Manual of Emergency Medicine

Thoroughly updated for its new edition, this best-selling "Spiral Manual" is the most user-friendly quick reference available in emergency medicine. In an easy-to-scan outline format with key terms boldfaced, the book offers practical guidance for diagnosis and management of all types of emergencies. Lists of possible causes of symptoms lead readers rapidly to appropriate information. Chapters are organized by body system and extensively cross-referenced to make material easy to locate. This edition is thoroughly updated, particularly those chapters focusing on drug therapy for infectious diseases, such as pneumonia or HIV. G. Richard Braen, MD, FACEP, Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Clinical Service Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaleida Health Care System, Buffalo, NY