The essential emergency medicine reference! Covers the gamut of emergency medicine practice in brief, clinically focused chapters. New to this edition are chapters on bioterroism and weapons of mass destruction, pharmacology of antimicrobials, antifungals, and antivirals, principles of drug interactions, endocarditis, and abdominal and pelvic pain in the non-pregnant patient. Pharmacologic considerations, tables of vital differential diagnoses, and observation criteria throughout are new features reflecting developments in this dynamic specialty."considered by most in the discipline to be a bible of emergency medicine"--Journal of Family Medicine, review of fourth edition.ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
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The first edition was published by the American College of Emergency Physicians in 1979; McGraw-Hill took over in 1985. Editor Tintinalli (U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and two coeditors have marshalled contributions from over 400 specialists to prepare this hefty reference; it fits in no pocket but nevertheless provides a convenient source of information for those who still make use of the advantages of print resources. The phrase "study guide" has been in the title since the work's inception, because it was felt that no reference could be a comprehensive resource in this all-encompassing field. Arrangement is in 28 sections covering the gamut of both common and uncommon disorders and conditions encountered in the emergency room. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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