Emergency Medical Therapy

This convenient and practical manual will rapidly assist the reader when confronting a patient with a common or life-threatening medical problem in the hectic environment of emergency medicine. Completely revised and updated, the new edition features sections on the general care of the emergency patient, common medical chief complaints or symptoms in the adult patient-from abdominal pain to vomiting, and common medical emergencies and their therapy. Tables and "flow diagrams" are used extensively to summarize information and to assist in diagnostic and therapeutic decision making. Presents most information by class or major body system in a convenient outline form, offering easy, immediate access to critical material. Emphasises essential facts, enabling readers to quickly target the correct diagnosis and develop an effective management or stabilisation strategy. Shows users how to work-up the problem, offering specific recommendations on examination findings and laboratory tests. Provides differential diagnosis sections in almost all chapters - ensuring that all aspects of an illness, injury, or emergency are considered. Explains techniques and therapies for a full range of disorders. Includes disposition criterial that makes it easy to determine when patients should be admitted...and when they're ready to go home. Features flow diagrams that help direct diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making.