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Challenging and emerging conditions in emergency medicine
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
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xiv, 359 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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9780470655009
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Summary

With growing numbers of chronically ill patients surviving longer and receiving novel medical and surgical treatments, emergency departments are increasingly the venue for associated acute presentations. How can emergency physicians respond to these challenging and emerging conditions?

This book focuses on the unusual and complex disease presentations not covered in detail in the standard textbooks, helping you manage patients with conditions such as congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, morbid obesity, intellectual disability and intestinal failure.

Not only does this book provide guidance on evaluation and diagnosis, but it also addresses the practical issues of acute management and continuing referral. The individual chapters are written by high profile emergency physicians, in conjunction with appropriate specialists, and include authoritative evidence to back up the clinical information.


Author Notes

Edited by Arvind Venkat, MD, FACEP, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, and Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA


Table of Contents

Arvind VenkatAnkur A. Doshi and Clifton W. CallawayKara M. Iskyan and Craig R. CohenJoseph B. Miller and K. K. VenkatK. K. Venkat and Arvind VenkatArvind Venkat and Joseph M. PilewskiWard Hagar and Claudia R. MorrisArvind Venkat and Sukhjit S. TakharMoira Davenport and Mary Ann HowlandMelissa B. Bagloo and Alfons PompAndra L. Blomkalns and David W. SilverJohn M. O'Neill and Elan JeremitskyMelissa A. Vitale and Jeffrey A. Rudolph and Richard A. SaladinoDaniel M. Lindberg and Esther K. ChooJonathan S. Anderson and Shamai A. GrossmanVictoria L. Thornton and Lauren T. Southerland
list of Contributorsp. i
Acknowledgementsp. xiv
Chapter 1 Introductionp. 1
Chapter 2 The post-cardiac arrest patientp. 5
Chapter 3 Adults with congenital heart diseasep. 26
Chapter 4 The renal transplant patientp. 51
Chapter 5 The end-stage renal disease patient on dialysisp. 74
Chapter 6 Adults with cystic fibrosisp. 96
Chapter 7 Adults with sickle-cell disease: implications of increasing longevityp. 115
Chapter 8 HIV-positive adults on HAARTp. 141
Chapter 9 Adults receiving chemotherapeutic regimesp. 158
Chapter 10 The bariatric surgery patientp. 184
Chapter 11 The obese patientp. 204
Chapter 12 The geriatric trauma patientp. 228
Chapter 13 Children with intestinal failure and complications from visceral transplantp. 251
Chapter 14 Family violencep. 271
Chapter 15 The intellectually disabled patientp. 299
Chapter 16 Adults with conditions causing chronic painp. 319
Indexp. 342