This manual provides concise, easily accessible information on a broad range of problems encountered by emergency physicians. The approach is problem oriented and this edition contains many chapters which have been reorganized by body system to make them easier to locate. The three chapters new to this edition cover rapid sequence intubation, oncologic emergencies and paediatric sedation. Chapters open with lists of probable and possible causes of the problem under discussion. In addition, each cause is discussed in the chapter and flagged for the reader's convenience.
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