Acute Exacerbations of Heart Failure: Initial Evaluation and Management in the Acute Care Setting Douglas S. Ander Introduction Heart failure (HF) is a common diagnosis, facing approximately 4,900,000 people.1 Over…
Observation Unit Admission Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria Sean P. Collins Background Heart failure (HF) is a disease of epidemic proportions. Hospitalization accounts for the largest expenditure for care; annual costs…
The Out-of-Hospital Management of Acute Heart Failure Marvin A. Wayne Vincent N. Mosesso Jr. Introduction Acute heart failure (AHF) is one of only two cardiovascular diseases with an increasing prevalence;…
Heart Failure in the Observation Unit W. F. Peacock Why Heart Failure? Plain and simple, heart failure is the number one disease in our country. This is a poorly recognized…
Chapter 27 Wilderness Orthopedics Julie A. Switzer, Ralph S. Bovard Life is sweeter nearer to the bone. HENRY DAVID THOREAU For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com The textbook discussion…
Chapter 79 Injuries From Nonvenomous Aquatic Animals Paul S. Auerbach, George H. Burgess For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com The expanses of ocean and freshwater that cover the earth…
Chapter 55 Envenoming and Injuries by Venomous and Nonvenomous Reptiles Worldwide David A. Warrell For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Dangerous Reptiles Within the class Reptilia, some alligators and…
Chapter 80 Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates Paul S. Auerbach For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Stinging aquatic animals pose a hazard for swimmers and divers. They constitute a large…
Chapter 97 Training for Wilderness Adventure Robert B. Schoene For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com For a couple million years, humans have survived in wilderness environments. It is only…
Chapter 65 Toxic Mushroom Ingestions Sandra M. Schneider, Mark W. Donnelly Had nature any outcast face? Could she a son condemn? Had nature an Iscariot? That mushroom—it is him. EMILY…
