This accessible book uses an evidence-based just the facts approach to diagnostic test ordering and clinical decision rules in the emergency department. This is a useful reference that physicians at all levels can use to refresh their memories on basic statistics and how to use evidence-based practice when ordering and interpreting tests. For example, when a clinician is deciding whether or not to order a CT head for a patient with a blunt head injury and normal mental status, he or she can refer easily to the book for guidance on decisionrules. Flow charts guide the reader easily to the most appropriate action in the particular clinical situation. INDICE: Preface.Part I: The Science Of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules.1. Diagnostic Testing In Emergency Care.2. Evidence-Based Medicine: The Process.3. The Epidemiology And Statistics Of Diagnostic Testing.4. Clinical Decision Rules.Part II: Section 2 Traumatic Injuries.5. Cervical Spine Fractures.6. Cervical Spine Fractures In Older Adults.7. Cervical Spine Fractures In Children.8. Blunt Abdominal Trauma.9. Acute Knee Injuries.10. Blunt Head Injury.11. Blunt Head Trauma In Children.12. Acute Ankle And Foot Injuries.13.Occult Scaphoid Fractures.14. Blunt Chest Trauma.15. Occult Hip Fracture.PartIII: Cardiology.16. Heart Failure.17. Syncope.18. Acute Coronary Syndrome.Part IV: Infectious Disease.19. Serious Bacterial Infections and Occult Bacteremia In Children.20. Bacterial Meningitis In Children.21. Necrotizing Fasciitis.22. Pharyngitis.23. Infective Endocarditis.24. Urinary Tract Infection.25. Sinusitis.26. Pneumonia.27. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.Part V: Surgical andAbdominal Complaints.28. Acute Nonspecific, nontraumatic abdominal pain.29. Bowel Obstruction.30. Acute Pancreatitis.31. Acute Appendicitis.32. Acute Cholecystitis.Part VI: Urology.33. Kidney Stones.34. Testicular Torsion.Part VII: Neurology.35. Subarachnoid Hemorrhorage.36. Acute Stroke.Part VIII: Miscellaneous: Ophthalmology, Hematology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology.37. Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis.38. Temporal Arteritis.39. Intraocular pressure.40. Asthma.Index..
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-5400-0
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 10/06/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés