This thoroughly revised and updated reference provides comprehensive, concise evidence-based information on diagnosing and treating illness and injury in the emergency setting. The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine is a convenient resource offering quick access to vital information and makes a great reference for solving pressing problems on the ward or in the clinic.
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Source: Steven E. Diaz, MD, Maine General Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.)
Here are some key features of "The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine (Palm OS)":
· Content presented in concise format, providing easy access to facts and figures, with supporting references
· Thoroughly updated content and added scoring systems
· Illustrates the differences between studied therapies and conventional therapies
· Section on Acute Coronary Syndrome expounds upon the risk and benefit of thrombolysis and cardiac catheterization and helps make sense of the issue of timing
· Section on CHF includes the Killip classification
· Section on Acute Stroke Syndrome contains the NINDS stroke scale
· Section on Pulmonary Embolus provides tools to risk stratify make differential diagnosis
Built-in Medical Calculators: Provide instant access from within topics to relevant medical calculators including:
· o Well's Criteria
· o AMS Self Assessment
· o Canadian Scoring System
· o Geneva Scoring System
· o Glasgow Coma Scale
· o Patient Outcomes Research Team Score
· o NIHSS Scoring System
Requirements:
· Palm OS 3.5 or higher