Medicina d'urgenza

At last-a step-by-step guide you can refer to before treating a patient with an acute orthopaedic injury or a degenerative condition! Ideal for medical students, allied health professionals, and practicing clinicians, Orthopaedic Emergency and Office Procedures describes commonly encountered procedures from start to finish, from administering local anesthesia, to proper fracture reduction, patient positioning, and immobilization. Features: quickly access the expert guidance you need in the emergency room or office to treat orthopedic injuries resulting from trauma, as well as degenerative conditions; reduce patient discomfort and improve outcomes with step-by-step information on patient positioning, proper immobilization, and anesthetic techniques; avoid pitfalls and hone your skills with practical tips and tricks from orthopaedic experts; and see principles in action with instructive photos, line drawings, and radiographs that provide essential visual guidance.

The main burden of disease in most African countries presents as emergencies, yet emergency care is massively neglected. The AFEM Handbook of Acute and Emergency Care equips healthcare workers in the sub-Saharan Region to investigate and manage patients who present with a range of acute conditions. The Handbook takes the reader through the approach to the patient in a moderately resourced setting (e.g. where an X-ray machine and oxygen is available), or in a setting with full resources (e.g. CT scanner, cardiac catheterisation lab). This unique stratified approach is tailored to the specificities of the African context. In addition, the book includes a set of syndrome-based Rapid Assessment Protocols to facilitate rapid intervention for undifferentially critically ill patients.

Prehospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) is a new and evolving field within Prehospital Care and involves the delivery of safe prehospital critical care to seriously ill or injured patients, and safe transfer to or between hospitals. It covers a broad range of medical and traumatic conditions, interventions, clinical providers and physical environments. ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine is the first text to provide a comprehensive overview of this field and with an international team of expert authors is essential reading to anyone involved in the delivery of Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care.

Emergency physicians, in all practice settings, care for patients with both undifferentiated psycho-behavioral presentations and established psychiatric illness. This reference-based text goes beyond diagnostics, providing practical input from physicians experienced with adult emergency psychiatric patients. Physicians will increase their understanding and gain confidence working with these patients, even when specialized psychiatric back-up is lacking. Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician is comprehensive, covering the pre-hospital setting and advising on evidence-based practice; from collaborating with psychiatric colleagues to establishing a psychiatric service in your ED. Sedation, restraint and seclusion are outlined. Potential dilemmas when treating pregnant, geriatric or homeless patients with mental illness are discussed in detail, along with the more challenging behavioral diagnoses such as malingering, factitious and personality disorders. This go-to, comprehensive volume is invaluable for trainee and experienced emergency physicians, as well as psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric and emergency department nurses and other mental health workers.

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Il volume viene pubblicato a 4 anni dalla scomparsa del Professor Valerio Gai che fortemente aveva voluto questa nuova edizione. La revisione di un'opera così vasta ha occupato tutti i suoi collaboratori e lo staff del Professor Giancarlo Agnelli in un lavoro impegnativo. Da una parte, accompagnare il materiale raccolto da Valerio Gai nell'evoluzione naturale del suo percorso, senza snaturare l'identità di una pubblicazione già efficacemente impostata. Dall'altra, integrare il testo aggiornandolo e mettendolo in grado di approssimarsi il più possibile al passo veloce degli studi e dei progressi della scienza medica senza intaccare l'impianto di base. Lo scopo di quest'opera è offrire al Medico dell'Emergenza-Urgenza e di altre discipline, uno strumento in grado di fornire tutte le nozioni necessarie per gestire pazienti critici mantenendo una struttura pratica da poter essere usato "sul campo".

The definitive guide to the use of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients - now in full color and updated to reflect the latest advances "Principles & Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3E" provides comprehensive, authoritative coverage of all the clinical, pharmacological, and technical issues surrounding the use of mechanical ventilation. Editor Martin J. Tobin - past editor-in-chief of the "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine" - has enlisted more than 100 authors, all of whom are at the forefront of research in their chosen subfield in order to provide the most authoritative and up-to-date information possible. No other text so thoroughly and comprehensively explores the myriad advances in modes and methodologies that have occurred in this ever-changing field as this cornerstone text. Features: each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect the latest research; a strong focus on the biomedical principles that govern ventilator management; expert insights from contributors in critical care, pulmonary medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, basic science, provide a unique multidisciplinary approach; 68 chapters that explore every important aspect of mechanical ventilation, including: Conventional and unconventional methods of ventilator support; Noninvasive methods of ventilator support; Unconventional methods of ventilator support; Physiologic effect of mechanical ventilation; Complications in ventilator supported patients; Weaning of ventilator-support; Management of the ventilator-supported patient; Adjunctive therapy, including fluid management, inhaled antibiotic therapy, and bronchodilator therapy; and, Ethics and economics. "Principles & Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3E" comprehensively covers the principles and practice of keeping patients alive through the use of mechanical ventilation, along with related pharmacological and technical issues.

