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[-] Chapter 1 - Cardiac emergencies
[+] Adult basic life support
[+] Adult advanced life support
[+] Universal treatment algorithm
[+] Acute coronary syndrome (
[+] ST elevation myocardial infarction (
[+] STEMI: diagnosis 1
[+] STEMI: diagnosis 2
[+] STEMI: general measures
[+] STEMI: reperfusion therapy (thrombolysis) 1
[+] STEMI: thrombolysis 2
[+] STEMI: reperfusion by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (
- Surgery for acute STEMI
- STEMI: additional measures
[+] Right ventricular (
[+] STEMI: predischarge risk stratification
[+] STEMI: complications
[+] Ventricular septal defect post myocardial infarction (
[+] Acute mitral regurgitation post MI
- Pseudoaneurysm and free wall rupture
[+] Cocaine-induced MI
- Ventricular tachyarrhythmia post MI
- Atrial tachyarrhythmia post MI
- Bradyarrhythmias and indications for pacing
- Bradyarrhythmias post MI
[+] Hypotension and shock post MI
[+] Cardiogenic shock
[+] Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)/unstable angina (
- NSTEMI/UA: diagnosis
[+] NSTEMI/UA: risk stratification
- NSTEMI/UA: late risk stratification
[+] NSTEMI/UA: medical management 1
[+] NSTEMI/UA: medical management 2
- NSTEMI/UA: invasive versus non-invasive strategies
- Discharge and secondary prevention
[+] Arrhythmias: general approach
[+] Tachyarrhythmias heart rate (
- Treatment options in tachyarrhythmias
[+] Broad complex tachycardia: diagnosis
[+] Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (
[+] Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (
[+] Polymorphic
[+] Ventricular tachycardia: drugs
[+] Narrow complex tachyarrhythmias (
[+] Atrial fibrillation: assessment
[+] Atrial fibrillation: management 1
[+] Atrial fibrillation: management 2
[+] Atrial fibrillation: rate control
[+] Atrial flutter
[+] Multi-focal atrial tachycardia (
[+] Accessory pathway tachycardia (A-V re-entrant tachycardia,
- Atrioventricular-nodal re-entry tachycardia (
[+] Bradyarrhythmias: general approach
[+] Sinus bradycardia or junctional rhythm
[+] Intraventricular conduction disturbances
[+] Types of atrioventricular (
[+] Pulmonary oedema: assessment
[+] Pulmonary oedema: causes
[+] Pulmonary oedema: management 1
[+] Pulmonary oedema: management 2
[+] Pulmonary oedema: management 3
[+] Pulmonary oedema: specific conditions
[+] Infective endocarditis (
[+] Infective endocarditis: diagnosis
- Infective endocarditis: investigations
[+] Infective endocarditis: antibiotics
[+] Infective endocarditis: monitoring treatment
[+] Culture-negative endocarditis
- Right-sided endocarditis
- Prosthetic valve endocarditis (
[+] Surgery for infective endocarditis
[+] Endocarditis prophylaxis
[+] Acute aortic regurgitation
[+] Acute mitral regurgitation
[+] Deep vein thrombosis (
[+] Deep vein thrombosis: management
[+] Pulmonary embolism (
[+] Pulmonary embolism: investigations 1
[+] Pulmonary embolism: investigations 2
[+] Pulmonary embolism: management 1
[+] Pulmonary embolism: management 2
[+] Fat embolism
[+] Hypertensive emergencies
[+] Hypertensive emergencies: management 1
[+] Hypertensive emergencies: management 2
[+] Hypertensive emergency with retinopathy (accelerated and malignant hypertension)
[+] Hypertensive encephalopathy
[+] Aortic dissection: assessment
[+] Aortic dissection: investigations
[+] Aortic dissection: management 1
[+] Aortic dissection: management 2
[+] Acute pericarditis: assessment
[+] Acute pericarditis: management
[+] Bacterial pericarditis
[+] Cardiac tamponade: presentation
[+] Cardiac tamponade: management
[+] Congenital heart disease in adults 1
[+] Congenital heart disease in adults 2
[-] Chapter 2 - Respiratory emergencies
[+] Acute pneumonia: assessment
[+] Acute pneumonia: investigations
[+] Acute pneumonia: management
[+] Acute pneumonia: specific situations
[+] Acute pneumonia: complications
- Mycoplasma pneumonia
- Legionella pneumonia
- Viral pneumonia
- Chlamydia pneumonia
- Psittacosis
- Miscellaneous conditions
[+] Acute asthma: assessment
[+] Acute severe asthma: immediate therapy
[+] Acute severe asthma: further management
[+] Mild–moderate asthmatic attacks
[+] Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (
- Acute exacerbation of COPD: management
[+] Acute exacerbation of COPD
[+] Respiratory failure: assessment
[+] Respiratory failure: investigations
[+] Respiratory failure: management
[+] Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome 1
[+] Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome 2
[+] Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome 3
[+] Pneumothorax: assessment
[+] Pneumothorax: management
[+] Acute pneumothorax: management
[+] Tension pneumothorax
[+] Haemoptysis: assessment
[+] Haemoptysis: further management
[+] Pleural effusions
[+] Chronic massive effusion
[+] Empyema
[+] Acute upper airway obstruction: assessment
[+] Acute upper airway obstruction
[+] Chapter 3 - Shock
[+] Chapter 4 - Infectious diseases
[+] Chapter 5 - Emergencies in
[+] Chapter 6 - Renal emergencies
[-] Chapter 7 - Neurological emergencies
[+] Coma: assessment
[+] Coma: immediate management
[+] Coma: clues from examination 1
[+] Coma: clues from examination 2
[+] Coma: management
[+] Limb weakness: assessment
- Limb weakness: localizing the lesion
[+] Acute dizziness: assessment
[+] Acute dizziness: management
[+] Acute loss of vision
[+] Approach to acute/sub-acute visual loss
[+] Painful red eye: assessment
[+] Painful red eye: management
[+] Acute bacterial meningitis: assessment
[+] Acute bacterial meningitis: immediate management
[+] Acute bacterial meningitis: continuing therapy
- Acute bacterial meningitis: complications and their treatment
[+] Meningitis with lymphocytic CSF
[+] Acute viral encephalitis
[+] Head injury: presentation
[+] Head injury: assessment
[+] Head injury: immediate management
[+] Head injury: further management
[+] Raised intracranial pressure (
[+] Raised intracranial pressure: immediate management
[+] Raised intracranial pressure: further management
[+] Intracranial space-occupying lesion
[+] Extradural haemorrhage
[+] Intracerebral haemorrhage
[+] Subdural haematoma
[+] Subarachnoid haemorrhage: assessment
[+] Subarachnoid haemorrhage: immediate management
[+] Subarachnoid haemorrhage: further management
[+] Status epilepticus (tonic–clonic) 1
[+] Status epilepticus (tonic–clonic) 2
[+] Status epilepticus (tonic–clonic) 3
[+] Stroke: overview
[+] Stroke: haemorrhage or infarct?
