ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES - PART 7 pot

... anorexia, vomiting or confusion ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 300 20-AcuteMed-20-cpp 28/9/2000 4:43 pm Page 300 PART V SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 20-AcuteMed-20-cpp 28/9/2000 4:43 pm Page ... postural hypotension, fluid and electrolyte disturbance, and temperature control ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 302 20-AcuteMed-20-cpp 28/9/2000 4:43 pm Page...

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... reflexes ● Truncal ataxia ● Intention tremor ● Hypotonia ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 78 0 7- AcuteMed -7 - cpp 28/9/2000 3: 47 pm Page 78 CHAPTER 8 The patient with breathing difficulties OBJECTIVES After ... the disc and examine each quadrant systematically ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 70 0 7- AcuteMed -7 - cpp 28/9/2000 3: 47 pm...

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... minutes 09-AcuteMed-9-cpp 28/9/2000 4:06 pm Page 113 ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 92 Figure 8.4 British Thoracic Society’s Guidelines for Asthma Treatment 08-AcuteMed-8-cpp 28/9/2000 ... Anxious Anxious/confused Confused/drowsy ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 124 09-AcuteMed-9-cpp 28/9/2000 4:06 pm Page 124 Figure 8 .7 The different sites of p...

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... gravis Trauma Head, neck, chest ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 270 19-AcuteMed-19-cpp 28/9/2000 4:41 pm Page 270 are minimal. An abdominal X-ray can show dilatation of the ... proximal veins and a half of all above-knee venous thromboses embolise to the lungs ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 240 16-AcuteMed-16-cpp 29/9/2000 7: 24 am Page 240 T...

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... BALANCE AND BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS 335 22-AcuteMed-22-cpp 28/9/2000 4: 47 pm Page 335 PART VI INTERPRETATION OF EMERGENCY INVESTIGATIONS 22-AcuteMed-22-cpp 28/9/2000 4: 47 pm Page 321 Figure 22.10 Flenley’s ... Hg HCO 3 – 21– 27 mmol/l 25–29 mmol/l PO 2 on air Over 10·6 kPa 5·1–5·6 kPa Over 80 mm Hg 38–42 mm Hg ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 334 22-AcuteMed-22-cpp 28...

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... the catheter. ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 414 28-AcuteMed-28-cpp 28/9/2000 5:09 pm Page 414 PART VIII APPENDIX 30-AcuteMed-Appx-cpp 28/9/2000 5:14 pm Page 423 X-ray is required. ... 385–6, 3 87 hypotension 9, 57, 140 cardiac failure 275 caused by drugs 118 hypovolaemic shock 124 liver failure 286, 2 87 INDEX 4 47 35-AcuteMed-Index-cpp 28/9/2000 6: 27 pm Page...

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... Pronunciation ● Pulsations A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES 23 03-AcuteMed-3-cpp 28/9/2000 3:30 pm Page 23 PART II STRUCTURED APPROACH 03-AcuteMed-3-cpp 28/9/2000 3:30 pm Page 13 WORKING GROUP P ... the patient’s clini- cal status as described earlier. It is therefore important that repeat observations are ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 20 03-AcuteMed...

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... in the extradural, subdural, and intra- cerebral locations. ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 170 11-AcuteMed-11-cpp 28/9/2000 4: 17 pm Page 170 This Page Intentionally Left Blank CHAPTER 10 The ... haemorrhage ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 160 11-AcuteMed-11-cpp 28/9/2000 4: 17 pm Page 160 However, specific symptoms may arise as herpes simple...

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... (sentinel) bleed hours or days before a major sub- arachnoid haemorrhage ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 196 14-AcuteMed-14-cpp 28/9/2000 4:24 pm Page 196 should be given with ... inflamed appendix palpable in the pelvis. ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 220 15-AcuteMed-15-cpp 28/9/2000 4:31 pm Page 220 SUMMARY Headache of acute onset accounts for...

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... introduce the blade into the right-hand side of the mouth, displacing the tongue to the left. ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 394 2 7- AcuteMed- 2 7- cpp 29/9/2000 7: 31 am Page 394 REVISION Many ... caution in patients with a suspected base of skull fracture ACUTE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: THE PRACTICAL APPROACH 392 2 7- AcuteMed- 2 7- cpp 29/9/2000 7: 31 am Page 3...

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