Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases

Product Description

Infectious disease ranks only behind trauma in the prevalence of cases seen on a daily basis in the emergency room and takes lives from every culture and socioeconomic class. The changing epidemiology of infectious diseases is a considerable challenge to any physician, as acute, nearly eradicated, and tropical diseases now enter American emergency rooms on a daily basis. This book is a new clinically oriented reference book for the management of such infections in the emergency room and focuses on all diagnostic protocols and treatment strategies that emergency room physicians need to be proficient when managing patients battling infectious disease. The orientation of the book is uniquely organ-based, with coverage of all viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic disease. The narrative is supplemented with explanatory photos, diagnostic tables, and charts of drug regimens and will prove an invaluable reference for physicians confronting the various manifestations of infectious disease.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #844038 in Books
* Published on: 2008-06-30
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 576 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"A very useful reference that belongs in every emergency room physician's library...It does a wonderful job by combining clinical findings and physical tests with helpful illustrations...Should be read and re-read by practicing emergency room physicians. It compares favorably to the old standbys."
--Doody's Review Service

About the Author
Dr Rachel L. Chin is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and a doctor in the Department of Emergency Services at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr Chin holds dual board certification in the areas of emergency medicine and infectious diseases. She has lectured and written extensively on emergency infectious disease management and was a primary faculty member at the 2004-2005 American College of Emergency Medicine meeting.
Customer Reviews

great book4
I found this book to be a very useful reference. I especially found the numerous clinical feature tables and the pearls and pitfalls to be very useful. In addition I found the infection control chapter was fairly thorough.

I recommend this text.

Great Desk/ED Referecne5
This text, Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases, is a concise yet complete text on the acute management of anything and everything that one will encounter in the practice of Emergency Medicine. The editor, Rachel Chin, along with her colleagues have created a must have infectious disease reference that is at once complete and practical. Illustrations are liberally used and do an excellent job accentuating the key points of clinical recognition of infectious disease as they present in the acute setting. This text is a must have for emergency physicians in an environment of ever-expanding treatment protocols, newly emergent infections, and diseases that are coming to an ED near you in our global community!

Valuable new book for health professionals5
This book addresses an important topic, since patients with infectious diseases often present in the emergency department. For the urgent care provider or the emergency physician, this book provides concise, up to date information that is very useful. New and experienced providers will find this book to be a valuable addition to their bookshelf.