Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

VOLUME 1

 

PART I

FUNDAMENTAL CLINICAL CONCEPTS

1

SECTION ONE

CRITICAL MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

3

Chapter 1

Airway   Ron M. Walls

3

Chapter 2

Mechanical Ventilation and Noninvasive Ventilatory Support   Megan L. Anderson and John G. Younger

23

Chapter 3

Monitoring the Emergency Patient   Michael F. Murphy and Baruch Krauss

29

Chapter 4

Shock   Alan E. Jones and Jeffrey A. Kline

34

Chapter 5

Blood and Blood Components   Matt Emery

42

Chapter 6

Brain Resuscitation   Robert Silbergleit

47

Chapter 7

Adult Resuscitation   Kevin R. Ward and Robert W. Neumar

53

Chapter 8

Pediatric Resuscitation   Marc D. Berg, Vinay M. Nadkarni, Marianne Gausche-Hiil, Amy H. Kaji and Robert A. Berg

64

Chapter 9

Neonatal Resuscitation   Suzan S. Mazor and Eileen J. Klein

77

SECTION TWO

CARDINAL PRESENTATIONS

83

Chapter 10

Fever in the Adult Patient   Frederick C. Blum

83

Chapter 11

Weakness   Eve D. Losman

87

Chapter 12

Dizziness and Vertigo   Jonathan S. Olshaker

93

Chapter 13

Confusion   J. Stephen Huff

101

Chapter 14

Depressed Consciousness and Coma   Jeremy L. Cooke

106

Chapter 15

Seizures   Ana M. Davitt and Charles V. Pollack, Jr.

113

Chapter 16

Headache   Christopher S. Russi

118

Chapter 17

Dyspnea   Sabina Braithwaite and Debra Perina

124

Chapter 18

Chest Pain   James E. Brown and Glenn C. Hamilton

132

Chapter 19

Syncope   Robert A. De Lorenzo

142

Chapter 20

Nausea and Vomiting   Leslie S. Zun and Amardeep Singh

149

Chapter 21

Abdominal Pain   Rimon N. Bengiamin, Gavin R. Budhram, Kelly E. King and John M. Wightman

159

Chapter 22

Gastrointestinal Bleeding   Philip L. Henneman

170

Chapter 23

Diarrhea   Robert E. Collier, John E. Gough and Philip A. Clement

176

Chapter 24

Constipation   Jan M. Shoenberger

182

Chapter 25

Jaundice   Matthew A. Wheatley and Katherine L. Heilpern

187

Chapter 26

Acute Pelvic Pain in Women   Ari Lipsky

193

Chapter 27

Vaginal Bleeding   Hilarie Cranmer and Mark Foran

199

Chapter 28

Back Pain   Brian D. Mahoney, Kevin G. Rodgers and James B. Jones

204

Chapter 29

Cyanosis   Madonna Fernández-Frackelton and Jennifer Bocock

211

Chapter 30

Sore Throat   Amy V. Kontrick, Jonathan I. Singer and Mark E. Gebhart

217

Chapter 31

Hemoptysis   Calvin A. Brown III

223

Chapter 32

Red and Painful Eye   Joshua L. Wright and John M. Wightman

226

PART II

TRAUMA

241

SECTION ONE

GENERAL CONCEPTS

243

Chapter 33

Multiple Trauma   Eric Gross and Marc Martel

243

Chapter 34

Trauma in Pregnancy   Kriti Bhatia and Hilarie Cranmer

252

Chapter 35

Pediatric Trauma   Randolph J. Cordle and Richard M. Cantor

262

Chapter 36

Geriatric Trauma   Diane M. Birnbaumer

281

Chapter 37

Injury Prevention and Control   Stephen W. Hargarten and E. Brooke Lerner

286

SECTION TWO

SYSTEM INJURIES

295

Chapter 38

Head Injury   Michelle H. Biros and William G. Heegaard

295

Chapter 39

Facial Trauma   Mary Pat McKay and Ryanne J. Mayersak

323

Chapter 40

Spinal Injuries   Roberts Hockberger, Amy H. Kaji and Edward J. Newton

337

Chapter 41

Neck   Kim Newton

377

Chapter 42

Thoracic Trauma   Marc Eckstein and Sean O. Henderson

387

Chapter 43

Abdominal Trauma   Jennifer L. Isenhour and John A. Marx

414

Chapter 44

Genitourinary System   Michael S. Runyon

435

Chapter 45

Peripheral Vascular Injury   EdwQrd J. Newton and Sanjay Arora

456

SECTION THREE

ORTHOPEDIC LESIONS

467

Chapter 46

General Principles of Orthopedic Injuries   Joel M. Geiderman and Dan Katz

467

Chapter 47

Hand   Everett T. Lyn and Thomas Mailhot

489

Chapter 48

Wrist and Forearm   Karen G.H. Woolfrey, Michael R. Woolfrey and Mary A. Eisenhauer

