Roberts' Practical Guide to Common Medical

Concisely covers specific common emergencies, such as acetaminophen toxicity, puncture wounds, and streptococcal pharyngitis. Offers advice on treatment and management. Illustrated. Softcover.

SECTION I Puncture Wounds

3

(14)

1. Stepping on a Nail

3

(6)

2. Stepping on a Nail: Some Rational Guidelines

9

(8)

SECTION II Acetaminophen Toxicity

17

(24)

1. The Finer Points of Acetaminophen Toxicity

17

(6)

2. Acetaminophen Overdose: Laboratory Evaluation and Gastric Decontamination Issues

23

(6)

3. Acetaminophen Toxicity: Issues for Childern and Pregnant Women

29

(5)

4. Acetaminophen Toxicity: Odds and Ends

34

(7)

SECTION III Ophthalmological Disorders

41

(34)

1. Myths and Misconceptions: An Eye Patch for Simple Corneal Abrasions

41

(5)

2. Corneal Abrasions: Potential for Serious Morbidity

46

(5)

3. Ophthalmology Trivia: The Fixed and Dilated Pupil

51

(5)

4. Ophthalmology Trivia: Conjunctivitis and Corneal Erosions

56

(6)

5. Acute Narrow-Angel Glaucoma: Understanding the Basics

62

(5)

6. Therapy for Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma

67

(8)

SECTION IV Swallowed Foreign Bodies

75

(20)

1. Fish Bones in the Throat

75

(6)

2. Pediatric Coin Ingestion

81

(6)

3. Esophageal Food Impaction

87

(8)

SECTION V Fingertip Pathology

95

(24)

1. Evaluation and Treatment of Subungual Hematoma

95

(5)

2. Fingernail Avulsion and Injury to the Nail Bed

100

(5)

3. The Clinical Approach to Paronychia

105

(6)

4. Herpetic Whitlow: An Unusual Paronychia

111

(8)

SECTION VI Pain Control in the Emergency Department

119

(58)

1. Anesthethetics and Analgesics: The Use of Viscous Lidocaine

119

(5)

2. Novel Methods of Easing Pain

124

(6)

3. NSAIDs as Unique Analgesics

130

(6)

4. Local Anesthetics: Injection Techniques

136

(7)

5. Reactions to Local Anesthetics

143

(6)

6. The Eclectic Nature of ED Pain Control

149

(6)

7. Effective Sedation in the ED

155

(6)

8. Sedating the Pediatric Patient

161

(7)

9. Ketamine in the ED

168

(9)

SECTION VII Streptococcal Pharyngitis

177

(34)

1. The Baffling Clinical Features of Streptococcal Pharyngitis

177

(6)

2. Pharyngitis: The Value of Laboratory Testing

183

(6)

3. Acute Pharyngitis: How Effective is Therapy?

189

(6)

4. Treatment of Strep Throat: Penicillin

195

(7)

5. Strep Throat: Alternate Therapies and Symptomatic Relief

202

(9)

SECTION VIII Tendon Disorders

211

(22)

1. Diagnosing Achilles Tendon Rupture

211

(5)

2. Quadriceps Tendon Rupture

216

(4)

3. Definitive Treatment for Olecranon Bursitis

220

(5)

4. Zeroing in on de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

225

(8)

SECTION IX Myths and Misconceptions in Emergency Medicine

233

(40)

1. Myths and Misconceptions in Emergency Medicine: Figure-of-Eight Dressings, Scaphoid Fractures, and Weighted Radiographs

233

(6)

2. Myths and Misconceptions about NSAID Gastropathy, Part I

239

(6)

3. More Myths and Misconceptions about NSAID Gastropathy, Part II

245

(5)

4. Fact and Fiction: Kidney Stones

250

(6)

5. Myths and Misconceptions about Therapy for GI Hemorrhage

256

(5)

6. Myths and Misconceptions about Epinephrine

261

(5)

7. Myths about Epinephrine and Croup

266

(7)

SECTION X Seizures

273

1. The Metabolic and Physiologic Consequences of Seizures

273

(7)

2. The Clinical and Physiologic Characteristics of Status Epilepticus

280

(5)

3. Basic ED Evaluation of Patients with Seizures

285

(6)

4. Initial Therapeutic Strategies for Treatment of Status Epilepticus

291

(5)

5. Treatment of Seizures with Phenytoin

296

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