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BL
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597970
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b427189
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| Title & Author
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Evidence-based emergency care : : diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules /\ Jesse M. Pines ... [et al.]
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ;Hoboken, NJ :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2013
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| Page. NO
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xix, 480 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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9780470657836 (pbk.)
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: 0470657839 (pbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Section 1. 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 -- 5 Appropriate Testing In an Era of Limited Resources: Practice and Policy Considerations -- 6 Understanding Bias in Diagnostic Research -- Section 2. Trauma: 7 Cervical Spine Fractures -- 8 Cervical Spine Fractures in Children -- 9 Cervical Spine Fractures Older Adults -- 10 Blunt Abdominal Trauma -- 11 Acute Knee Injuries -- 12 Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries -- 13 Blunt Head Injury in Children -- 14 Blunt Head Injury -- 15 Blunt Chest Trauma -- 16 Occult Hip Fracture -- 17 Blunt Soft Tissue Neck Trauma -- 18 Occult Scaphoid Fractures -- 19 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma -- 20 Penetrating Trauma to the Extremity and Vascular Injuries -- Section 3. Cardiology: 21 Heart Failure -- 22 Syncope -- 23 Acute Coronary Syndrome -- 24 Palpitations -- Section 4. Infectious Disease: 25 Bacterial Meningitis In Children -- 26 Serious Baterial Infections in Children Aged One to Three Months -- 27 Necrotizing Fasciitis -- 28 Infective Endocarditis -- 29 Pharyngitis -- 30 Rhinosinusitis -- 31 Pneumonia -- 32 Urinary Tract Infection -- 33 Sepsis -- 34 Septic Arthritis -- 35 Osteomyelitis -- 36 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) -- 37 Influenza -- 38 Pediatric Fever in Children Aged Three to Thirty-Six Months -- Section 5. Surgical and Abdominal Complaints: 39 Acute, Nonspecific, Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain -- 40 Small Bowel Obstruction -- 41 Acute Pancreatitis -- 42 Acute Appendicitis -- 43 Acute Cholecystitis -- 44 Aortic Emergencies -- 45 Ovarian Torsion -- Section 6. Urology: 46 Nephrolithiasis -- 47 Testicular Torsion -- Section 7. Neurology: 48 Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -- 49 Acute Stroke -- 50 Transient Ischemic Attack -- 51 Seizure -- Section 8. Miscellaneous: Hematology, Ophthamology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, and Geriatrics: 52 Venous Thromboemoblism -- 53 Temporal arteritis -- 54 Intraocular Pressure -- 55 Asthma -- 56 Nontraumatic Back Pain -- 57 Intravascular Volume Status -- 58 Geriatric Syndromes
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| Abstract
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"The purpose of this book is to present relevant questions on diagnostic testing that arise in everyday emergency medicine practice and to comment on the best available evidence"--Provided by publisher
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Emergency medicine-- Diagnosis
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Emergency medicine-- Decision making
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Evidence-based medicine
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Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine-- methods
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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
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| Dewey Classification
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616.02/5
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| LC Classification
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RC86.7.P56 2013
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| NLM classification
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WB 105
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| Added Entry
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Pines, Jesse M
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