Oxford Desk Reference

Content: Cover
 Foreword
 Preface
 Acknowledgements
 Contents
 Detailed contents
 List of contributors
 List of abbreviations
 Chapter 1 Introduction to acute medicine
 Introduction to acute medicine
 Chapter 2 Fluid management and nutrition
 Assessment of the circulation
 Fluid management
 Shock states
 SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock
 Vasopressor and inotropic therapy
 Nutrition
 Chapter 3 Lifestyle modification
 Healthy nutrition
 Obesity
 Smoking cessation
 Chapter 4 Cardiac diseases and resuscitation
 Symptoms, signs, and diagnostic investigations in cardiac disease. Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitationCardiovascular risk assessment
 Heart failure
 Acute coronary syndromes
 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
 Arrhythmias
 Hypertension and hypertensive emergencies
 Thromboembolic disease
 Valvular disease
 Infective endocarditis
 Cardiomyopathies
 Congenital heart disease
 Heart disease in pregnancy
 Diseases of arteries and veins
 Rheumatic fever
 Pericarditis
 Chapter 5 Respiratory diseases and respiratory failure
 Clinical presentations of respiratory disease
 Assessment of diffuse lung disease
 Hypoxaemia, respiratory failure, and oxygen therapy. PneumoniaMycobacterial infection
 Asthma
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
 Lung cancer
 Mediastinal lesions
 Pneumothorax
 Pleural disease
 Asbestos-related lung disease
 Diffuse parenchymal (interstitial) lung disease
 Sarcoidosis
 Pulmonary hypertension
 Acute respiratory distress syndrome
 Bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis
 Bronchiolitis
 Eosinophilic lung disease
 Airways obstruction, aspiration syndromes, and near-drowning
 Pulmonary vasculitis
 The immunocompromised host
 Sleep apnoea
 Rare pulmonary diseases
 Chapter 6 Infectious diseases and emergencies. Clinical features, history, and examinationThe febrile patient with skin lesions or rash
 Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections
 Classic viral exanthems and mumps
 'Mononucleosis' syndromes
 Fungal infections
 Fever in the returning traveller
 Fever of unknown origin (FUO)
 Principles and practice of antibiotic use
 Public health aspects of infectious disease
 Malaria
 Meningococcal disease
 Infections in pregnancy
 Vascular access device-associated infection
 Toxic shock syndrome
 Chapter 7 Neurological diseases and emergencies
 Headache
 Transient loss of consciousness. States of impaired consciousnessThe dementias
 Gait and disturbances of speech
 Stroke
 Neuro-ophthalmology
 Epilepsies and epileptic states
 Status epilepticus in adults
 Infections of the nervous system
 Demyelinating diseases
 Neuromuscular disease
 Movement disorders (disorders of the extrapyramidal system)
 Neuro-oncology
 Cranial nerve disorders
 Spinal cord lesions
 Toxic and nutritional disease
 Chapter 8 Gastroenterology and hepatology
 Presentation, examination, and investigations
 Acute upper GI bleeding
 Acute gastroenteritis
 Jaundice
 Complications of cirrhosis.