Visual Diagnosis in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Visual Diagnosis in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
Illustration credits......Page 14
Part 1 Case Presentations and Questions......Page 16
2 Herbalist with bradycardia and vision changes......Page 17
4 Suspicious hand pain......Page 18
5 An elderly man with flank pain......Page 19
7 Wrist pain following a fall......Page 20
8 Rash in a child with epilepsy......Page 21
10 Fever and drooling in a child......Page 22
12 Purulent eye discharge in an adult......Page 23
14 Postprandial abdominal pain......Page 24
16 Back pain following a fall......Page 25
17 A bite to the leg in tall grass......Page 26
19 Elbow pain in a child after a fall......Page 27
21 Chest pain and hypotension in an adult male patient......Page 28
23 A missing button battery......Page 29
24 Acute abdominal pain in pregnancy......Page 30
26 Low back pain in car accident victim......Page 31
28 An immigrant with neck swelling......Page 32
30 Raccoon eyes......Page 33
31 Chest pain and a confounding electrocardiogram pattern......Page 107
33 Heel pain following a fall......Page 35
35 Skin lesion in a heroin addict......Page 36
36 Young athlete with back pain......Page 37
38 Chest pain with sudden cardiac death......Page 38
39 Fall on an outstretched hand with wrist pain......Page 39
41 Chest pain with electrocardiographic ST-segment/T-wave abnormalities......Page 40
43 Hand pain after striking a wall......Page 41
44 Dyspnea in an alcoholic......Page 42
45 Slash wound to the neck......Page 43
47 Confluent rash in a child......Page 44
48 Lost in the cold......Page 45
50 Abdominal pain in an alcoholic......Page 46
52 Pleuritic chest pain in a young adult male......Page 47
53 Eye pain following a bar fight......Page 48
54 Forearm fracture after falling......Page 49
56 Painful facial rash......Page 50
58 Cardiotoxic effects following caustic ingestion......Page 51
59 Rash and joint pain in a child......Page 52
60 X-ray findings after laparoscopy......Page 53
62 Chest pain in a middle-aged male patient with ST segment elevation......Page 54
64 Adult male with atraumatic lower back pain and leg weakness......Page 55
65 Fever and rash in a child......Page 56
67 Fishing in the stomach......Page 57
68 Agitation in a botanist......Page 58
70 Adult male with a sudden, severe headache......Page 59
72 Chest pain and subtle ST segment elevation......Page 60
73 Fluid in my eye......Page 61
75 Blue hue following endoscopy......Page 62
77 An overdose of prenatal vitamins......Page 63
78 Fever and rash in a child......Page 64
80 Diffuse ankle pain following a fall......Page 65
82 Weakness and bradycardia in an elderly female patient......Page 66
84 A gagging child......Page 67
86 Traumatic eye pain and proptosis......Page 68
87 Post-prandial abdominal pain in an elderly woman......Page 69
88 Hyperthermia, tachycardia, and confusion in a teenager......Page 151
89 Acute onset double vision......Page 70
90 Ankle pain and inability to walk......Page 71
92 Wide complex tachycardia in an older male patient......Page 72
93 Acute onset double vision......Page 73
95 New facial droop......Page 74
97 Shortening and rotation of the leg following trauma......Page 75
99 Wide complex tachycardia in a young adult......Page 76
100 Abdominal pain in a trauma victim......Page 77
Part 2 Answers, Diagnoses, and Discussion......Page 79
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Index......Page 167