525

Chapter 49

Humerus and Elbow   Joel M. Geiderman and Sam S. Torbati

545

Chapter 50

Shoulder   Mohamud Daya and Yoko Nakamura

567

Chapter 51

Musculoskeletal Back Pain   Michelle Lin

591

Chapter 52

Pelvic Trauma   Stephen B. Choi and A. Adam Cwinn

604

Chapter 53

Femur and Hip   James F. Fiechtl and Robert W. Fitch

619

Chapter 54

Knee and Lower Leg   Daniel J. Pallin and Everett T. Lyn

645

Chapter 55

Ankle and Foot   Riyad B. Abu-Laban and Kendall Ho

670

SECTION FOUR

SOFT TISSUE INJURIES

698

Chapter 56

Wound Management Principles   Barry Simon and H. Gene Hern, Jr.

698

Chapter 57

Foreign Bodies   Stephen H. Thomas and Benjamin A. White

715

Chapter 58

Mammalian Bites   Ellen J. Weber and Hugh H. West

733

Chapter 59

Venomous Animal Injuries   Edward J. Often

743

Chapter 60

Thermal Burns   Adam J. Singer, Breena R. Taira, Christopher C. Lee and Harry S. Soroff

758

Chapter 61

Chemical Injuries   Michael Levine and Richard Zone

767

SECTION FIVE

VIOLENCE AND ABUSE

778

Chapter 62

Forensic Emergency Medicine   William Spafford Smock

778

Chapter 63

Child Maltreatment   Carol D. Berkowitz and Sara T. Stewart

792

Chapter 64

Sexual Assault   Laura Slaughter

800

Chapter 65

Intimate Partner Violence   Deirdre Anglin and Connie Mitchell

815

Chapter 66

Elder Abuse and Neglect   Deirdre Anglin and Diana C. Schneider

830

Chapter 67

Youth, Street Gangs, and Violence   H. Range Hutson and Jared Strote

838

PART III

MEDICINE AND SURGERY

843

SECTION ONE

HEAD AND NECK DISORDERS

845

Chapter 68

Oral Medicine   James T. Amsterdam

845

Chapter 69

Ophthalmology   Rahul Sharma and Douglas D. Brunette

859

Chapter 70

Otolaryngology   James A. Pfaff and Gregory P. Moore

877

SECTION TWO

PULMONARY SYSTEM

888

Chapter 71

Asthma   Richard M. Nowak and Glenn F. Tokarski

888

Chapter 72

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease   Stuart P. Swadron and Diku P. Mandavia

904

Chapter 73

Upper Respiratory Tract Infections   Frantz R. Melio

913

Chapter 74

Pneumonia   Gregory J. Moran and David A. Talan

927

Chapter 75

Pleural Disease   Joshua M. Kosowsky

939

SECTION THREE

CARDIAC SYSTEM

947

Chapter 76

Acute Coronary Syndrome   William J. Brady, Richard A. Harrigan and Theodore C. Chan

947

Chapter 77

Dysrhythmias   Donald M. Yealy and Theodore R. Delbridge

984

Chapter 78

Implantable Cardiac Devices   James T. Niemann and Benjamin Squire

1025

Chapter 79

Heart Failure,   John F. O’Brien and Jay L. Falk

1036

Chapter 80

Pericardial and Myocardial Disease   Nicholas J. Jouriles

1054

Chapter 81

Infective Endocarditis and Valvular Heart Disease   Joshua M. Kosowsky

1069

SECTION FOUR

VASCULAR SYSTEM

1076

Chapter 82

Hypertension   Richard O. Gray

1076

Chapter 83

Aortic Dissection   Felix Ankel

1088

Chapter 84

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm   Howard A. Bessen

1093

Chapter 85

Peripheral Arteriovascular Disease   Tom P. Aufderheide

1103

Chapter 86

Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis   Jeffrey A. Kline and Michael S. Runyon

