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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456952103321

Titolo

Emergencies in clinical medicine / / edited by Piers Page and Greg Skinner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-959757-X

1-283-57981-2

9786613892263

0-19-154781-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Collana

Emergencies series

Altri autori (Persone)

PagePiers

SkinnerGreg

Disciplina

616.02/5

Soggetti

Medical emergencies

Emergency medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Symbols and abbreviations; 1 The Basics; Section 1; 2 Presentations; Section 2; 3 Cardiology; 4 Respiratory; 5 Endocrine; 6 Gastroenterology; 7 Renal and urology; 8 Haematology, oncology and infectious diseases; 9 Neurology and neurosurgery; 10 Orthopaedics, rheumatology and dermatology; 11 Surgery; 12 Clinical biochemistry; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an easy-to-use guide to the management of common medical emergencies. Emergencies nearly always present first to the junior doctor, either as a result of direct observation on the ward, or a phone call from nursing staff when on call. The key to their management is timely recognition and intervention. This book gives the junior doctor and senior medical student the confidence to do this. The text covers emergencies from both a problem-based and disease-based approach,with the book being divided into two sections - presentations and diseases. Cross-referencing between these two sec