Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine or 100 Questions and Answers for Women Living with Cancer

Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine

Author: Jonathan P Wyatt

Practical and reliable, this bestselling Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine provides step by step, accessible guidelines on all conditions that commonly present to the emergency department. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to include the 2006 Resuscitation Council guidelines, as well as new guidelines from NICE, SIGN, BTS, ATLS and changes to the compulsory psychiatric hospitalisation law. Precise and prescriptive, the text provides up-to-date advice on presentation, investigation, diagnosis, emergency treatment and further referral for adult and paediatric patients. It is the indispensable guide for junior doctors, specialist nurses, paramedics, GPs and other allied health professionals.

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations and symbols     vii
Normal values     xiii
Acknowledgements     xv
General approach     1
Life-threatening emergencies     43
Medicine     64
Poisoning     177
Infectious diseases     215
Environmental emergencies     251
Analgesia and anaesthesia     269
Major trauma     317
Wounds, fractures, orthopaedics     398
Surgery     501
Ophthalmology     531
Ear, nose and throat     543
Obstetrics and gynaecology     559
Psychiatry     597
Paediatric emergencies     626
Index     733

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100 Questions and Answers for Women Living with Cancer: A Practical Guide for Survivorship

Author: Michael L Krychman

Whether you're a newly diagnosed woman with cancer, a survivor, or a friend or relative of someone with cancer, this book offers help. The only text to provide both the patient's and doctor's views, this invaluable resource provides up-to-date, authoritative, practical answers to the most common questions asked by women with cancer and survivors, whether active or remissive.