ABC of Emergency Differential Diagnosis
Samenvatting
A practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of acute symptoms and conditions, the
ABC of Emergency Differential Diagnosis provides a step–by–step guide to emergency differential diagnosis for non–specialists in a hospital or primary care setting.
This new title in the ABC series covers the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of the most common symptoms with ′walk through′ diagnosis, clear learning outcomes, and easy to find treatment options.
Using the familiar problem–based teaching approach for rapid assimilation of information, case studies in each chapter allow the reader to be sure that they have synthesised the information given and can apply it to clinical cases.
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<p>Preface viii</p>
<p>1 Unconsciousness and Coma 1<br />Roger Dalton</p>
<p>2 Calf Pain 5<br />Francis Morris and Alan Fletcher</p>
<p>3 Chest Pain Cardiac 9<br />Nicki Doddridge</p>
<p>4 High Fever 13<br />Rachel Foster</p>
<p>5 Vaginal Bleeding 18<br />Sian Ireland and Karen Selby</p>
<p>6 Transient Weakness 22<br />Carole Gavin</p>
<p>7 Abdominal Pain Epigastric 26<br />Duncan Drury</p>
<p>8 Acute Headache 30<br />Tom Locker</p>
<p>9 Acutely Painful Joint 34<br />Rachel Tattersall</p>
<p>10 Chest Pain Pleuritic 37<br />Claire Gardner and Kevin Jones</p>
<p>11 Dizziness 41<br />Scott Davison</p>
<p>12 The Intoxicated Patient 48<br />Sue Croft</p>
<p>13 The Shocked Patient 52<br />Arun Chaudhuri</p>
<p>14 Palpitations 57<br />Charles Heatley</p>
<p>15 Low Back Pain 60<br />Richard Kendall</p>
<p>16 Acute Confusion 64<br />Steve Goodacre</p>
<p>17 Shortness of Breath 68<br />Kevin Jones and Claire Gardner</p>
<p>18 Collapse of Unknown Cause 72<br />Peter Lawson</p>
<p>19 Abdominal Pain 76<br />Suzanne Mason and Alastair Pickering</p>
<p>Index 81</p>