Observation Medicine

Observation Medicine

Author: Sharon E. Mace

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 1107022347

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This guide to successful practices in observation medicine covers both clinical and administrative aspects for a multinational audience.


Observation Medicine

Observation Medicine

Author: Louis G. Graff

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13:

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This text defines the scope of observation medicine as a new and cost-effective service in the field of emergency medicine. It reviews the principles and practice of providing services in an observation unit and examines in detail the 25 most common conditions/syndromes which comprise 95 per cent of services offered in observation units.


Chronic Pain and Addiction

Chronic Pain and Addiction

Author: Michael R. Clark

Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 3805597258

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The relationship between chronic pain and addiction Patients with chronic pain understandably seek relief from their distress and discomfort, but many medications that alleviate pain are potentially addictive, and most chronic pain conditions only have a temporary response to opiate analgesic drugs. This volume reviews the fundamental topics that underlie the complex relationships of this controversial domain. The authors review behavioral models and practical methods for understanding and treating chronic pain and addiction including methods to formulate patients with complex comorbidity and screen patients with chronic pain for addictive liability. Finally, the authors describe the current findings from clinical and basic science that illuminate the role of opiates, cannabinoids and ketamine in the treatment of chronic pain. Up to date and comprehensive, this book is relevant to all professionals engaged in the care of patients with chronic pain or addiction and all others interested in these contemporary issues, particularly non-clinicians seeking clarity in the controversy over the best approach to patients with chronic pain.


An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine

An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine

Author: S. V. Mahadevan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 911

ISBN-13: 0521747767

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Fully-updated edition of this award-winning textbook, arranged by presenting complaints with full-color images throughout. For students, residents, and emergency physicians.


Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children

Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9241548371

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The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem.


Hospital-Based Emergency Care

Hospital-Based Emergency Care

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2007-05-03

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0309133777

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Today our emergency care system faces an epidemic of crowded emergency departments, patients boarding in hallways waiting to be admitted, and daily ambulance diversions. Hospital-Based Emergency Care addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital-based emergency and trauma care, not simply urgent and lifesaving care, but also safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparation, and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources. This new book considers the multiple aspects to the emergency care system in the United States by exploring its strengths, limitations, and future challenges. The wide range of issues covered includes: • The role and impact of the emergency department within the larger hospital and health care system. • Patient flow and information technology. • Workforce issues across multiple disciplines. • Patient safety and the quality and efficiency of emergency care services. • Basic, clinical, and health services research relevant to emergency care. • Special challenges of emergency care in rural settings. Hospital-Based Emergency Care is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.


Forensic Emergency Medicine

Forensic Emergency Medicine

Author: Jonathan S. Olshaker

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780781792745

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Updated for its Second Edition, this text provides the information emergency departments need about the medicolegal aspects of treating victims of violence, motor vehicle accidents, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and intimate partner abuse. It offers detailed guidelines on interviewing and examining the victim and collecting, preserving, and documenting evidence for legal proceedings. The book includes a chapter by an attorney on expert testimony and a chapter on forensic photography. A full-color photo insert illustrates injury patterns and key evidence. This edition provides increased coverage of motor vehicle accidents, DNA evidence, and new drugs of abuse.


Emergency Department Leadership and Management

Emergency Department Leadership and Management

Author: Stephanie Kayden

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1107007399

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Written for a global audience, by an international team, the book provides practical, case-based emergency department leadership skills.


Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management

Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management

Author: Liam Donaldson

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-14

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 3030594033

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Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply good clinical practices, such as the WHO surgical checklist, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the prevention of assistance-related risks, and to identify the potential ones using tools such as reporting & learning systems. The culture of safety in the care environment and of human factors influencing it should be developed from the beginning of medical studies and in the first years of professional practice, in order to have the maximum impact on clinicians' and nurses' behavior. Medical errors tend to vary with the level of proficiency and experience, and this must be taken into account in adverse events prevention. Human factors assume a decisive importance in resilient organizations, and an understanding of risk control and containment is fundamental for all medical and surgical specialties. This open access book offers recommendations and examples of how to improve patient safety by changing practices, introducing organizational and technological innovations, and creating effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care systems, in order to spread the quality and patient safety culture among the new generation of healthcare professionals, and is intended for residents and young professionals in different clinical specialties.