Foreword.

Acknowledgments.

List of Abbreviations.

Part 1 General Issues.

Edited by Brian H. Rowe.

1 Introduction.

Brian H. Rowe & Peter C. Wyer.

2 Knowledge Translation: a Primer for Emergency Physicians.

Eddy S. Lang, Peter C. Wyer & Marc Afilalo.

3 Critical Appraisal: General Issues in Emergency Medicine.

Suneel Upadhye.

4 Continuing Education.

Joel Lexchin.

5 Quality Improvement.

Andrew Worster & Ann McKibbon.

6 Medication Adherence.

Ursula Whalen & Sunil Kripalani.

7 Emergency Department Triage.

Sandy Dong & Michael Bullard.

8 Emergency Department Overcrowding.

Michael Schull & Matthew Cooke.

Part 2 Respiratory.

Edited by Brian H. Rowe.

9 Emergency Management of Asthma Exacerbations.

Brian H. Rowe & Carlos A. Camargo, Jr.

10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations.

Brian H. Rowe & Rita K. Cydulka.

11 Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Sam Campbell & Tom Marrie.

12 Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Eddy S. Lang & Phil Wells.

13 Pulmonary Embolism.

Phil Wells & Michael Brown.

14 Prevention and Treatment of Influenza.

Stephen R. Pitts.

15 Anaphylaxis.

Theodore Gaeta.

Part 3 Cardiology.

Edited by Eddy S. Lang.

16 Chest Pain.

Alain Vadeboncoeur, Jerrald Dankoff & Eddy S. Lang.

17 Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Kirk Magee.

18 Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Bjug Borgundvaag.

19 Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.

Brett Jones & Sean P. Collins.

20 Acute Fibrillation.

Barry Diner.

21 Ventricular and Supraventricular Arrhythmias.

Eddy S. Lang & Eli Segal.

22 Cardiac Arrest.

Riyad B. Abu-Laban & Michael Shuster.

Part 4 General Medical Conditions.

Edited by Peter C. Wyer.

23 Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.

Peter W. Greenwald, Scott Weingart & H. Bryant Nguyen.

24 Delirium.

Denise Nassisi & Andy Jagoda.

25 Caring for the Elderly.

Christopher R. Carpenter, Michael Stern & Arthur B. Sanders.

26 Syncope.

Richard Lappin & James Quinn.

27 General Toxicology.

Luke Yip, Nicole Bouchard & Marco Sivilotti.

28 Toxicology: Acetaminophen and Salicylate Poisoning.

Mark Yarema & Richard Dart.

Part 5 Injury.

Edited by Brian H. Rowe & Peter C. Wyer.

29 Minor Traumatic Brain Injury.

Jeff J. Bazarian & Will Townend.

30 Neck Injuries.

Marcia L. Edmonds & Robert Brison.

31 Ankle Injuries.

Jerome Fan.

32 Knee Injuries.

Anita Pozgay & Elisabeth Hobden.

33 Wrist injuries.

Sandy Dong & Brian H. Rowe.

34 Shoulder Injuries.

Jenn Carpenter, Marcel Emond & Robert Brison.

35 Chest Trauma.

Shahriar Zehtabchi & Richard Sinert.

36 Hemorrhagic Shock.

Dennis Djogovic, Jonathan Davidow & Peter Brindley.

Part 6 Genitourinary and Abdominal.

Edited by David H. Newman.

37 Acute Appendicitis.

James A. Nelson & Stephen R. Hayden.

38 Ectopic Pregnancy.

Heather Murray & Elisha David Targonsky.

39 Acute Ureteric Colic.

Andrew Worster.

40 Urinary Tract Infection.

Rawle A. Seupaul, Chris McDowell & Robert Bassett.

41 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

Linda Papa & Kurt Weber.

42 Pregnancy.

Ashley Shreves.

43 Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Michael Bullard & Justin Cheung.

Part 7 Neurosciences.

Edited by Michael Brown.

44 Transient Ischemic Attack.

Ted Glynn.

45 Stroke.

William Meurer & Robert Silbergleit.

46 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Jeffrey J. Perry.

47 Bacterial Meningitis.

Cheryl K. Chang & Peter C. Wyer.

48 Migraine and Other Primary Headache Disorders.

Benjamin W. Friedman.

49 Seizures.

Elizabeth B. Jones.

50 The Agitated Patient.

Michael S. Radeos & Edwin D. Boudreaux.

Part 8 ENT.

Edited by Eddy S. Lang.

51 Sore Throat.

Benson Yeh & Barnet Eskin.

52 Sinusitis.

Errol Stern.

53 Conjunctivitis.

Nicola E. Schiebel.

Part 9 Minor Procedures.

Edited by Michael Brown.

54 Procedural Sedation and Analgesia.

David W. Messenger & Marco Sivilotti.

55 Wound Repair.

Helen Ouyang & James Quinn.

56 Soft Tissue Abscess.

Heather Murray.

57 Ultrasound Use: Three Select Applications.

Srikar Adhikari & Michael Blaivas.

Part 10 Public Health.

Edited by Debra Houry.

58 Injury Prevention.

Mary Patricia McKay & Liesl A. Curtis.

59 Intimate Partner Violence.

Debra Houry.

60 Smoking Cessation.

Lisa Cabral & Steven L. Bernstein.

61 Immunization.

Jeremy Hess & Katherine L. Heilpern.

62 Alcohol and Other Drugs.

Barbara M. Kirrane, Linda C. Degutis & Gail D’Onofrio.

63 Elder Abuse.

Ralph J. Riviello.

Index