ABC of Emergency Differential DiagnosisISBN: 978-1-4051-7063-5
Paperback
92 pages
July 2009, BMJ Books
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Contributors vii
Preface viii
1 Unconsciousness and Coma 1
Roger Dalton
2 Calf Pain 5
Francis Morris and Alan Fletcher
3 Chest Pain – Cardiac 9
Nicki Doddridge
4 High Fever 13
Rachel Foster
5 Vaginal Bleeding 18
Sian Ireland and Karen Selby
6 Transient Weakness 22
Carole Gavin
7 Abdominal Pain – Epigastric 26
Duncan Drury
8 Acute Headache 30
Tom Locker
9 Acutely Painful Joint 34
Rachel Tattersall
10 Chest Pain – Pleuritic 37
Claire Gardner and Kevin Jones
11 Dizziness 41
Scott Davison
12 The Intoxicated Patient 48
Sue Croft
13 The Shocked Patient 52
Arun Chaudhuri
14 Palpitations 57
Charles Heatley
15 Low Back Pain 60
Richard Kendall
16 Acute Confusion 64
Steve Goodacre
17 Shortness of Breath 68
Kevin Jones and Claire Gardner
18 Collapse of Unknown Cause 72
Peter Lawson
19 Abdominal Pain 76
Suzanne Mason and Alastair Pickering
Index 81