The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine

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Steven E. Diaz, MD, Maine General Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.)

The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine, 2nd Ed. makes a great reference for solving pressing problems on the ward or in the clinic.

This thoroughly revised and updated reference provides comprehensive, concise evidence-based information on diagnosing and treating illness and injury in the emergency setting. The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine is a convenient resource offering quick access to vital information and makes a great reference for solving pressing problems on the ward or in the clinic.

Key Features

Content presented in concise format, providing easy access to facts and figures, with supporting references
Thoroughly updated content and added scoring systems
Illustrates the differences between studied therapies and conventional therapies
Section on Acute Coronary Syndrome expounds upon the risk and benefit of thrombolysis and cardiac catheterization and helps make sense of the issue of timing
Section on CHF includes the Killip classification
Section on Acute Stroke Syndrome contains the NINDS stroke scale
Section on Pulmonary Embolus provides tools to risk stratify make differential diagnosis
Built-in Medical Calculators: Provide instant access from within topics to relevant medical calculators including:
- Well's Criteria
- AMS Self Assessment
- Canadian Scoring System
- Geneva Scoring System
- Glasgow Coma Scale
- Patient Outcomes Research Team Score
- NIHSS Scoring System

Plus, with Skyscape's powerful SmartLink™ cross-linking capability you can quickly and easily access any related disease and diagnostic topics across your entire mobile reference library.

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