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Abstract
Topics include: Thoracic Dissection, Thoracic Trauma, Asthma, COPD, P.E., Influenza, Pneumonia, Pleural Based Disease, and Mechanical Ventilation.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America | i | ||
| Copyright page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | vii | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Forthcoming Issues | xi | ||
| Goal Statement | xii | ||
| Foreword | xiii | ||
| Preface | xv | ||
| Chapter 1. Asthma Diagnosis and Management | 203 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | 203 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 203 | ||
| HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 204 | ||
| DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS | 205 | ||
| ED EVALUATION | 205 | ||
| TREATMENT | 206 | ||
| beta2-AGONISTS | 208 | ||
| ANTICHOLINERGICS | 208 | ||
| CORTICOSTEROIDS | 209 | ||
| MAGNESIUM SULFATE | 210 | ||
| HELIOX | 210 | ||
| LEUKOTRIENE MODIFIERS | 211 | ||
| IMMUNOTHERAPY | 211 | ||
| METHYLXANTHINES | 211 | ||
| CROMOLYN SODIUM AND NEDOCROMIL | 212 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF STATUS ASTHMATICUS | 212 | ||
| NONINVASIVE VENTILATION | 212 | ||
| INTUBATION AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION | 212 | ||
| ASTHMA AND PREGNANCY | 213 | ||
| DISPOSITION | 214 | ||
| SUMMARY | 214 | ||
| REFERENCES | 214 | ||
| Chapter 2. Acute Exacerbationsof Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Emergency Department | 223 | ||
| DEFINITIONS | 223 | ||
| ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COPD | 224 | ||
| PATHOGENESIS, PATHOLOGY, AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 225 | ||
| ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF COPD AND THEIR ETIOLOGY | 226 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 227 | ||
| TREATMENT | 229 | ||
| DISPOSITION | 239 | ||
| REFERENCES | 239 | ||
| Chapter 3. Pneumonia in Adults: the Practical Emergency Department Perspective | 249 | ||
| INTRODUCTION AND PERSPECTIVE | 249 | ||
| PATHOGENESIS | 250 | ||
| CAUSE AND CLASSIFICATION | 250 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC TESTS | 253 | ||
| HOSPITAL ADMISSION DECISIONS | 259 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 260 | ||
| SPECIAL TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS | 262 | ||
| SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS MRSA | 264 | ||
| VIRAL PNEUMONIAS | 265 | ||
| SUMMARY | 266 | ||
| REFERENCES | 267 | ||
| Chapter 4. Evaluation and Management of Seasonal Influenza in the Emergency Department | 271 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | 272 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES | 272 | ||
| PATHOGENESIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 273 | ||
| CLINICAL PRESENTATION | 274 | ||
| ED EVALUATION | 276 | ||
| ED MANAGEMENT | 288 | ||
| ISOLATION AND PREVENTION OF NOSOCOMIAL SPREAD OF INFLUENZA | 292 | ||
| SEASONAL VERSUS PANDEMIC INFLUENZA | 297 | ||
| REFERENCES | 298 | ||
| APPENDIX 1: REFERENCES FOR TABLE 4 (SENSITIVITY, SPECIFICITY, PPV, AND NPV OFSELECTIVE RIDTS) | 303 | ||
| Chapter 5. Acute Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Challenges and Evidence-Based Management | 307 | ||
| ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION | 307 | ||
| AAD: EPIDEMIOLOGY | 307 | ||
| AAD: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 308 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION OF AAD | 309 | ||
| AAD: CLINICAL ASSESSMENT IN THE ED | 310 | ||
| AAD: DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES IN THE ED | 315 | ||
| AAD: MANAGEMENT ISSUES | 318 | ||
| AAD: SUMMARY | 323 | ||
| REFERENCES | 324 | ||
| Chapter 6. Pulmonary Embolism | 329 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 330 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS | 331 | ||
| CLINICAL FEATURES | 335 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND PRETEST PROBABILITY | 339 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC TESTS | 344 | ||
| APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF PE | 352 | ||
| TREATMENT OF ACUTE PE | 352 | ||
| PE IN THE PREGNANT PATIENT | 356 | ||
| SUMMARY | 360 | ||
| REFERENCES | 360 | ||
| Chapter 7. Initial Management and Resuscitation of Severe Chest Trauma | 377 | ||
| AIRWAY ISSUES: TRACHEOBRONCHIAL INJURY | 378 | ||
| BREATHING | 379 | ||
| CIRCULATION | 384 | ||
| PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: INITIAL APPROACH AND RESUSCITATION OF THE UNSTABLE PATIENT | 390 | ||
| SUMMARY | 393 | ||
| REFERENCES | 393 | ||
| Chapter 8. Emergency Airway Management: the Difficult Airway | 401 | ||
| THE DA | 402 | ||
| PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY AIRWAY MANAGEMENT | 402 | ||
| Chapter 9. Invasive and Noninvasive Ventilation in the Emergency Department | 421 | ||
| GOALS OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND GAS EXCHANGE PHYSIOLOGY | 422 | ||
| POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION | 422 | ||
| SUMMARY | 443 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 444 | ||
| REFERENCES | 444 | ||
| Chapter 10. Thoracic Ultrasound | 451 | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF THORACIC ULTRASOUND | 452 | ||
| PROBE SELECTION | 452 | ||
| PATIENT POSITION AND LUNG FIELDS | 453 | ||
| PATHOLOGIC STATES | 455 | ||
| PUTTING IT TOGETHER: THE DYSPNEIC PATIENT | 466 | ||
| PEDIATRIC LUNG ULTRASOUND | 467 | ||
| SUMMARY | 468 | ||
| REFERENCES | 469 | ||
| Chapter 11. Pleural Disease in the Emergency Department | 475 | ||
| PLEURAL DISEASES | 475 | ||
| SUMMARY | 496 | ||
| REFERENCES | 497 | ||
| Chapter 12. Diagnosis and Management of Environmental Thoracic Emergencies | 501 | ||
| DIVING-RELATED THORACIC EMERGENCIES | 501 | ||
| IMMERSION PULMONARY EDEMA | 503 | ||
| DCI AND PULMONARY BAROTRAUMA | 503 | ||
| DIVE HISTORY AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS | 506 | ||
| TREATMENT | 507 | ||
| DROWNING | 509 | ||
| HIGH-ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA | 513 | ||
| DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS | 514 | ||
| INHALED TOXINS | 517 | ||
| SUMMARY | 520 | ||
| REFERENCES | 520 | ||
| Chapter 13. Common Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies | 529 | ||
| ASTHMA IN CHILDREN | 529 | ||
| CROUP | 535 | ||
| BRONCHIOLITIS | 537 | ||
| PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN | 544 | ||
| SUMMARY | 552 | ||
| REFERENCES | 552 | ||
| Chapter 14. Thoracic Emergencies in Immunocompromised Patients | 565 | ||
| IMMUNE SYSTEM | 566 | ||
| IMMUNODEFICIENCY CONDITIONS AND DISEASES | 567 | ||
| CARDIAC EMERGENCIES | 567 | ||
| PULMONARY EMERGENCIES | 571 | ||
| ESOPHAGEAL EMERGENCIES | 578 | ||
| GREAT VESSELS EMERGENCIES | 578 | ||
| CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT | 579 | ||
| SUMMARY | 580 | ||
| REFERENCES | 581 | ||
| Index | 591 |