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Record Nr.

UNISA996208654503316

Autore

Pines Jesse M

Titolo

Evidence-based emergency care [[electronic resource] ] : diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules / / Jesse M. Pines, Worth W. Everett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2008

ISBN

1-282-01320-3

9786612013201

1-4443-0077-6

1-4443-0078-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EverettWorth W

Disciplina

616.02/5

616.025

Soggetti

Emergency medicine - Diagnosis

Emergency medicine - Decision making

Evidence-based medicine

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

Preface; Foreword; About the Authors; SECTION 1 The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules; Chapter 1 Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Care; Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Medicine: the Process; Chapter 3 The Epidemiology and Statistics of Diagnostic Testing; Chapter 4 Clinical Decision Rules; SECTION 2 Traumatic Injuries; Chapter 5 Cervical Spine Fractures; Chapter 6 Cervical Spine Fractures in Older Adults; Chapter 7 Cervical Spine Fractures in Children; Chapter 8 Blunt Abdominal Trauma; Chapter 9 Acute Knee Injuries; Chapter 10 Blunt Head Injury

Chapter 11 Blunt Head Trauma in ChildrenChapter 12 Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries; Chapter 13 Occult Scaphoid Fractures; Chapter 14 Blunt Chest Trauma; Chapter 15 Occult Hip Fracture; SECTION 3 Cardiology; Chapter 16 Heart Failure; Chapter 17 Syncope; Chapter 18 Acute Coronary Syndrome; SECTION 4 Infectious Disease; Chapter 19 Serious Bacterial Infections and Occult Bacteremia in Children; Chapter 20 Bacterial Meningitis in Children; Chapter 21 Necrotizing Fasciitis; Chapter 22 Pharyngitis; Chapter 23 Infective Endocarditis; Chapter 24



Urinary Tract Infection; Chapter 25 Sinusitis

Chapter 26 PneumoniaChapter 27 Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis; SECTION 5 Surgical and Abdominal Complaints; Chapter 28 Acute Nonspecific, Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain; Chapter 29 Bowel Obstruction; Chapter 30 Acute Pancreatitis; Chapter 31 Acute Appendicitis; Chapter 32 Acute Cholecystitis; SECTION 6 Urology; Chapter 33 Kidney Stones; Chapter 34 Testicular Torsion; SECTION 7 Neurology; Chapter 35 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Chapter 36 Acute Stroke; SECTION 8 Miscellaneous: Ophthalmology, Hematology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology; Chapter 37 Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis

Chapter 38 Temporal ArteritisChapter 39 Intraocular Pressure; Chapter 40 Asthma; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This useful handbook provides a concise compilation of the evidence supporting diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules in emergency care. Clinical decision rules are now widely recognised as best practice for the ordering of diagnostic tests in the emergency department.Aimed at all physicians working with emergency and acute patients, the book begins with an overview of how to evaluate a diagnostic test using an evidence-based approach, followed by an explanation of the clinical decision rules and the methods of assessing the strength and applicability of the clinical prediction