Emergency Orthopedics

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Sven-Anders So¨lveborn 2014 A Manual on Acute Conditions of the Locomotor System Emergency Orthopaedics is a practical and comprehensive manual, describing how to diagnose and treat acute orthopaedic problems. The reader is offered assistance in identifying the injury/disorder and the author gives firm and up-to-date advice on the short term and long term aspects of […]

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Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine

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James M. Ryan • Adriaan P.C.C. Hopperus Buma Charles W. Beadling • Aroop Mozumder David M. Nott Editors 2014 A Practical Guide We are writing this preface in mid-January 2013. Our media are reporting on the latest hostage crisis – on this occasion an unfolding tragedy in an oil and gas facility in eastern Algeria […]

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Acute Pediatric Neurology

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Thomas Sejersen • Ching H. Wang Editors 2014 A substantial proportion of admissions to pediatric emergency departments, urgent care clinics, hospital wards, and pediatric intensive care units have pediatric neurological causes (20–30 %), or are accompanied by neurological issues. This illustrates that neurological diseases account for a large volume of pediatric emergencies, and many severe […]

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Starting to Read ECGs

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Alan Davies • Alwyn Scott 2014 The Basics The ECG is one of the most widely available diagnostic tests used in clinical practice today. Since the first use of the ECG there has been a wealth of books available on the subject, aimed at all sorts of different experience levels and healthcare practitioners. With such […]

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Resuscitation

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Antonino Gullo • Giuseppe Ristagno Editors 2014 Translational Research, Clinical Evidence, Education, Guidelines Three years have passed since the last guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care and the new one is underway and expected to be released during 2015. Thus, this volume has the purpose to assemble updates on Resuscitation science from international […]

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