Evidence-Based Emergency Care provides a concise compilation of the evidence supporting diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules in emergency care.

In Evidence-Based Emergency Care the introductory chapters are followed by sections covering the following clinical areas:

• Traumatic Injuries
• Cardiology
• Infectious Disease
• Surgical and Abdominal Complaints
• Urology
• Neurology
• Ophthalmology, Hematology, Rheumatology
• Pulmonology

Contents

The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules

1. Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Care
2. Evidence-Based Medicine: the Process
3. The Epidemiology and Statistics of Diagnostic Testing
4. Clinical Decision Rules

Traumatic Injuries

5. Cervical Spine Fractures
6. Cervical Spine Fractures in Older Adults
7. Cervical Spine Fractures in Children
8. Blunt Abdominal Trauma
9. Acute Knee Injuries
10. Blunt Head Injury
11. Blunt Head Trauma in Children
12. Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries
13. Occult Scaphoid Fractures
14. Blunt Chest Trauma
15. Occult Hip Fracture

Cardiology

16. Heart Failure
17. Syncope
18. Acute Coronary Syndrome

Infectious Disease

19. Serious Bacterial Infections and Occult Bacteremia in Children
20. Bacterial Meningitis in Children
21. Necrotizing Fasciitis
22. Pharyngitis
23. Infective Endocarditis
24. Urinary Tract Infection
25. Sinusitis
26. Pneumonia
27. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Surgical and Abdominal Complaints

28. Acute Nonspecific, Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain
29. Bowel Obstruction
30. Acute Pancreatitis
31. Acute Appendicitis
32. Acute Cholecystitis

Urology

33. Kidney Stones
34. Testicular Torsion

Neurology

35. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
36. Acute Stroke

Miscellaneous: Ophthalmology, Hematology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology

37. Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis
38. Temporal Arteritis
39. Intraocular Pressure
40. Asthma

Index

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