Challenging and emerging conditions in emergency medicine /

With growing numbers of chronically ill patients surviving longer and receiving novel medical and surgical treatments, emergency departments are increasingly the venue for associated acute presentations. How can emergency physicians respond to these challenging and emerging conditions? This book foc...

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Other Authors: Venkat, Arvind
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:With growing numbers of chronically ill patients surviving longer and receiving novel medical and surgical treatments, emergency departments are increasingly the venue for associated acute presentations. How can emergency physicians respond to these challenging and emerging conditions? This book focuses on the unusual and complex disease presentations not covered in detail in the standard textbooks, helping you manage patients with conditions such as congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, morbid obesity, intellectual disability and intestinal failure. Not only does this book provide guidan.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 359 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781119971573
1119971578
DOI:10.1002/9781119971603