In this Book
- Emergency Medicine Casebook
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
This book is a new and rapidly developing specialty. The fast patient flow, the large patient load, and the diversified clinical presentation make the emergency department a challenging place to work in.
Table of Contents
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- 1 Body packing
- pp. 2-3
- 3 Drug overdose
- pp. 6-7
- 4 Penetrating chest injury
- pp. 8-9
- 5 Hypothermia
- pp. 10-11
- 6 Stridor in a child
- pp. 12-13
- 8 Opioid withdrawal
- pp. 16-17
- 9 Neonatal resuscitation
- pp. 18-19
- 10 Head injury
- pp. 20-21
- 11The elderly patient
- pp. 22-23
- 12 Cardiac tamponade
- pp. 24-25
- 13 Asthma in pregnancy
- pp. 26-27
- 14 An amputated finger
- pp. 28-29
- 15 Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- pp. 30-31
- 16 Hypoglycaemia
- pp. 32-33
- 17 Gas inhalation
- pp. 34-35
- 18 Hyperventilation syndrome
- pp. 36-37
- 19The seat-belt sign
- pp. 38-39
- 20 A deadly complication of acne
- pp. 40-41
- 21 A case of arson
- pp. 42-43
- 22 Smoke inhalation
- pp. 44-45
- 23 Benzodiazepine overdose
- pp. 46-47
- 24 Confusion in head injury
- pp. 48-49
- 25 Use of naloxone
- pp. 50-51
- 28 Back pain
- pp. 54-55
- 30 Pseudocoma
- pp. 58-59
- 31 Capnography
- pp. 60-61
- 33 Ethics on resuscitation
- pp. 64-65
- 34 Spinal cord injury
- pp. 66-67
- 35 Human bite wounds
- pp. 68-69
- 37 Non-accidental injury
- pp. 72-73
- 40 Abdominal injury
- pp. 78-79
- 41 Trauma score
- pp. 80-81
- 43 Adolescent pregnancy
- pp. 84-85
- 44 Digoxin toxicity
- pp. 86-87
- 45 Litigation in emergency medicine
- pp. 88-89
- 46 Pacing in bradycardia
- pp. 90-91
- 47 Breaking bad news
- pp. 92-93
- 48 A drunk patient
- pp. 94-95
- 49 Pre-hospital trauma care
- pp. 96-97
- 50 Pulse oximetry
- pp. 98-99
- 51 Gastrointestinal decontamination
- pp. 100-101
- 52 Paediatric cardiorespiratory arrest
- pp. 102-103
- 53 Stab wounds of the chest
- pp. 104-105
- 54 The vital signs in stroke
- pp. 106-107
- 55 Compartment syndrome
- pp. 108-109
- 56 Anaphylaxis
- pp. 110-111
- 57 Necrotizing infection
- pp. 112-113
- 58 Falls from heights
- pp. 114-115
- 59 Change in ABC
- pp. 116-117
- 60 Streptokinase in myocardial infarction
- pp. 118-119
- 61 RV infarction
- pp. 120-121
- 62 Post-coital headache
- pp. 122-123
- 63 Foreign-body ingestion
- pp. 124-125
- 65 Tall T wave on ECG
- pp. 128-129
- 66 Status epilepticus and failed intubation
- pp. 130-131
- 67 Low back pain
- pp. 132-133
- 68 Insomnia
- pp. 134-135
- 69 Non-surgicall causes of abdominal pain
- pp. 136-137
- 70 Fat embolism
- pp. 138-139
- 71 Re-expansion pulmonary edemal
- pp. 140-141
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882201200
Related ISBN(s)
9789622097117
MARC Record
OCLC
647930746
Pages
156
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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