This book offers thorough coverage of emergencies in dermatology, from the basics of critical care for dermatologic emergencies, to neonatal and pediatric emergencies, infectious emergencies, drug eruptions and HIV-AIDS-related emergencies, among many others.

The definitive guide to trauma surgery-now in full color! The seventh edition, Trauma reaffirms its status as the leading comprehensive textbook in the field. With a new full-color design and a rich atlas of anatomic drawings and surgical approaches, "Trauma, 7e" takes you through the full range of injuries the trauma surgeon is likely to encounter. The book also features timely coverage that explains how to care for war victims who may require acute interventions such as amputation. Supported by numerous x-rays, CT scans, plus informative tables throughout, this trusted reference begins with an informative look at kinematics and the mechanisms of trauma injury. Subsequent chapters provide useful background information on the epidemiology of trauma; injury prevention; the basics of trauma systems, triage, and transport; and much more. The next section meticulously reviews generalized approaches to the trauma patient, from pre-hospital care and managing shock, to emergency department thoracotomy and the management of infections. Trauma then delivers a clear organ-by-organ survey of treatment protocols designed to help you respond to any critical care situation with confidence, no matter what body system is involved. The remaining sections of the book will help you successfully handle specific challenges in trauma - including alcohol and drug abuse, and combat-related wounds-in addition to post-traumatic complications such as multiple organ failure. Features: new! Trauma Atlas contains precise, concept-clarifying anatomical illustrations and proven surgical techniques that make common procedures more accessible than ever before; high-yield section on specific approaches to the trauma patient prepares you for the wide spectrum of cases in trauma/critical surgery care, including: disaster and mass casualty; Rural trauma; Management of shock; Post-injury hemotherapy and hemostasis; emergency department thoracotomy; diagnostic and interventional radiology; surgeon-performed ultrasound; anesthesia and pain management; infection; A-to-Z overview of the management of specific traumatic injuries; and detailed discussion of the management of complications.

More than 1,600 high-quality clinical images facilitate fast, accurate visual diagnosis in pediatric emergencies. "The Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2E" gives you rapid access to the visual cues, diagnostic signs and symptoms, and acute treatment for all pediatric emergencies. The Editors and Contributors have compiled an extraordinary collection of their best clinical photographs and imaging studies and combined them with concise, logically organized text. Features: more than 1,600 top-quality clinical photographs and imaging; content that spans infancy through adolescence; comprehensive coverage of disorders organized by body systems, including trauma; and, a consistent presentation provides immediate access to clinical features, differential diagnosis, treatment and disposition, and clinical pearls.

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The first two editions of Stroke Syndromes were widely welcomed as authoritative reference works in the assessment and diagnosis of stroke. This revised and updated third edition remains the definitive guide to patterns and syndromes in stroke. A comprehensive survey of all types of neurological, neurophysiological and other clinical dysfunction due to stroke. The book contains descriptions of clinical problems encountered in stroke patients and their differential diagnosis, enhancing pattern recognition and enabling clinicians to differentiate between possible locations on the basis of symptoms and signs. The companion volume Uncommon Causes of Stroke completes this highly authoritative reference work which clinicians in neurology will find essential to the understanding and diagnosis of stroke.

A 32-year-old Caucasian lady was admitted to hospital following a collapse at the gym. Her friends described the patient falling to the floor while exercising on the rowing machine, followed by twitching of her arms and legs and a period of being unrousable. You are the medic on duty...100 Cases in Acute Medicine presents 100 acute conditions commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency department, or on the ward, or in the community setting. A succinct summary of the patient's history, examination, and initial investigations, including photographs where relevant, is followed by questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answer includes a detailed discussion of each topic, with further illustration where appropriate, providing an essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for students and junior doctors. Making clinical decisions and choosing the best course of action is one of the most challenging and difficult parts of training to become a doctor. These cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognize important clinical symptoms and signs, and to develop their diagnostic and management skills.