Acute Medicine

A Practical Guide to the Management of Medical Emergencies
Herausgegeben:Sprigings, David C.; Chambers, John B.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Acute Medicine offers an accessible and concise guide to the practical management of all acute medical problems likely to be encountered in the emergency department, ambulatory care centre, acute medical unit or on the wards.

Reflecting the maturation of acute medicine as a separate specialty, the book is divided into common presentations, specific problems and procedures. New to the fifth edition is a chapter on bed-side ultrasonography; throughout, emphasis is placed on patient safety, and the use of flow diagrams, tables and figures ensures that key information is quickly accessible.

Thoroughly revised by experts in the subject, and updated to reflect current approaches to diagnosis and management, Acute Medicine is an excellent companion for the trainee as well as an aide-mémoire for the more experienced physician.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118644280
• 5. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1142g
• ISBN-13: 9781118644287
• ISBN-10: 111864428X
• Artikelnr.: 47114803

Autorenporträt

David Sprigings, Consultant Physician 1993-2016, Northampton General Hospital, Northampton, UK. John B. Chambers, Professor of Clinical Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors, xi

Preface, xix

Evolution of acute medicine: the development of ambulatory emergency care, xxi

Section 1: Presentations in Acute Medicine, 1

General, 2

1 The critically ill patient, 3

2 Hypotension and shock, 9

3 Reduced conscious level, 16

4 Delirium, 23

5 Falls in older people, 30

Cardiorespiratory, 34

6 Cardiac arrest in hospital, 35

7 Acute chest pain, 46

8 Palpitations, 53

9 Transient loss of consciousness, 60

10 Acute breathlessness, 68

11 Acute respiratory failure, 73

12 Pleural effusion, 79

13 Cough and haemoptysis, 85

Neurological, 91

14 Neurological diagnosis in acute medicine, 92

15 Acute headache, 98

16 Seizures and epilepsy, 103

17 Weakness and paralysis, 110

18 Acute sensory symptoms, 117

19 Loss of vision, 123

Abdominal, 132

20 Acute vomiting, 133

21 Acute abdominal pain, 138

22 Acute diarrhoea, 144

23 Acute jaundice, 150

24 Ascites, 155

25 Acute kidney injury, 160

Skin and Musculoskeletal, 170

26 Acute rash, 171

27 Urticaria and angioedema, 177

28 Acute arthritis, 183

29 Acute spinal pain, 187

30 Acute limb pain, 190

Miscellaneous, 194

31 Comprehensive geriatric assessment, 195

32 Acute medical problems in pregnancy, 199

33 Fever on return from abroad, 207

34 Acute medical problems in the HIV-positive patient, 215

Section 2: Syndromes and Disorders, 223

General, 224

35 Sepsis, 225

36 Poisoning, 233

37 Acid-base disorders, 246

38 Anaphylaxis, 252

Cardiovascular, 258

39 Acute arrhythmias: general principles of management, 259

40 Regular broad complex tachycardia, 263

41 Irregular broad complex tachycardia, 268

42 Narrow complex tachycardia, 272

43 Atrial fibrillation and flutter, 279

44 Bradycardia and atrioventricular block, 283

45 Acute coronary syndromes (1): ST-segment elevation, 289

46 Acute coronary syndromes (2): Non-ST-segment elevation, 298

47 Acute pulmonary oedema, 305

48 Acute heart failure and decompensated chronic heart failure, 311

49 Cardiogenic shock, 317

50 Aortic dissection and other acute aortic syndromes, 321

51 Heart valve disease and prosthetic heart valves, 328

52 Infective endocarditis, 333

53 Acute pericarditis, 340

54 Cardiac tamponade, 344

55 Severe hypertension, 347

56 Deep vein thrombosis, 353

57 Pulmonary embolism, 358

58 Problems with pacemakers and other cardiac devices, 366

Respiratory, 371

59 Upper airway obstruction, 372

60 Acute asthma, 378

61 Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 384

62 Community-acquired pneumonia, 390

63 Hospital-acquired pneumonia, 396

64 Pneumothorax, 399

Neurological, 402

65 Stroke, 403

66 Transient ischaemic attack, 412

67 Subarachnoid haemorrhage, 418

68 Bacterial meningitis, 422

69 Encephalitis, 428

70 Spinal cord compression, 432

71 Guillain-Barré syndrome, 436

72 Raised intracranial pressure, 442

Abdominal, 446

73 Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 447

74 Acute lower gastro