Morris / Fletcher ABC of Emergency Differential Diagnosis

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-59867-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 96 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: ABC Series

A practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of acute symptomsand conditions, the ABC of Emergency Differential Diagnosisprovides a step-by-step guide to emergency differential diagnosisfor non-specialists in a hospital or primary care setting.
This new title in the ABC series covers the assessment,diagnosis, treatment, and management of the most common symptomswith 'walk through' diagnosis, clear learning outcomes, and easy tofind treatment options.
Using the familiar problem-based teaching approach for rapidassimilation of information, case studies in each chapter allow thereader to be sure that they have synthesised the information givenand can apply it to clinical cases.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morris, Francis

Fletcher, Alan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors vii
Preface viii
1 Unconsciousness and Coma 1
Roger Dalton
2 Calf Pain 5
Francis Morris and Alan Fletcher
3 Chest Pain - Cardiac 9
Nicki Doddridge
4 High Fever 13
Rachel Foster
5 Vaginal Bleeding 18
Sian Ireland and Karen Selby
6 Transient Weakness 22
Carole Gavin
7 Abdominal Pain - Epigastric 26
Duncan Drury
8 Acute Headache 30
Tom Locker
9 Acutely Painful Joint 34
Rachel Tattersall
10 Chest Pain - Pleuritic 37
Claire Gardner and Kevin Jones
11 Dizziness 41
Scott Davison
12 The Intoxicated Patient 48
Sue Croft
13 The Shocked Patient 52
Arun Chaudhuri
14 Palpitations 57
Charles Heatley
15 Low Back Pain 60
Richard Kendall
16 Acute Confusion 64
Steve Goodacre
17 Shortness of Breath 68
Kevin Jones and Claire Gardner
18 Collapse of Unknown Cause 72
Peter Lawson
19 Abdominal Pain 76
Suzanne Mason and Alastair Pickering
Index 8

Über Autor(innen)

Francis Morris, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, NorthernGeneral Hospital, Sheffield, UK. Lead editor of ABC of ClinicalElectrocardiography. He is the Clinical Director of the Chest PainUnit in Sheffiled and has written four book on aspects of emergencymedicine. He is a regional representative of the BritishAssociation of Emergency Medicine. His main research interests arethe management of chest pain, DVT and pulmonary embolus.
Alan Fletcher, B Med Sci(Hons), MB ChB, MRCP, FFAEM.Appointed Consultant in Acute General Medicine and EmergencyMedicine in 2004, Alan has clinical responsibilities in theEmergency Department and Medical Assessment Units. He is SheffieldTeaching Hospitals' Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine, TrainingProgramme Director for Acute Medicine in the South YorkshireDeanery, and Foundation Programme Director. Apart from an activeteaching responsibility, he has research interests in theassessment of Nurse Practitioner competence and the value of acutemedical admission.