Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine - Fourth Edition

Description

Current, comprehensive, and focused, the bestselling Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine returns for its fourth edition.

Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, this trusted, quick-reference guide includes the latest evidence-based guidelines and recommended management of medical emergencies alongside new figures and clinical tips from experienced authors and a team of dedicated specialist reviewers. With a new chapter on acute medicine and the older patient, and even more distilled key points and practice tips, it is accessible to all members of the multidisciplinary team and practitioners across an even wider range of specialties. The Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine remains the must-have resource for all those dealing with acute illness.

Your practical guide to the presentation, causes, and management of the acutely ill patient, this Handbook will take you step-by-step through the management of the patient while awaiting specialist help, and beyond, with details of specialist treatments to help you make an informed decision about your patient's ongoing care.

We have taken on board recent consumer feedback on the 4th edition and would like to clarify that the handbook has been kept to a portable and concise size whilst including the necessary information required by our readers. We have updated the Adult advanced life support algorithm in our latest reprint and online, and the other points raised by consumers are with the book authors for their review. Readers can get in touch with us directly using the contact details on the back of the book or at our online form via the address below with questions or comments. https://global.oup.com/academic/category/medicine-and-health

About the authors

Punit Ramrakha is a Consultant Cardiologist at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, and Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Kevin Moore is Professor of Hepatology at Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College, London, UK

Amir Sam is a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at Hammersmith Hospital and a Reader in Endocrinology at Imperial College London, UK 

Contributors:

Specialist reviewers

Andrew Achilleos - Specialist Registrar in Acute Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, London Deanery
Aamir Ali - Specialist Registrar in Interventional Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Kathleen S Bonnici - Consultant Physician Acute Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Paul Dargan - Consultant Physician and Clinical Toxicologist Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Professor of Clinical Toxicology Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London
Ruth Eyres - Specialty Registrar, Department of Clinical Gerontology, King's College Hospital London
Remy Flechais - Consultant Psychiatrist, Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sufyan Hussain - Consultant Physician in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine (Locum), Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London
Puja Mehta - Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology, Hammersmith Hospital, London
Colin Mitchell - Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, NW London Training Program Director for General Internal Medicine (ST3+); Department of Elderly Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London
Luke Moore - Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Chelsea &Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Hamid Reza Naghavi - Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Honorary Senior Lecturer- Queen Mary University of London
Amit Patel - Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Stem Cell Transplantation and Intensive Care Medicine; Programme Director, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool, Royal Liverpool University Hospital; Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine; Director, Research and Scholarship Programme, School of Medicine, University of Liverpool
Tahmina Pearsall - Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, London
Ruth Pepper - Consultant Nephrologist,Royal Free Hospital, London
Claire Raphael - Specialist Registrar in Interventional Cardiology, Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust, London
Bahman Nedjat-Shokouhi - Gastroenterology Consultant, Whittington Hospital
Tabish A Saifee - Consultant Neurologist, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Janet Stowell - Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine and GIM, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
Rachel Troke - SpR Diabetes &Endocrinology, Watford General Hospital, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Vassilis Vassiliou - Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
Richard Woolf - Academic Clinical Lecturer and Dermatology Specialist Registrar, St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London

Table of contents

1:Cardiac emergencies
2:Respiratory emergencies
3:Gastroenterological emergencies
4:Renal emergencies
5:Shock
6:Neurological emergencies
7:Infectious diseases
8:Emergencies in HIV-positive patients
9:Endocrine emergencies
10:Haematological emergencies
11:Rheumatological emergencies
12:Dermatological emergencies
13:Psychiatric emergencies
14:Drug overdoses
15:Practical procedures
16:Differential diagnosis
17:Acute medicine and the older patient