Acute Medicine: A Practical Guide to the Management of Medical Emergencies Book

	Preface to the third edition
	Acknowledgements
1	Cardiac arrest	3
2	Cardiac arrhythmias	10
3	Hypotension	36
4	Acute chest pain	46
5	Acute breathlessness	57
6	The unconscious patient	64
7	Transient loss of consciousness	74
8	Acute confusional state	84
9	Headache	92
10	Sepsis syndrome	100
11	Poisoning	106
12	The critically ill patient	127
13	Acute myocardial infarction	137
14	Unstable angina	151
15	Aortic dissection	156
16	Severe hypertension	160
17	Pulmonary oedema	165
18	Pericarditis	172
19	Cardiac tamponade	175
20	Deep vein thrombosis	178
21	Pulmonary embolism	183
22	Acute asthma	193
23	Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	198
24	Pneumonia	206
25	Pneumothorax	217
26	Haemoptysis	221
27	Stroke	227
28	Transient ischaemic attack	237
29	Subarachnoid haemorrhage	242
30	Bacterial meningitis	247
31	Spinal cord compression	254
32	Guillain-Barre syndrome	256
33	Epilepsy	261
34	Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage	273
35	Acute diarrhoea	281
36	Acute abdominal pain	288
37	Acute liver failure	295
38	Acute renal failure	302
39	Overview of diabetes	319
40	Diabetic ketoacidosis	328
41	Hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycaemia	335
42	Electrolyte disorders	336
43	Acid-base disorders and arterial blood gases	353
44	Acute adrenal insufficiency	364
45	Thyrotoxic crisis	369
46	Hypothermia (including myxoedema coma)	373
47	Acute medical problems in the patient with HIV/AIDS	381
48	Septic arthritis	387
49	Fever on return from abroad	392
50	Management of anticoagulation	403
51	Sickle cell crisis	409
52	Anaphylaxis and anaphylactic shock	414
53	Central vein cannulation	419
54	Pulmonary artery catheterization	429
55	Temporary cardiac pacing	438
56	Pericardial aspiration	447
57	DC cardioversion	451
58	Insertion of a chest drain	455
59	Lumber puncture	461
60	Peritoneal dialysis	467
61	Insertion of a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube	472
62	Drug infusions	479
63	Respiratory function tests	486
64	Peripheral nervous system	491
	Further reading	496
	Index	509