Harwood-Nuss' clinical practice of emergency medicine: Sixth edition

Allan B. Wolfson, Robert L. Cloutier, Gregory W. Hendey, Louis J. Ling, Carlo L. Rosen, Jeffrey J. Schaider

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Abstract

Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine presents a clinically focused and evidence-based summary of emergency medicine. Chapters are templated to include the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, evaluation, management and disposition, with highlighted critical interventions and common pitfalls. Management and disposition are especially critical in the emergency department, and their emphasis is unique to Harwood-Nuss. Often, a diagnosis can not be made, given the constraints of an ED evaluation; thus, effecive management of the patient, with or without a confirmed diagnosis, is key. Also distinct to Harwood-Nuss is the High-Risk Chief Complaints section, which covers the key presentations in the ED: chest pain, abdominal pain, shortness of breath, altered mental status. When patients present in the ED, they don't present with a known diagnosis; this chapter walks the physician through possible differential diagnoses and the evaluation and management of these patients so that they can be stabilized and treated quickly and effectively.

Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherWolters Kluwer Health Adis (ESP)
Number of pages1860
ISBN (Electronic)9781469889481
ISBN (Print)1451188811, 9781451188813
StatePublished - Oct 27 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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