Emergency Orthopedics Handbook

ISBN-13: 9783030007065 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 331 str.

Opis

This handbook provides a comprehensive, yet succinct guide to the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various musculoskeletal/extremity disorders in the emergency department. It covers a wide variety of common patient presentations, advanced imaging interpretation, proper anesthetic implementation, and associated extremity reduction/immobilization techniques. Richly illustrated, it assists clinical decision making with high-yield facts, essential figures, and step-by-step procedural instruction. Emergency Orthopedics Handbook is an indispensable resource for all medical professionals that manage emergent orthopedic, musculoskeletal, and local extremity injury care.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Key Motor and Sensory Exam.- Chapter 2. Anesthesia.- Chapter 3. Acute Compartment Syndrome.- Chapter 4. Joint Arthrocentesis.- Chapter 5. Dislocation(s)/Reduction(s).- Chapter 6. Immobilization.- Chapter 7. Distal Radius.- Chapter 8. Wrist.- Chapter 9. The Hand.

O autorze

Daniel Purcell, MD

Emergency Department 

NYU Langone Brooklyn

New York, NY, USA

Sneha A. Chinai, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine    

University of Massachusetts Medical School    

Worcester, MA, USA

Brandon R. Allen, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL, USA

Moira Davenport, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine

Allegheny General Hospital

Temple University School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA, USA