1124

SECTION FIVE

GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

1137

Chapter 87

Esophagus, Stomach, and Duodenum   Mark J. Lowell

1137

Chapter 88

Disorders of the Liver and Biliary Tract   David A. Guss and Leslie C. Oyama

1153

Chapter 89

Disorders of the Pancreas   Robin R. Hemphill and Sally A. Santen

1172

Chapter 90

Disorders of the Small Intestine   Susan P. Torrey and Philip L. Henneman

1184

Chapter 91

Acute Appendicitis   Jeannette M. Wolfe and Philip L. Henneman

1193

Chapter 92

Gastronenteritis   Sandy A. Craig and David K. Zich

1200

Chapter 93

Disorders of the Large Intestine   Michael A. Peterson

1228

Chapter 94

Disorders of the Anorectum   Wendy C. Coates

1243

SECTION SIX

GENITOURINARY AND GYNECOLOGIC SYSTEMS

1257

Chapter 95

Renal Failure   Allan B. Wolfson

1257

Chapter 96

Sexually Transmitted Diseases   Diane M. Birnbaumer and Christine Anderegg

1282

Chapter 97

Selected Urologic Problems   Kevin M. Ban and Joshua S. Easter

1297

Chapter 98

Selected Gynecologic Disorders   Carrie D. Tibbles

1325

 

VOLUME 2

 

SECTION SEVEN

NEUROLOGY

1333

Chapter 99

Stroke   Todd J. Crocco, Allison Tadros and Rashmi U. Kothari

1333

Chapter 100

Seizures   Evelyn H. Duvivier and Charles V. Pollack, Jr.

1346

Chapter 101

Headache   Thomas Kwiatkowski and Kumar Alagappan

1356

Chapter 102

Delirium and Dementia   Jeffrey Smith and Jennifer Seirafi

1367

Chapter 103

Brain and Cranial Nerve Disorders   Brian A. Stettler

1379

Chapter 104

Spinal Cord Disorders   Andrew D. Perron and J. Stephen Huff

1389

Chapter 105

Peripheral Nerve Disorders   E. Bradshaw Bunney and E. John Gallagher

1398

Chapter 106

Neuromuscular Disorders   Peter Shearer and Andy Jagoda

1411

Chapter 107

Central Nervous System Infections   William J. Meurer and Frank W. Lavoie

1417

SECTION EIGHT

PSYCHIATRIC AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

1430

Chapter 108

Thought Disorders   Robert S. Hockberger and John R. Richards

1430

Chapter 109

Mood Disorders   Radu V. Saveanu, Marshall G. Vary and Douglas A. Rund

1437

Chapter 110

Anxiety Disorders   Eugene E. Kercher and Joshua L. Tobias

1445

Chapter 111

Somatoform Disorders   Adria O. Winter and Thomas B. Purcell

1452

Chapter 112

Factitious Disorders and Malingering   Jag S. Heer and Thomas B. Purcell

1458

Chapter 113

Suicide   Stephen A. Colucciello

1463

SECTION NINE

IMMUNOLOGIC AND INFLAMMATORY

1472

Chapter 114

Arthritis   Bruce D. Adams and Douglas W. Lowery III

1472

Chapter 115

Tendinopathy and Bursitis   Michael J. Schmidt and Stephen L. Adams

1488

Chapter 116

Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus and the Vasculitides   Jill F. Lehrmann and Clare T. Sercombe

1497

Chapter 117

Allergy, Hypersensitivity, and Anaphylaxis   T. Paul Tran and Robert L. Muelleman

1511

Chapter 118

Dermatologic Presentations   Rita K. Cydulka and Boris Garber

1529

SECTION TEN

HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

1557

Chapter 119

Anemia, Polycythemia, and White Blood Cell Disorders   Timothy G. Janz and Glenn C. Hamilton

1557

Chapter 120

Disorders of Hemostasis   Timothy G. Janz and Glenn C. Hamilton

1578

Chapter 121

Selected Oncologic Emergencies   Sandra Ugras-Rey and Mark Watson

1590

SECTION ELEVEN

METABOLISM AND ENDOCRINOLOGY

1604

Chapter 122

Acid-Base Disorders   Jamie L. Collings

1604

Chapter 123

Electrolyte Disturbances   Michael A. Gibbs and Vivek S. Tayal

1615

Chapter 124

Diabetes Mellitus and Disorders of Glucose Homeostasis   Rita K. Cydulka and Gerald E. Maloney, Jr.

