Evidence Based Acute Medicine
Published on 11. September 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
690 pages
978-0-443-06411-1 (ISBN)
Description
This handbook on the evidence-based management of important medical problems is aimed at residents and junior doctors. It covers 50 common acute medical problems under standardized headings - prevalence, clinical findings, investigations, therapy, prevention and prognosis. An accompanying CD-ROM contains the full text of the book, all the CATs (critically appraised topics), and a CATmaker or programme to help users develop their own CATs. This edition has been adapted for the US and Canadian market by US co-editors.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Residents in internal medicine, medical students.
Illustrations
10 illus
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
1060 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-06411-1 (9780443064111)
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Content
Anaemia Anaphylaxis Anticoagulation Aortic dissection Asthma exacerbation Atrial fibrillation Bradyarrhythmia Cardiac arrest Cellulitis Chest pain CO poisoning Coma Community acquired pneumonia Congestive heart failure COPD exacerbation Deep vein thrombosis Diabetic ketoacidosis Giant cell arteritis Hypercalcaemia Hyperkalaemia Hypertensive crisis Hypoglycaemia Hpyonatraemia Infective endocarditis Inflammatory bowel disease Meningitis Myocardial infarction Pleural effusion Pulmonary embolism Acute renal failure Sickle cell crisis Status epilepticus Stroke Syncope Tachychardias Unstable angina Upper GI bleeding