Section 9 Infectious Disease Emergencies Edited by Peter Cameron Outline 9.1 Approach to undifferentiated fever in adults 428 9.2 Meningitis 434 9.3 Septic arthritis 440 9.4 Urinary tract infections 442 9.5 Skin and soft-tissue infections 450 9.6 Hepatitis 458 9.7 HIV/AIDS 463 9.8 Sexually transmitted…
Section 14 Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Emergencies Edited by Anthony Brown Outline 14.1 Rheumatological emergencies 571 14.2 Monoarthritis 578 14.3 Polyarthritis 582 14.4 Musculoskeletal and soft-tissue emergencies 591 14.1 Rheumatological emergencies Michael J Gingold, Adam B Bystrzycki and Flavia…
Section 29 Toxicology Emergencies Edited by Mark Little Outline 29.1 Approach to the poisoned patient 951 29.2 Cardiovascular drugs 958 29.3 Antipsychotic drugs 965 29.4 Antidepressant drugs 969 29.5 Lithium 974 29.6 Antihistamine and anticholinergic poisoning 976 29.7 Paracetamol 979 29.8 Salicylate 984 29.9 Antidiabetic drugs 987 29.10 Colchicine 990…
Section 28 Environmental Emergencies Edited by Mark Little Outline 28.1 Heat-related illness 915 28.2 Hypothermia 919 28.3 Dysbarism 922 28.4 Radiation incidents 930 28.5 Drowning 938 28.6 Electric shock and lightning injury 943 28.7 Altitude illness 948 28.1 Heat-related illness Ian Rogers Essentials 1 Exercise-associated…
Section 23 Emergency Imaging Edited by George Jelinek Outline 23.1 Emergency department ultrasound 757 23.2 CT scanning in emergency medicine 770 23.3 Magnetic resonance imaging in emergency medicine 776 23.1 Emergency department ultrasound James Rippey, Adrian…
Section 8 Neurology Emergencies Edited by Anne-Maree Kelly Outline 8.1 Headache 386 8.2 Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks 390 8.3 Subarachnoid haemorrhage 400 8.4 Altered conscious state 405 8.5 Seizures 411 8.6 Syncope and vertigo 416 8.7 Weakness 420 8.1 Headache Anne-Maree Kelly Essentials…
Section 20 Psychiatric Emergencies Edited by George Jelinek Outline 20.1 Mental state assessment 656 20.2 Distinguishing medical from psychiatric causes of mental disorder presentations 661 20.3 Deliberate self-harm/suicide 666 20.4 Depression 674 20.5 Psychosis 684 20.6 Pharmacological management of the aroused…
Section 13 Haematology Emergencies Edited by Mark Little Outline 13.1 Anaemia 547 13.2 Neutropaenia 553 13.3 Thrombocytopaenia 556 13.4 Haemophilia 560 13.5 Blood and blood products 564 13.1 Anaemia Lindsay Murray Essentials 1 Anaemia is a condition in which the absolute…
Section 11 Endocrine Emergencies Edited by Anthony Brown Outline 11.1 Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia: an overview 520 11.2 Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar, hyperglycaemic state 522 11.3 Thyroid and adrenal emergencies 526 11.1 Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia:…