1633

Chapter 125

Rhabdomyolysis   Laura J. Bontempo and Amy H. Kaji

1650

Chapter 126

Thyroid and Adrenal Disorders   David Zull

1658

SECTION TWELVE

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

1676

Chapter 127

Bacteria   Madonna Ferndndez-Frackelton

1676

Chapter 128

Viral Illnesses   Tenagne Haile-Mariam and Michael Alan Polis

1700

Chapter 129

Rabies Ellen J. Weber and Prasanthl Ramanujam

1723

Chapter 130

AIDS and HIV Infection   Richard E. Rothman, Catherine A. Marco and Samuel Yang

1732

Chapter 131

Parasitic Infections   Bruce M. Becker and John D. Cahill

1751

Chapter 132

Tick-Borne Illnesses   Edward B. Bolgiano and Joseph Sexton

1769

Chapter 133

Tuberculosis   Peter E. Sokolove and Robert W. Derlet

1793

Chapter 134

Bone and Joint Infections   Brian J. Zink and Neha P. Raukar

1816

Chapter 135

Soft Tissue Infections   Harvey W. Meislin and John A. Guisto

1836

Chapter 136

Sepsis Syndromes   Nathan I. Shapiro, Gary D. Zimmer and Adam Z. Barkin

1848

PART IV

ENVIRONMENT AND TOXICOLOGY

1859

SECTION ONE

ENVIRONMENT

1861

Chapter 137

Frostbite   Daniel F. Danzl

1861

Chapter 138

Accidental Hypothermia   Daniel F. Danzl

1868

Chapter 139

Heat Illness   Melissa Platt and Salvator Vicario

1882

Chapter 140

Electrical and Lightning Injuries   Timothy G. Price and Mary Ann Cooper

1893

Chapter 141

Scuba Diving and Dysbarism   Richard L. Byyny and Lee W. Shockley

1903

Chapter 142

High-Altitude Medicine   Michael Yaron and Benjamin Honigman

1917

Chapter 143

Drowning   David B. Richards and Andrew L. Knaut

1929

Chapter 144

Radiation Injuries   Christopher B. Colwell and Vincent Markovchick

1933

SECTION TWO

TOXICOLOGY

1942

Chapter 145

General Approach to the Poisoned Patient   Ken Kulig and Louis J. Ling

1942

Chapter 146

Acetaminophen   Robert G. Hendrickson and Nathanael J. McKeown

1948

Chapter 147

Aspirin and Nonsteroidal Agents   Donna L. Seger and Lindsay Murray

1954

Chapter 148

Anticholinergics   Larissa I. Velez and Sing-Yi Feng

1959

Chapter 149

Antidepressants   Elisabeth F. Bilden

1964

Chapter 150

Cardiovascular Drugs   David J. Roberts

1978

Chapter 151

Caustics   Paul M. Wax and Amy Young

1989

Chapter 152

Cocaine and Other Sympathomimetics   Rama B. Rao and Robert S. Hoffman

1994

Chapter 153

Toxic Alcohols   Suzanne R. White

2001

Chapter 154

Hallucinogens   Binh T. Ly, Richard F. Clark and Saralyn R. Williams

2010

Chapter 155

Heavy Metals   Larissa I. Velez and Kathleen A. Delaney

2019

Chapter 156

Hydrocarbons   David C. Lee

2027

Chapter 157

Inhaled Toxins   Lewis S. Nelson and Robert S. Hoffman

2031

Chapter 158

Lithium   Oliver Hung

2039

Chapter 159

Antipsychotics   Mary A. Wittier and Eric J. Lavonas

2042

Chapter 160

Opioids   Christina E. Hantsch Bardsley

2047

Chapter 161

Pesticides   Cynthia K. Aaron, James W. Rhee and Bram A. Dolcourt

2052

Chapter 162

Plants, Mushrooms, and Herbal Medications   Richard D. Shih

2061

Chapter 163

Sedative Hypnotics   Leon Gussow and Andrea Carlson

2071

PART V

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

2081

SECTION ONE

THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT

2083

Chapter 164

General Approach to the Pediatric Patient   Robert A. Wiebe and Susan M. Scott

2083

Chapter 165

Pediatric Fever   Nathan W. Mick

2094

Chapter 166

Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies: Upper Airway Obstruction and Infections   Mariana Manno

2104

Chapter 167

Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies: Lower Airway Obstruction   Richard J. Scarf one and Jeffrey A. Seiden

2115

Chapter 168

Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies: Disease of the Lungs   David M. Stocker and Susan Kirelik

