Emergency Medicine Avoiding the Pitfalls and

This brand new book focuses on the common pitfalls and mistakes that can occur when dealing with high-risk conditions during standard medical practice. Concise chapters present a range of chief complaints and high-risk patient groups, focusing on clinically relevant pearls, addressing common mistakes and discussing means by which to avoid them. The unique format, offering 'key facts' clearly labelled and highlighted in every chapter, allows for quick reference at point of care, making this book an essential text for all staff dealing with emergencies. Book jacket.

Amal Mattu, MD Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency. Co-Program Director, Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Residency. Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Deepi G Goyal, MD Associate Program Director, Mayo Emergency Medicine Residency. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Evaluation and Management of Patients with Chest Syndromes	p. 1
Management of the Dyspneic Patient in the ED	p. 17
Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Abdominal Pain	p. 25
Management of Patients with Acute Back Pain in the ED	p. 33
Headache Management	p. 39
Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Neck Pain	p. 46
Trauma Management in the ED	p. 55
Management of Infectious Diseases	p. 63
Wound Care in Emergency Medicine	p. 72
Management of the Pregnant Patient in the ED	p. 79
Pediatric Care in the ED	p. 85
Management of Hematology/Oncology Patients in the ED	p. 93
Management of Intoxicated/Violent Patients	p. 99
Index	p. 109
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Emergency Medicine Avoiding the Pitfalls and Improving the Outcomes

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