2014 Medical Reference Catalogue

EMERGENCY MEDICINE, TOXICOLOGY & TRAUMA

Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care An Evidence-Based Handbook John E Arbo, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Director, Critical Care Education – Division of Emergency Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weil Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

Emergency Medicine Evidence Emily Aaronson, MD Erik Antonsen M.D., Ph.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital Ron MWalls MD, FACEP, FRCPC Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Associate Professor of Medicine (Emergency Medicine), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Jonathan N Adler MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM

Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Assistant in Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA June 2014 / Paperback

Stephen J. Ruoss, MD Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Co-Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA Geoffrey K. Lighthall, MD Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA Michael P. Jones, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Assistant Program Director – Jacobi/Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY July 2014 / Paperback Approx. 656 pp. / Approx. 250 lllus 9781451186895 Looking for a brief but authoritative resource to help you manage the types of complex cardiac, pulmonary, and neurological emergencies you encounter as a resident or attending emergency room physician? Look no further than Decision Making in Emergency Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Handbook. This portable guide to rational clinical decision-making in the challenging – and changing – world of emergency critical care provides in every chapter a streamlined review of a common problem in critical care medicine, along with evidence- based guidelines and summary tables of landmark literature. f f Prepare for effective critical care practice in the emergency room’s often chaotic and resource-limited environment with expert guidance from fellows and attending physicians in the fields of emergency medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, and neurocritical care. f f Master critical care fundamentals as experts guide you through the initial resuscitation and the continued management of critical care patients during their first 24 hours of intensive care. f f Confidently make sustained, data-driven decisions for the critically ill patient using expert information on everything from hemodynamic monitoring and critical care ultrasonography to sepsis and septic shock to the ED-ICU transfer of care. DESCRIPTION FEATURES

Approx. 256 pp. 9781451192988

FEATURES f f Chapters will be selected using a proprietary algorithm supplemented by expert consensus. f f The articles will be grouped by content area: Trauma; Cardiology; Sepsis; MSK; Pediatric Emergencies; Allergy; Neurology; Infectious Disease; Nephrology; Pulmonary; Gastroenterology; and Toxicology. f f Each chapter will follow a prescribed template: Background, Objectives, Methods, Key Results; Study Conclusions, Commentary and one question/answer. DESCRIPTION Emergency Medicine Evidence will provide a one-page synopsis of each of 100 sentinel studies in Emergency Medicine. Each synopsis will be complemented by an editor’s commentary on the critical impact of the research and provide the context for incorporating the study findings into practice. Emergency Medicine Evidence gives medical learners a launch pad to enter the world of evidence-based medicine – offering them an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the key studies that are the foundation of the essential literacy for their specialty.

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