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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454353703321

Titolo

Emergency management of infectious diseases / / edited by Rachel L. Chin ; associate editors, Michael S. Diamond, Teri A. Reynolds [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-18041-4

1-281-75140-5

9786611751401

0-511-41475-7

0-511-41316-5

0-511-41543-5

0-511-41221-5

0-511-54745-5

0-511-41408-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 557 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

616.02/5

Soggetti

Communicable diseases - Treatment

Infection - Treatment

Emergency physicians

Emergency medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; PART I: Systems; PART II: Pediatrics; PART III: Special Populations; PART IV: Current Topics; PART V: Overview of Antibiotics; PART VI: Microbiology/Laboratory Tests; PART VII: Infection Control Precautions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Infectious disease ranks only behind trauma in the prevalence of cases seen on a daily basis in the emergency room and takes lives from every culture and socioeconomic class. The changing epidemiology of infectious diseases is a considerable challenge to any physician, as acute, nearly eradicated, and tropical diseases now enter American



emergency rooms on a daily basis. This book is a new clinically oriented reference book for the management of such infections in the emergency room and focuses on all diagnostic protocols and treatment strategies that emergency room physicians need to be proficient in when managing patients battling infectious disease. The orientation of the book is uniquely organ-based, with coverage of all viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic disease. The narrative is supplemented with explanatory photos, diagnostic tables, and charts of drug regimens and will prove an invaluable reference for physicians confronting the various manifestations of infectious disease.