2127

Chapter 169

Cardiac Disorders   Alson S. Inaba and Timothy Horeczko

2138

Chapter 170

Gastrointestinal Disorders   Mark A. Hostetler

2168

Chapter 171

Infectious Diarrheal Disease and Dehydration   Lei Chen

2188

Chapter 172

Renal and Genitourinary Tract Disorders   Maureen McCollough and Ghazala Q. Sharieff

2200

Chapter 173

Neurologic Disorders   David H. Rubin, Dina Halpern Kornblau, Edward E. Conway, Jr. and Stuart M. Caplen

2218

Chapter 174

Musculoskeletal Disorders   Kemedy K. McQuillen

2245

SECTION TWO

THE PREGNANT PATIENT

2268

Chapter 175

General Approach to the Pregnant Patient   Laurie J. Morrison

2268

Chapter 176

Acute Complications of Pregnancy   Debra E. Houry and Bisan A. Salhi

2279

Chapter 177

Chronic Medical Illness during Pregnancy   Kirsten K. Colder and Edward J. Newton

2298

Chapter 178

Drug Therapy in Pregnancy   Rania Habal

2313

Chapter 179

Labor and Delivery and Their Complications   Shoma Desai, Sean O. Henderson and William K. Malton

2327

SECTION THREE

THE GERIATRIC PATIENT

2348

Chapter 180

The Elder Patient   Diane M. Birnbaumer

2348

SECTION FOUR

THE PATIENT WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE FUNCTION

2353

Chapter 181

The Immunocompromised Patient   Michael J. Bums

2353

SECTION FIVE

THE PATIENT WITH AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT

2365

Chapter 182

The Solid Organ Transplant Patient   Matthew T. Keadey

2365

SECTION SIX

THE ALCOHOLIC AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PATIENT

2375

Chapter 183

Alcohol-Related Disease   John T. Finnell, II and David B. McMicken

2375

Chapter 184

Substance Abuse   Stephen A. Colucciello and Christian Tomaszewski

2393

SECTION SEVEN

THE DEVELOPMENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PATIENT

2398

Chapter 185

Evaluation and Management of Children with Special Health Care Needs   Terry A. Adirim

2398

SECTION EIGHT

THE PATIENT IN PAIN

2410

Chapter 186

Pain Management   James R. Miner, Paul M. Paris and Donald M. Yealy

2410

Chapter 187

Procedural Sedation and Analgesia   David Burbulys and Kianusch Kiai

2429

SECTION NINE

THE PROBLEM PATIENT

2440

Chapter 188

The Combative Patient   Louise Kao, Gregory P. Moore and Kenneth Jackimczyk

2440

Chapter 189

The Difficult Patient   Robert J. Vissers and Norman Kaibfleisch

2448

PART VI

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

2459

Chapter 190

Emergency Medical Service: Overview and Ground Transport   Thomas H. Blackwell

2461

Chapter 191

Air Medical Transport   Ira J. Blumen, Howard Rodenberg and Stephen H. Thomas

2469

Chapter 192

Tactical Emergency Medical Support and Urban Search and Rescue   Richard B. Schwartz and John McManus

2476

Chapter 193

Disaster Preparedness   Carl H. Schuitz and Kristi L. Koenig

2484

Chapter 194

Weapons of Mass Destruction   Carl H. Schuitz and Kristi L. Koenig

2495

PART VII

THE PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

2505

SECTION ONE

CLINICAL PRACTICE AND ADMINISTRATION

2507

Chapter 195

Medical Literature and Evidence-Based Medicine   Kelly D. Young and Roger J. Lewis

2507

Chapter 196

Observation Medicine and Clinical Decision Units   Malcolm Mahadevan and Louis Graff IV

2521

Chapter 197

Emergency Ultrasound   Vivek S. Tayal and Casey M. Glass

2531

Chapter 198

Multiculturalism and Care Delivery   Edward Bernstein, Judith Bernstein and Thea James

2540

Chapter 199

Process Improvement and Patient Safety   Shawna J. Perry, Robert L. Wears, Pat Croskerry and Marc J. Shapiro

2547

SECTION TWO

PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES OF PRACTICE

2554

Chapter 200

Bioethics   Kenneth V. Iserson

2554

Chapter 201

End of Life   Jean T. Abbott and Susan Stone

2569

Chapter 202

Medicolegal Issues and Risk Management   Robert A. Bitterman

2582

Chapter 203

Wellness, Stress, and the Impaired Physician   Richard Goldberg and Andrew R. Barnosky

2600

 

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