Authors: Mike Cadogan, Professor Anthony F T Brown and Winthrop Professor Antonio Celenza
This book provides a structured approach to the initial assessment, resuscitation, differential diagnosis and short-term management of common on-call problems. It provides an overall guide to hospital practice and acute clinical skills, and is designed to help junior doctors and senior medical students acquire the logical, practical and efficient approach which is essential for problem-based learning and acute management..
New for the second edition:
- a wealth of new diagrams and essential key data at a glance
- completely revised and updated with the latest 2010 resuscitation and antibiotic guidelines
- complete text is available on our StudentConsult website
- practical format – individual patient problems carefully analysed to allow the doctor to make an accurate assessment and diagnosis
This book provides a focused approach to many clinical problems in order to improve clinical reasoning and increase efficiency
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Section Contents
Highlighted textbook chapters with links to up to date additional resources including guidelines, references, illustrations, high quality clinical images, clinical cases, ECG traces, podcasts and more…
Section A:
| Approach to on-call problems | Documentation and communication | Professional issues |
| Ethical and legal considerations | Death, dying and breaking bad news | Preparation of patients for transport |
Section B:
| The critically ill patient | Cardiac arrest | Acute airway failure |
| Acute respiratory failure | Acute circulatory failure | Disability: acute neurological failure |
| Environment, exposure and examination | Hospital-based emergency codes |
Section C:
| Shortness of breath, , haemoptysis | Cough and Haemoptysis | Heart rate and rhythm disorders |
| Chest pain | Hypertension | Hypotension |
| Altered mental status | Collapse and syncope | Headache |
| Seizures | Weakness, dizziness and fatigue | Abdominal pain |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | Altered bowel habit | Haematuria |
| Urine output: increased | Urine output: decreased | Leg pain |
| The febrile patient | Skin rashes and urticaria | Transfusion reactions |
Section D:
Section E:
| General preparation | Infection control | Administer injections |
| Endotracheal Intubation | Rapid Sequence Induction | Cricothyrotomy |
| Needle Thoracentesis | ICC insertion (chest drain) | |
| DC Cardioversion | Pericardial Aspiration | |
| Central Line Insertion | Intraosseous Insertion | Venepuncture |
| Blood cultures | Peripheral venous cannulation | Arterial puncture |
| Bier’s block | Femoral Nerve Block | Digital Nerve Ring Block |
| Local anaesthetic infiltration | ||
| Lumbar Puncture | Urethral Catheter Insertion | NG Tube Insertion |
| Joint Aspiration | Shoulder relocation | Paracentesis |
Section F:
