Emergency medicine textbooks are generally divided into two types: the general, which
attempts to cover all of emergency medicine, and the specific, which covers a particular
area such as gastrointestinal emergencies or neurologic emergencies. Although many
of these texts mention common problems, few cover in any detail the rare, unusual,
or emerging problems that we commonly encounter. Recently I have seen patients status
post-bariatric surgery, patients on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) therapy, geriatric
trauma patients, and patients on complex chemotherapeutic protocols. Patients have
become more complex and are living longer with diseases such as sickle cell anemia
and cystic fibrosis who formerly would not survive until adulthood. Post-resuscitation-induced
hypothermia has been shown to be the most beneficial care we can offer, but many emergency
physicians don’t initiate it. Dr. Venkat and his 27 contributors have selected a number
of these conditions and have presented an approach to managing them. Nationally recognized
emergency medicine experts such as Clifton Callaway, Andra Blomkalns, and Mary Ann
J. Howland have authored chapters, and Dr. Venkat has recruited non-emergency medicine
subject matter authorities for the specific areas covered.
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Published online: March 02, 2012
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© 2012 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
