Tintinalli's emergency medicine : a comprehensive study guide

Tintinalli, Judith E., (editor.). Stapczynski, J. Stephan, (editor.). Ma, O. John, (editor.). Yealy, Donald M., (editor.). Meckler, Garth D., (editor.). Cline, David, 1956- (editor.).

Summary: "This 8th edition marks 37 years of continuous publication of a textbook that began in 1978 as a collection of material used to study for the early board examinations in Emergency Medicine. Each edition has expanded in depth and breadth to represent the complexity and expertise needed to practice emergency medicine in today's environment."--Preface.

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ISBN: 9780071794763
ISBN: 007179476X
Physical Description: print
xliii, 2128 pages ; 29 cm
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Machine generated contents note: 1. Emergency Medical Services -- 2. Prehospital Equipment / C. Crawford Mechem -- 3. Air Medical Transport / Andy Boggust -- 4. Mass Gatherings / Stephen H. Thomas / C. Keith Stone -- 5. Disaster Preparedness / Michael G. Millin -- 6. Natural Disasters / B. Zane Horowitz / Robert G. Hendrickson -- 7. Bomb, Blast, and Crush Injuries / Trevor J. Mills / Lisa D. Mills -- 8. Chemical Disasters / Pinchas Halpern / Michael J. Bono -- 9. Bioterrorism / Robert G. Hendrickson / B. Zane Horowitz -- 10. Radiation Injuries / Joseph A. Barbera / Anthony G. Macintyre -- 11. Sudden Cardiac Death / Jennifer A. Stephani / Annette M. Lopez -- 12. Approach to Shock / Joseph P. Ornato -- 13. Fluid and Blood Resuscitation in Traumatic Shock / John Gaillard / Bret A. Nicks -- 14. Anaphylaxis, Allergies, and Angioedema / Kevin R. Ward / David M. Somand -- 15. Acid-Base Disorders / Theodore J. Gaeta / Brian H. Rowe -- 16. Blood Gases / Gabor D. Kelen / David M. Cline / David D. Nicolaou -- 17. Fluids and Electrolytes / Casey Glass -- 18. Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances / Roberta Marino / Roberta Petrino -- 19. Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmics and Antihypertensives / William J. Brady / Chris A. Ghaemmaghami / Thomas S. Laughrey -- 20. Pharmacology of Vasopressors and Inotropes / Sara H. Shields / Benjamin Small / R. Dustin Pippin / Rachel M. Holland -- 21. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy / Rachel M. Holland / Sara H. Shields -- 22. Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Stephen R. Thom / David S. Lambert -- 23. Defibrillation and Cardioversion / Jon Mark Hirshon / Adam D. Friedlander -- 24. Advanced Cardiac Life Support / Swee Han Lim / Marcus E.H. Ong / Anantharaman Venkataraman -- 25. Resuscitation in Pregnancy / Anantharaman Venkataraman / Kenneth B.K. Tan / Marcus E.H. Ong / Swee Han Lim -- 26. Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome / Boyd Burns -- 27. Ethical Issues of Resuscitation / Bentley J. Bobrow / Benjamin S. Abella -- 28. Noninvasive Airway Management / Catherine A. Marco -- 29. Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation / Henry E. Wang / Jestin N. Carlson -- 30. Surgical Airways / Daniel F. Danzl / Robert J. Vissers -- 31. Vascular Access / Donald M. Yealy / Michael D. Smith -- 32. Hemodynamic Monitoring / Chris Wyatt -- 33. Cardiac Pacing and Implanted Defibrillation / H. Bryant Nguyen / Michael R. Pinsky / David T. Huang -- 34. Pericardiocentesis / Swee Han Lim / Anantharaman Venkataraman / Wee Siong Teo -- 35. Acute Pain Management / Eric J. Brown / Carolyn K. Synovitz -- 36. Local and Regional Anesthesia / James Ducharme -- 37. Procedural Sedation / Michael A. Gibbs / Douglas C. Dillon -- 38. Chronic Pain / Chris Weaver -- 39. Wound Evaluation / David M. Cline -- 40. Wound Preparation / Judd E. Hollander / Adam J. Singer -- 41. Wound Closure / Aleksandr M. Tichter / Susan C. Stone / Wallace A. Carter -- 42. Face and Scalp Lacerations / Judd E. Hollander / Adam J. Singer -- 43. Arm and Hand Lacerations / Wendy C. Coates -- 44. Leg and Foot Lacerations / Moira Davenport -- 45. Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies / Annabella Salvador-Kelly / Nancy Kwon -- 46. Puncture Wounds and Bites / Richard L. Lammers -- 47. Postrepair Wound Care / James Quinn -- 48. Chest Pain / Judd E. Hollander / Adam J. Singer -- 49. Acute Coronary Syndromes / Simon A. Mahler -- 50. Cardiogenic Shock / Deborah B. Diercks / Judd E. Hollander -- 51. Low-Probability Acute Coronary Syndrome / David Manthey / Casey Glass -- 52. Syncope / Chadwick D. Miller / Kathleen A. Hosmer -- 53. Acute Heart Failure / James Quinn -- 54. Valvular Emergencies / Alan B. Storrow / Sean P. Collins -- 55. Cardiomyopathies and Pericardial Disease / Simon A. Mahler / William D. Alley -- 56. Venous Thromboembolism / James T. Niemann -- 57. Systemic Hypertension / Jeffrey A. Kline -- 58. Pulmonary Hypertension / Brigitte M. Baumann -- 59. Aortic Dissection and Related Aortic Syndromes / Michael E. Winters -- 60. Aneurysmal Disease / Louise A. Prince / Gary A. Johnson -- 61. Arterial Occlusion / Louise A. Prince / Gary A. Johnson -- 62. Respiratory Distress / David Carr / Anil Chopra -- 63. Hemoptysis / J. Stephan Stapczynski / John Sarko -- 64. Acute Bronchitis and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections / Troy Sims -- 65. Pneumonia and Pulmonary Infiltrates / Cedric W. Lefebvre -- 66. Lung Empyema and Abscess / Gerald Maloney / Donald M. Mealy / Eric Anderson -- 67. Tuberculosis / Sharon E. Mace / Eric Anderson -- 68. Pneumothorax / Janet M. Poponick / Vu D. Phan -- 69. Acute Asthma / David Manthey / Bret A. Nicks -- 70. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Rita K. Cydulka -- 71. Acute Abdominal Pain / Craig G. Bates / Rita K. Cydulka -- 72. Nausea and Vomiting / Mary Claire O'Brien -- 73. Disorders Presenting Primarily With Diarrhea / Bophal Sarha Hang / Jeff Ditkoff / Susan Bork -- 74. Constipation / Howard A. Werman / Nicholas E. Kman -- 75. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Arash Armin / Vito Rocco -- 76. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Christopher M. Ziebell / Phillip A. Friesen / Janna M. Welch / Andy Kitlowski -- 77. Esophageal Emergencies / Bruce M. Lo -- 78. Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastritis / Moss Mendelson -- 79. Pancreatitis and Cholecystitis / Angela Bogle / Matthew C. Gratton -- 80. Hepatic Disorders / Christine R. Stehman / Bart Besinger -- 81. Acute Appendicitis / Kulleni Gebreyes / Susan R. O'Mara -- 82. Diverticulitis / E. Paul DeKoning -- 83. Bowel Obstruction / Autumn Graham -- 84. Hernias / Raymond J. Orthober / Timothy G. Price -- 85. Anorectal Disorders / Turan Kayagil / Donald Byars -- 86. Gastrointestinal Procedures and Devices / Brian E. Burgess -- 87. Complications of General Surgical Procedures / Michael D. Witting -- 88. Acute Kidney Injury / Edmond A. Hooker -- 89. Rhabdomyolysis / Richard Sinert / Peter R. Peacock Jr -- 90. End-Stage Renal Disease / Francis L. Counselman / Bruce M. Lo -- 91. Urinary Tract Infections and Hematuria / Mathew Foley / Ninfa Mehta / Richard Sinert -- 92. Acute Urinary Retention / Kim Askew -- 93. Male Genital Problems / David Hung-Tsang Yen / Chen-Hsen Lee -- 94. Urologic Stone Disease / Jonathan E. Davis -- 95. Complications of Urologic Procedures and Devices / David E. Manthey / Bret A. Nicks -- 96. