Pocket Emergency Medicine

 

Description:

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.

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

SECTION I: CARDIOVASCULAR

Chest Pain

Electrocardiography

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Risk-Stratification Testing

Cardiac Catheterization

Post-MI Complications

Prinzmetal’s (Variant) Angina

Cocaine-Induced Angina

DVT and Pulmonary Embolism

Decompensated Heart Failure

Aortic Dissection

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Acute Pericarditis

Cardiac Tamponade

Myocarditis

Hypertension and Hypertensive Emergencies

Hypotension and Shock

Hypovolemic Shock

Cardiogenic Shock

Septic Shock

Neurogenic Shock

Syncope

Dysrhythmia

Bradycardia

AV Node Block

Tachycardia/Palpitations

Pacemaker and AICD Malfunction

Mechanical Support Devices

Echocardiography

SECTION II: PULMONARY

Cough

Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)

Hemoptysis

SECTION III: GASTROINTESTINAL

Abdominal Pain

Nausea and Vomiting

Gastrointestinal Bleed

Difficulty Swallowing

Diarrhea

Constipation

Jaundice

Anorectal Disorders

SECTION IV: INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Fever

Soft Tissue Infections

HIV/AIDS

Syphilis

Influenza

COVID-19

SECTION V: NEUROLOGY

Altered Mental Status

Headache

CNS Infections

Seizure

Vertigo

Cranial Nerve Disorders

Intracranial Hemorrhage

Ischemic Stroke

Neuromuscular Syndromes

Demyelinating Syndromes

SECTION VI: RENAL & GENITOURINARY

Dysuria

Urinary Tract Infections

Male Urogenital Tract Infections

Testicular Torsion

Phimosis and Paraphimosis

Priapism

Hematuria

Flank Pain

Acute Kidney Injury

Emergencies in Dialysis Patients

SECTION VII: OBGYN

Vaginal Bleeding

Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy

Early Pregnancy Complications

Complications of Late Pregnancy

Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

Emergency Delivery

Postpartum Complications

Noninfectious Pelvic Pain

Vaginal Discharge

SECTION VIII: DERMATOLOGY

Rash

Viral Exanthems

Bacterial Exanthems

Fungal Exanthems

High-Risk Exanthems

Other Exanthems

SECTION IX: ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC

Acid–Base Disorders

Abnormal Electrolytes

Hyperglycemic Emergencies (DKA/HHS)

Thyroid Emergencies

Adrenal Insufficiency

SECTION X: ENVIRONMENTAL

Dehydration

Bites and Stings

Occupational Exposure

Burns

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Dysbarism

Electrical Injury

High-Altitude Illness

Hypothermia

Hyperthermia

Lightning Injury

Drowning

Botulism

SECTION XI: HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY

Anaphylaxis and Angioedema

Oncologic Emergencies

Sickle Cell Disease

Abnormal Bleeding

Emergencies in the Transplant Patient

SECTION XII: MUSCULOSKELETAL & RHEUMATOLOGICAL

Leg Pain and Swelling

Lower Back Pain

Joint Pain

SECTION XIII: OTOLARYNGOLOGY/DENTAL/ OPHTHALMOLOGY

Ear Pain

Hearing Loss

Sore Throat

Sinusitis

Epistaxis

Eye Pain/Redness

Vision Change and Vision Loss

Toothache

SECTION XIV: PEDIATRICS

The Pediatric Patient

Pediatric Critical Care

Infantile Complaints

Pediatric Jaundice

Pediatric Fever

Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Respiratory

Pediatric Abdominal Pain

Pediatric Nausea and Vomiting

Pediatric GU/Renal

Pediatric Endocrinology

Pediatric Neurology

Pediatric Limp

Pediatric Exanthems

Nonaccidental Trauma

SECTION XV: PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT

The Psychiatric Patient

SECTION XVI: TOXICOLOGY

General Approach to the Intoxicated Patient

Anticholinergic Ingestion

Psychopharmacologic Ingestion

Alcohols

Drugs of Abuse

Analgesic Overdose

Cardiac Medication Overdose

Caustic Ingestions

Cellular Asphyxiates

SECTION XVII: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

Airway Management

Rapid Sequence Intubation

Cricothyrotomy

SECTION XVIII: TRAUMA

Primary Survey

Head Trauma

Maxillofacial Injury

Eye Injury

Neck Trauma

Cervical Spine Trauma

Thoracic/Lumbar/Sacral Spine Trauma

Thoracic Trauma

Abdominal Trauma

Genitourinary Trauma

Hip/Pelvic Trauma

Extremity Injury

Wound Management

Abuse

SECTION IX: APPENDIX

Abbreviations

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Mechanical Ventilation

Analgesia & Conscious Sedation

ICU Medications

Equations

Procedures

INDEX