The Osler Medical Handbook

PART I ACUTE CARE OF THE ADULT PATIENT 1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Emergency Management-including management of tachycardias) 2. Procedures 3. Care of the Hospitalized Patient PART II DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC INFORMATION 4. Allergy and Immunology Anaphylaxis Drug Reactions 5. Cardiology Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Acute Myocardial Infarction Chest Pain - Signs and Symptoms Chest Pain - ECG Chest Pain - Cardiac Markers Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Hypertensive Emergency/Urgency Pacemakers and Defibrillators Pericardial Diseases Reperfusion Therapy for Myocardial Infarction Syncope Valvular Heart Diseases 6. Dermatology Dermatologic Emergencies (including dermatologic manifestations of systemic disease; rash) Wound Care 7. Endocrinology and Metabolism Adrenal Insufficiency Diabetic Ketoacidosis/Nonketotic Syndrome (includes prevention of diabetes mellitus) Thyroid Disorders 8. Gastroenterology Abdominal Pain (including nonulcerative dyspepsia, IBS, peptic ulcer, gastritis, reflux) Acute Liver Failure and Metabolic Liver Disease (includes nonviral hepatitis, hepatic failure) Acute Pancreatitis Ascites Diarrhea Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed 9. Hematology Anemia Thrombocytopenia 10. HIV-Related Infectious Diseases Acute HIV seroconversion Cryptococcosis Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia 11. Infectious Diseases Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection Endocarditis Fever Pneumonia Meningitis Neutropenic Fever Sepsis Sexually Transmitted Diseases Soft Tissue Infections and Osteomyelitis Urinary Tract Infection Viral Hepatitis 12. Nephrology and Electrolytes Acute Renal Failure Hemodialysis Hyperkalemia Hyponatremia 13. Neurology and Psychiatry Altered Mental Status Headache Seizures 14. Nutrition Nutritional Supplementation and Management of Fluids 15. Oncology Oncologic Emergencies (including cord compression, hyperviscosity syndromes, acute leukemic blastoma, tumor lysis syndrome) 16. Pulmonology Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Cystic Fibrosis Hemoptysis Hypercarbic Respiratory Failure Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Interstitial Lung Disease Mechanical Ventilation (respiratory failure) Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Pulmonary Embolus Pulmonary Function Tests Pulmonary Hypertension Pulse Oximetry and Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation 17. Rheumatology Acute Monoarthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosis 18. Toxicology Alcoholic Withdrawal and Ketoacidosis (including other withdrawals, eg, heroin) PART III FORMULARY PART IV FAST FACTS AND FORMULAS