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding / Elaine B. Josephson -- 97. Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in the Nonpregnant Female / Bophal Sarha Hang -- 98. Ectopic Pregnancy and Emergencies in the First 20 Weeks of Pregnancy / Melanie Heniff / Heather R.B. Fleming -- 99. Comorbid Disorders in Pregnancy / Heather A. Heaton -- 100. Maternal Emergencies After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy and in the Postpartum Period / Lori J. Whelan -- 101. Emergency Delivery / Janet Simmons Young -- 102. Vulvovaginitis / Sarah Elisabeth Frasure -- 103. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Ciara J. Barclay-Buchanan / Melissa A. Barton -- 104. Breast Disorders / Suzanne M. Shepherd / Brian Weiss / William H. Shoff -- 105. Complications of Gynecologic Procedures / Bophal Sarha Hang -- 106. Emergency Care of Children / Nikki Waller -- 107. Neonatal and Pediatric Transport / Garth Meckler -- 108. Resuscitation of Neonates / Samuel J. Prater / Manish Shah -- 109. Resuscitation of Children / Marc F. Collin -- 110. Pediatric Trauma / William E. Hauda II -- 111. Intubation and Ventilation in Infants and Children / Camilo E. Gutiérrez -- 112. Intravenous and Intraosseous Access in Infants and Children / Robert J. Vissers / Nathan W. Mick -- 113. Pain Management and Procedural Sedation in Infants and Children / Matthew Hansen -- 114. Neonatal Emergencies and Common Neonatal Problems / Peter S. Auerbach -- 115. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Apparent Life-Threatening Event / Quynh H. Doan / Niranjan Kissoon -- 116. Fever and Serious Bacterial Illness in Infants and Children / Ilene Claudius / Joel S. Tieder -- 117. Meningitis in Infants and Children / Vincent F. Wang -- 118. Ear and Mastoid Disorders in Infants and Children / Amy Levine -- 119. Eye Emergencies in Infants and Children / Carmen Coombs -- 120. Nose and Sinus Disorders in Infants and Children / Janeva Kircher / Andrew Dixon -- 121. Mouth and Throat Disorders in Infants and Children / Joanna S. Cohen / Dewesh Agrawal -- 122. Neck Masses in Infants and Children / Derya Caglar / Richard Kwun / Abigail Schuh -- 123. Stridor and Drooling in Infants and Children / Charles E.A. Stringer / Vikram Sabhaney -- 124. Wheezing in Infants and Children / Elisa Mapelli / Vikram Sabhaney -- 125. Pneumonia in Infants and Children / Allan Shefrin / Alia Busuttil / Roger Zemek -- 126. Congenital and Acquired Pediatric Heart Disease / Joseph E. Copeland -- 127. Syncope, Dysrhythmias, and ECG Interpretation in Children / Esther L. Yue / Garth D. Meckler -- 128. Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Dehydration in Infants and Children / Andrew C. Dixon -- 129. Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy in Infants and Children / Stephen B. Freedman / Jennifer D. Thull-Freedman -- 130. Acute Abdominal Pain in Infants and Children / Melissa Chan / Paul Enarson -- 131. Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Infants and Children / Ross J. Fleischman -- 132. Urinary Tract Infection in Infants and Children / Sarah M. Reid -- 133. Pediatric Urologic and Gynecologic Disorders / Justin W. Sales -- 134. Renal Emergencies in Children / Deborah R. Liu -- 135. Seizures in Infants and Children / Andrew Dixon / Brandy Stauffer --