Textbook Of Emergency Medicine 1 Edition  (English, Multiple copy pack, Suresh David)

Textbook of Emergency Medicine (Vol. 1 & 2) is a comprehensive and contemporary exposition of the vast array of disorders and emergencies that might present to the emergency or casualty department of a hospital.

The book adopts a global purview and emphasises on the diverse challenges faced by doctors, nurses and other ancillary health care professionals while, practising Emergency Medicine.

The sections on Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency Nursing, Disaster Medicine and Research Methodology in the book render this the new authoritative reference resource for all.

The highlight of the book is the collective wisdom of 250 authors, spanning across the globe–from Alaska to Auckland. It is thus the first textbook that adopts a truly international perspective to the principles and practice of Emergency Medicine.

Salient Features

• The book adopts a global purview and emphasises on the diverse challenges faced by doctors, nurses and other ancillary health care professionals while, practising Emergency Medicine.
• The sections on Pre-Hospital Care, Emergency Nursing, Disaster Medicine and Research Methodology in the book render this the new authoritative reference
• resource for all.
• The highlight of the book is the collective wisdom of 250 authors, It is the first textbook that adopts a truly international perspective to the principles and practice of
• Emergency Medicine.
• The book covers almost all the emergency clinical conditions that a physician might encounter in his clinical practice.
• There are 27 sections and 263 chapters in the book covering both the medical as well as surgical streams.
• The concepts in the book have been discussed with help of clinical photographs, tables, boxes and flow charts will help in better understanding.

Table of Contents
SECTION I RESUSCITATION

Chapter 1 Airway Management
Chapter 2 Anaphylaxis
Chapter 3 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Advanced Life Support
Chapter 4 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Basic Life Support
Chapter 5 Postresuscitation Care
Chapter 6 Rationale and Basis of Fluid Therapy
Chapter 7 Vascular Access

SECTION II CRITICAL CARE

Chapter 8 Acid–Base Disorders in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Chapter 9 Acute Respiratory Failure
Chapter 10 Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chapter 11 Hypotension and Shock
Chapter 12 Inflammatory and Immune Responses in Sepsis
Chapter 13 Clinical Perspectives of Sepsis
Chapter 14 Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 15 Nutrition in the Critically Ill

SECTION III CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Chapter 16 Acute Coronary Syndrome
Chapter 17 Aortic Aneurysm
Chapter 18 Chest Pain
Chapter 19 Emergency Cardiac Imaging
Chapter 20 Myocarditis, Pericarditis and Endocarditis
Chapter 21 Heart Failure and Pulmonary Oedema
Chapter 22 Hypertensive Emergencies
Chapter 23 Emergencies in the Postcardiac Transplant Patient
Chapter 24 Valvular Emergencies

SECTION IV RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Chapter 25 Acute Asthma
Chapter 26 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 27 Pneumonia and Pleural Disease
Chapter 28 Pneumothorax
Chapter 29 Pulmonary Embolism

SECTION V GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

Chapter 30 Upper Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Oesophagus
Chapter 31 Upper Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Stomach and Duodenum
Chapter 32 Acute Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Chapter 33 Miscellaneous Emergencies of Small and Large Intestine
Chapter 34 Mesenteric Ischaemia
Chapter 35 Acute Liver Failure
Chapter 36 Biliary Disorders
Chapter 37 Pancreatic Disorders

SECTION VI GENERAL MEDICINE AND ALLIED SPECIALTIES

Chapter 38 Dermatological Emergencies
Chapter 39 Diabetic Emergencies
Chapter 40 Endocrine Emergencies
Chapter 41 Geriatric Emergencies
Chapter 42 Rheumatology: Acute Illnesses

SECTION VII HAEMATOLOGY

Chapter 43 Bleeding Disorders
Chapter 44 Platelet Disorders
Chapter 45 RBC Disorders
Chapter 46 WBC Disorders
Chapter 47 Thrombosis
Chapter 48 Embolism

SECTION VIII NEPHROLOGY

Chapter 49 Acid–Base Imbalance
Chapter 50 Acute Renal Failure
Chapter 51 Electrolyte Imbalance—Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphorus
Chapter 52 Electrolyte Imbalance—Potassium
Chapter 53 Electrolyte Imbalance—Water and Sodium
Chapter 54 Emergencies in a Patient on Peritoneal Dialysis
Chapter 55 Emergencies in a Renal Transplant Recipient
Chapter 56 Prevention of Renal Failure

SECTION IX NEUROLOGY

Chapter 57 Peripheral Motor Weakness
Chapter 58 Altered Mental State
Chapter 59 Central Nervous System Infections
Chapter 60 Hypoxic Encephalopathy
Chapter 61 Seizure—First Episode
Chapter 62 Stroke and Stroke Syndromes
Chapter 63 Status Epilepticus

SECTION X ONCOLOGY

Chapter 64 Oncological Emergencies: Overview
Chapter 65 Pain
Chapter 66 Bleeding
Chapter 67 Neurological Complications
Chapter 68 Febrile Neutropenia
Chapter 69 Cardiopulmonary Complications
Chapter 70 Treatment-Related Complications
Chapter 71 Metabolic Emergencies

SECTION XI PAEDIATRICS

Chapter 72 Special Characteristics of the Paediatric Patient
Chapter 73 Paediatric and Neonatal Resuscitation
Chapter 74 Fluid Management in Paediatrics
Chapter 75 Acid–Base Management in Paediatrics