Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, Sixth edition - Hardcover

Tintinalli, Judith; Kelen, Gabor; Stapczynski, J.; American College Of Emergency Physicians, N/A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071388753 ISBN 13: 9780071388757

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2003

Synopsis

With this 6th edition, the leading text in the field continues to reflect the evolving scope of the state-of-the-art practice of "Emergency Medicine" while retaining its style of brief, clinically focused chapters offering specific advice in diagnosis and management. Features new to this edition are: expanded coverage of bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction; new section on Emergency Medicine in Unique Environments; new chapter on Pharmacology of Antimicrobials, Antifungals, and Antivirals; new chapter on Principles of Drug Interactions; new chapter on Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in the Non-Pregnant Patient; new chapter on Patient Safety Issues; expanded coverage on role of diagnostic imaging in the ED; and emphasis on evidence-based clinical practice.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Tintinalli is a world-reknown emergency physician actively practicing at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Gabor D. Kelen, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071388753
• ISBN 13: 9780071388757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 2088