta un approccio integrato e pratico alla cura dei pazienti le cui complicanze sono presentate ad inizio di capitolo.

This new resource provides a concise review of common as well as infrequently encountered diseases, syndromes, and disturbances of homeostasis in adult ICU patients. With more than 230 chapters and contributions from over 75 internationally recognized experts, readers will have step-by-step diagnostic and management strategies for each disorder at their fingertips. An outline format, standardized headings, boxes highlighting key points, tables, and illustrations make reference quick and easy.

'Fast solutions to major clinical and diagnostic problems ...A must for the critical care physician or the ER physician' - online review of the First Edition. Meeting the unique needs of "intensivists" - especially those whose primary backgrounds are in internal medicine, surgery, or anesthesiology - "CURRENT Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment" provides a unified approach to problems encountered in adult critical care practice. Crossing the boundaries among disciplines, this book brings you rapid access to major diagnostic features, relevant pathophysiology, concise descriptions of disease processes, and practical management strategies for the broad range of conditions encountered in critical care.It is suitable for those treating the critically ill and needing answers in a hurry. It serves as a one-stop reference for adult critical care practitioners. It facilitates critical care teaching, practice, and review - especially for those preparing for specialty exams. It integrates medical and surgical perspectives with diagnostic and treatment knowledge.It expertly yet concisely covers 40 key topics in critical care basics, medical critical care, and essentials of surgical intensive care. It includes information on pregnancy, psychiatric disorders, imaging procedures, transport, and more in critical cases. It offers new treatment strategies for respiratory distress syndrome and provides updates on the pathophysiology of respiratory failure and fluid and electrolyte disorders. It provides the best current recommendations on critical care supportive measures, including nutrition, bleeding prevention, and prevention of deep venous thrombosis. It helps students doing clerkships in medicine, surgery, and critical care; residents and fellows; and practitioners who need a succinct reference for day-to-day critical care practice.

This is a practical manual that describes the assessment and treatment of conditions encountered in the emergency department. Highly illustrated, it emphasises the problem-oriented approach central to modern practice. Structured to serve as a quick reference on a wide range of medical and surgical emergencies, summary boxes, key points and practice tips feature throughout. Whilst making it highly accessible, the editors have also ensured that this book provides the trainee with the detailed information that they require.

The topic of Bioterrorism affects all aspects of health care and this Clinics should be stocked in every health science store. Few events in American history have so traumatised and galvanised a nation as the events of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent acts of bioterrorism involving weaponised anthrax spores. Our enemies appear determined to strike us in anyway that they can - regardless of the consequences. It is hoped that this collection of papers will serve as an essential resource for medical and public health professionals - including public health practitioners, epidemiologists, physicians, nurses, physician assistants and other allied health care providers and medical emergency responders - who would seek to improve their ability to counter acts of biological terrorism.

The first book devoted to the needs of clinicians working at Urgent Care Centers. This concise, practical manual is geared specifically for physicians and other clinicians staffing the growing number of Urgent Care Centers. Urgent Care Medicine covers the unique aspects of medical practice at these centers including; staffing, patient profiles, interfacility transport, and the most common procedures performed at these centers. The book features easy-to-find critical information and quick-reference appendices on Differential Diagnoses of Chief Complaints & Presenting Symptoms and Radiologic Diagnosis Pearls,

This volume is the first comprehensive clinical practice reference in the rapidly growing field of point-of-care testing. Written by the experts and innovators in point-of-care testing technologies and procedures, the book provides practical guidance in planning and implementing the most reliable, clinically useful, and cost-effective point-of-care procedures and systems. The opening section discusses the goals of point-of-care testing and thoroughly explains the basic principles and methods. A major portion of the book examines applications in a variety of clinical settings, and includes case studies that demonstrate the benefits, limitations, and cost-effectiveness of point-of-care testing. Concluding sections focus on management, performance, information systems, and economic outcomes. A technical appendix is included. It is a Brandon-Hill recommended title.

This up-to-date and expanded 2nd edition is an invaluable resource for clinicians committed to providing primary health care to women. It provides a concise, practical synthesis of knowledge from various disciplines, including sections on medical disease, behavioral medicine, and prevention. The coverage focuses on problems commonly seen in primary care practice that occur more frequently or exclusively in women, or that manifest differently or respond differently to treatment in women than men. All topics are thoroughly addressed in a focused, well-organized approach that helps readers quickly locate answers to specific questions. With its focused presentation and clear discussion, "Primary Care of Women, 2nd Edition" offers an authoritative look at the complexities of a woman's biological, emotional, and social functioning in the context of her physical and mental health.

This second edition of the CNS volume originally published in 1995 as Neurology of Critical Illness, is a thorough revision to bring the book up to date and include new information on neurologic complications in organ transplant recipients, muscle and nerve injury in critical illness, and prognostication. It includes entirely new chapters on evaluation of coma focused on structural causes, neurologic complications in the critically ill pregnant patient, and withdrawal of life support.