DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c094e5/challenging_and_em) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Challenging and Emerging Conditions in Emergency Medicine" to their offering.
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 guidance on evaluation and diagnosis, but it also addresses the practical issues of acute management and continuing referral. The individual chapters are written by high profile emergency physicians, in conjunction with appropriate specialists, and include authoritative evidence to back up the clinical information.
Key Topics Covered:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The post-cardiac arrest patient
Chapter 3: Adults with congenital heart disease
Chapter 4: The renal transplant patient
Chapter 5: The end-stage renal disease patient on dialysis
Chapter 6: Adults with cystic fibrosis
Chapter 7: Adults with sickle-cell disease: implications of increasing longevity
Chapter 8: HIV-positive adults on HAART
Chapter 9: Adults receiving chemotherapeutic regimens
Chapter 10: The bariatric surgery patient
Chapter 11: The obese patient
Chapter 12: The geriatric trauma patient
Chapter 13: Children with intestinal failure and complications from visceral transplant
Chapter 14: Family violence
Chapter 15: The intellectually disabled patient
Chapter 16: Adults with conditions causing chronic pain
Index
Author:
Arvind Venkat, MD, FACEP, is Director of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine and Ethics Consultant, Allegheny General Hospital and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine
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