Pocket Emergency Medicine

by Richard D. Zane, Joshua M. Kosowsky

Overview

Pocket-sized and easy to use, Pocket Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition, provides accurate, actionable, and up-to-date information essential to caring for patients in life-threatening situations. Edited by Drs. Richard D. Zane and Joshua M. Kosowsky, this handy, loose-leaf resource is designed to be used at the bedside by clinicians on the front lines of emergency care. A volume in the popular Pocket Notebook series, it organizes chapters by presenting condition and supports the thought processes needed to hone everyday diagnostic decision making. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975190750
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Health
Publication date:	02/17/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	390
File size:	9 MB

Table of Contents

SECTION I: CARDIOVASCULAR

1. Electrocardiography
2. Acute Coronary Syndrome (Overview)
3. STEMI
4. UA/NSTEMI
5. Prinzmeta’s (Variant) Angina
6. Cocaine-Induced Angina
7. Stress Testing
8. Cardiac Catheteriazation
9. Post PCI Complications
10. Post MI Complications
11. Pulmonary Embolism and DVT
12. CHF/Acute Pulmonary Edema
13. Aortic Dissection
14. Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
15. Pericarditis and Pericardial Effusion
16. Cardiac Tamponade
17. Myocarditis
18. Syncope
19. Cardiac
20. Neurocardiogenic
21. Orthostatic Hypotension
22. Hypertension and Hypertensive Emergencies
23. Hypotension and Shock
24. Hypovolemic Shock
25. Cardiogenic Shock
26. Septic Shock
27. Neurogenic Shock
28. Dysrhythmia
29. Bradycardia
30. AV Node Block
31. Tachycardia/Palpitations
32. Pacemaker and AICD Malfunction

SECTION II: PULMONARY

1. Cough
2. Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
3. Hemoptysis

SECTION III: GASTROINTESTINAL

1. Abdominal Pain
2. Nausea and Vomiting
3. Gastrointestinal Bleed
4. Difficulty swallowing
5. Diarrhea
6. Constipation
7. Jaundice
8. Rectal Pain

SECTION IV: INFECTIOUS DISEASE

1. Fever
2. Abscess
3. Soft Tissue Infections
4. Viral Infections
5. Rabies
6. Tetanus
7. Parasitic Infections
8. Vector Borne Infections
9. Bioterrorism

SECTION V: NEUROLOGY

1. Altered Mental Status
2. Vertigo
3. Facial Droop
4. Headache
5. Seizure
6. Stroke

SECTION VI: RENAL & GENITOURINARY

1. Dysuria
2. Urinary Tract Infection
3. Flank Pain
4. Hematuria
5. Acute Renal Failure
6. Testicular Torsion/Torsion of Testicular Appendix
7. Phimosis and Paraphimosis
8. Priapism
9. Emergencies in Dialysis Patients

SECTION VII: OBGYN

1. Vaginal Bleeding
2. Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia
3. Hyperemesis Gravidarum
4. Emergency Delivery
5. Female Pelvic Pain
6. Vaginal Discharge (Sexually Transmitted Infection)
7. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Tubo-Ovarian Abscess

SECTION VIII: DERMATOLOGY

1. Rash
2. Viral Exanthems
3. Bacterial Exanthems
4. Fungal Exanthems
5. Allergic/Inflammatory Exanthems
6. Neoplastic/Other Exanthems
7. Dermatologic Emergencies

SECTION IX: ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC

1. Acid-Base Disorders
2. Abnormal Electrolytes
3. Hyperglycemic Emergencies (DKA/HHS)
4. Thyroid Emergencies
5. Adrenal Insufficiency

SECTION X: ENVIRONMENTAL

1. Dehydration
2. Bites and Stings
3. Occupational Exposure
4. Burns
5. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
6. Dysbarism
7. Electrical Injury
8. High Altitude Illness
9. Hypothermia
10. Hyperthermia
11. Lightning Injury
12. Drowning
13. Botulism

SECTION XI: HEMETOLOGY & ONCOLOGY

1. Allergic Reactions, Anaphylaxis, and Angioedema
2. Oncologic Emergencies
3. Sickle Cell Disease
4. Abnormal Bleeding: Platelet Disorders and Coagulopathy
5. Transfusions, Reversal, Transfusion Complications
6. Approach to the Transplant Patient

SECTION XII: MUSCULOSKELETAL & RHEUMOTELOGICAL

1. Leg Pain and Swelling
2. Lower Back Pain
3. Joint Pain

SECTION XIII: OTOLARYNGOLOGY/DENTAL/OPHTHALMOLOGY

1. Ear Pain
2. Hearing Loss
3. Sore Throat
4. Sinusitis
5. Epistaxis
6. Eye Pain/Redness
7. Vision Change and Vision Loss
8. Toothache

SECTION XIV: PEDIATRICS

1. Resuscitation
2. Abdominal Pain
3. Cyanosis
4. Pediatric Fever
5. Jaundice
6. Limp
7. Pediatric Seizure
8. Nausea and Vomiting
9. Pediatric Meningitis
10. Neonatal Complaints
11. Congenital Cardiac Disease
12. Respiratory Complaints
13. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
14. Hypoglycemia
15. Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities
16. Pediatric Exanthems
17. Urinary Tract Infection

SECTION XV: PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT

SECTION XVI: TOXICOLOGY

1. General Approach to the intoxicated patient
2. Anticholinergic Ingestion
3. Psychopharmacologic Ingestion and Adverse Effects
4. Alcohol Ingestions
5. Drugs of Abuse
6. Analgesic Overdose
7. Cardiac Medication Overdose
8. Caustic Ingestions
9. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Methemoglobinemia
10. Hypoglycemics
11. Other Ingestions

SECTION XVII: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

1. RSI
2. Cricothyrotomy

SECTION XVIII: TRAUMA

1. Primary Survey
2. Head Trauma
3. Maxillofacial Injury
4. Eye Injury
5. Neck Trauma
6. Cervical Spine Trauma
7. Thoracic/Lumbar/Sacral Spine Trauma
8. Thoracic Trauma
9. Abdominal Trauma
10. Genitourinary Trauma
11. Hip/Pelvic Trauma
12. Extremity Injury
13. Wound Management
14. Abuse

SECTION IXX: APPENDIX

1. Abbreviations
2. PALS
3. Mechanical Ventilation
4. Analgesia & Conscious Sedation
5. ICU Medications
6. Equations
7. Procedures