Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Ed. for Palm OS

About Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Ed.

Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Ed.
powered by Skyscape Author(s): Punit Ramrakha, Consultant Cardiologist, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, UK and Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK and Kevin Moore, Professor of Hepatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College, London, UKPublisher: Oxford University Press The management of acute medical emergencies is the most demanding and stressful aspect of medical training. Most textbooks of medicine can only go into general detail about the management of medical emergencies, and it is difficult for the practising doctor to keep up-to-date with the latest guidelines while doing a busy clinical job.

The Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine is an up-to-date, practical and comprehensive guide to the management of the acutely ill patient. The reference relates pathophysiology to clinical features to help the reader make the diagnosis quickly. It identifies priorities for treatment and leads the reader, step-by-step, through the management of the patient while awaiting specialist help. Wherever possible, published guidelines have been incorporated to ensure that the reference reflects current, recommended management of medical emergencies, with evidence-based treatments. Details of specialist treatments are included to inform readers about the patient’s likely ongoing care.

It is the ideal companion for students (keen to understand the management of patients they see during their training), practising physicians at all levels from recently qualified doctors to consultants (to brush upon the modern management of acute medical conditions), staff in A&E who see acutely ill patients daily, and nurses caring for acutely ill patients.

Key Features:

• Provides a single source resource providing the reader with the most up-to-date therapies and protocols for managing acute medical situations
• Extensively re-written since the first edition; contains the latest evidence-based guidelines
• Contains a new section on psychiatric emergencies
• Accessible to all members of the multidisciplinary team and practitioners across a wide range of specialties
• Extensive revision of all chapters in line with the recent Task Force Reports and recommendations from the Royal Colleges and specialist societies, e.g. Resuscitation Guidelines 2000; British Thoracic Society Guidelines on ischaemic heart disease; British, European and American Society of Cardiology Guidelines; changes in management of HIV; modern therapies in shock and ARDS, acute lung injury
• Topics are divided into assessment, differential diagnosis, immediate management and ongoing treatment
• Interactive Flow Charts help walk you through a decision

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