Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Emergency Medicine

Acute renal failure induced by rhabdomyolysis after strenuous, prolonged exercise such as marathon running or mountain climbing is a well-known medical phenomenon, but exercise-induced acute renal failure after short-term anaerobic exercise - for instance, short-distance track races - has been recognized only recently. This monograph provides in-depth information on exercise-induced acute renal failure after short-term anaerobic exercise, which causes severe pain in the loin and patchy renal ischemia with no sign of rhabdomyolysis. Half of the patients suffering from this condition...

General ultrasound in the critically ill describes a new clinical tool: ultrasound for the intensive care and emergency physician. Written by an intensivist familiar with ultrasound, it specifically details findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout its approx. 220 pages. Through a whole-body approach, this book considers new emergency applications regarding the abdomen, venous system, head, heart, and the most original topic, the lung. Flow charts are proposed to resolve daily intensive care and emergency occurrences: acute dyspnea, shock, unexplained fever, etc. The strong...

Much has been written on WMD terrorism, but few books present a systems approach to this problem. In this book, we present an integrated view of WMD terrorism. The threat section reviews several scenarios that a terrorist might use and a very comprehensive list of the possible biological organisms and compounds that can be used as biological, mid-spectrum, and chemical threats. In the science and technology section, the technical aspects of a successful defense against WMD agents are presented. Arguments are presented for the control of the release of scientific information to bolster CB...

The Update compiles the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in the field of intensive care and emergency medicine. It is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.

Questo volume affronta gli aspetti clinici, assistenziali e organizzativi del trattamento del neuroleso grave: dal primo soccorso fino alla donazione degli organi a scopo di trapianto, nel caso di arresto irreversibile delle funzioni cerebrali.

Nel libro particolare attenzione viene posta all'accoglienza del paziente e alla comunicazione con i familiari, e viene evidenziato il carattere fondamentale del prelievo di organi a scopo di trapianto, quale continuita assistenziale.

Guida utile per chi opera nei reparti di terapia intensiva, di rianimazione, neurochirurgia, pronto soccorso e...

Das Buch behandelt samtliche haftungsrechtliche Fragen, die im Zusammenhang mit dem medizinischen Notfall bzw. der Notfallmedizin bestehen. Es gibt einen umfassenden Uberblick uber die Behandlungs- und Organisationspflichten im medizinischen Notfall und beantwortet die Frage, ob der medizinische Notfall zu Haftungsprivilegien fuhrt. Insbesondere die einschlagige Rechtssprechung wird umfassend berucksichtigt und nach den gangigen Behandlungspflichten kategorisiert. Eingehend behandelt wird ausserdem die fur jedes Bundesland bestehende Frage nach einer moglichen Amtshaftung zugunsten der in...

Gerade in der Versorgung von Traumapatienten ist haufig die Entscheidung zwischen einer Allgemeinanasthesie oder einem Regionalanasthesieverfahren zu fallen, da die Unfallmechanismen und Patientengruppen sehr unterschiedlich sind.

- Besonderheiten in der Traumachirurgie aus anasthesiologischer Sicht

- Alle Regionalanasthesieverfahren Schritt fur Schritt beschrieben

- Komplikationen bei einzelnen Verfahren

- Extrakapitel: Kinder, alte Menschen, Polytrauma, postoperative Schmerztherapie

- Zum Nachschlagen: Ubersicht uber chirurgische Indikationen...

L uretere e un organo deputato unicamente al collegamento tra il rene e la vescica. Per la delicatezza della sua struttura anatomica e per la sua estensione in lunghezza che ne condiziona complessi rapporti anatomici con molti altri organi, detiene una fragilita intrinseca alla patologia propria, offre scarsa difesa al coinvolgimento da parte delle patologie di organi vicini ed e predisponibile ai traumi chirurgici ed endoscopici. Nella pratica clinica, queste caratteristiche vengono non infrequentemente sottovalutate, esponendo l organo a pericolose sequele.

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Clinical cardiologists are encountering an important challenge in the caring of families with inherited cardiac diseases. The majority of the inherited cardiac diseases causing sudden death express themselves at variable ages in the form of altered muscle function (i.e hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy) or in the form of arrhythmias (i.e. Brugada syndrome, long QT syndrome). However, it is not uncommon that the first sign of the disease may actually be sudden cardiac death, even before the identification of clear clinical abnormalities. In this last decade, with more than 50 new...