- Stroke: other investigations
[+] Stroke: complications
[+] Stroke: secondary prevention
[+] Cerebral infarction syndromes
[+] Brainstem stroke
[+] Cerebellar stroke
[+] Transient ischaemic attacks (
[+] Confusional states and delirium 1
[+] Confusional states and delirium 2
[+] Acute alcohol withdrawal
[+] Neuromuscular respiratory failure: assessment
[+] Neuromuscular respiratory failure 2
[+] Myasthenic crises
[+] Spinal cord compression: assessment
- Spinal cord compression: management
[+] Guillain–Barré Syndrome (
[+] Guillain–Barré syndrome 2
[+] Botulism
[+] Tetanus
[+] Glasgow Coma Scale (
[+] Examination of brainstem function 1
[+] Examination of brainstem function 2
[+] Examination of brainstem function 3
[+] Examination of brainstem function 4
[+] Oculocephalic and oculovestibular responses
[+] Brain death
[+] Chapter 8 - Psychiatric emergencies
[-] Chapter 9 - Endocrine emergencies
[+] Diabetic ketoacidosis (
[+] Diabetic ketoacidosis: management
[+] Diabetic ketoacidosis: complications
[+] Hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma (
[+] Hypoglycaemic coma: assessment
[+] Hypoglycaemic coma: management
[+] Urgent surgery in patients with diabetes
[+] Hyponatraemia: assessment
[+] Hyponatraemia: causes
[+] Hyponatraemia: management
[+] Hypernatraemia
[+] Acute hypocalcaemia
[+] Hypercalcaemia
[+] Hypophosphataemia
[+] Addisonian crisis: assessment
[+] Addisonian crisis: management
[+] Myxoedema coma
[+] Thyrotoxic crisis: assessment
[+] Thyrotoxic crisis: management
[+] Pituitary apoplexy
[+] Hypopituitary coma
[+] Phaeochromocytomas: assessment
- Phaeochromocytomas: management
[+] Polyuria
[+] Malignant hyperthermia
[+] Neurolepetic malignant syndrome
[-] Chapter 10 - Gastroenterological emergencies
[+] Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding 1
[+] Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding 2
[+] Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding 3
[+] Peptic ulcer disease
[+] Erosive gastritis/oesophagitis
[+] Variceal haemorrhage: medical management
[+] Variceal haemorrhage: further management
[+] Mallory–Weiss tear
[+] Acute gastroenteritis: assessment
- Bacterial gastroenteritis
- Viral gastroenteritis
- Pseudomembranous colitis
- Giardiasis
[+] Travellers' diarrhoea
[+] Bloody diarrhoea
[+] Bacterial dysentery
[+] Amoebic dysentery
[+] Inflammatory bowel disease (
[+] Inflammatory bowel disease 2
[+] Inflammatory bowel disease 3
[+] Jaundice: assessment
- Viral hepatitis
[+] Alcoholic hepatitis
- Drug-induced hepatitis
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Acholuric jaundice
- Sepsis
[+] Ischaemic hepatitis
[+] Obstructive jaundice
[+] Gallstone disease
[+] Acute cholecystitis
[+] Biliary obstruction
[+] Ascites
[+] Acute liver failure: assessment
[+] Acute liver failure: investigations
[+] Acute liver failure: management
[+] ‘Acute-on-chronic’ liver failure
- Hepatic encephalopathy
[+] Liver abscesses
[+] Acute pancreatitis: assessment
[+] Acute pancreatitis: management
[-] Chapter 11 - Haematological emergencies
- Blood transfusion reactions: assessment
[+] Blood transfusion reactions: management
[+] Sickle cell crisis: presentation
[+] Sickle cell crisis: management
[+] Bleeding disorders: general approach
[+] Abnormal coagulation 1
[+] Abnormal coagulation 2
[+] Circulating inhibitors of coagulation
[+] Abnormal platelets 1
[+] Abnormal platelets 2
[+] Anti-coagulant therapy
- Bleeding with fibrinolytic therapy
[+] Bleeding in liver disease
[+] Bleeding in uraemia
[+] Massive transfusion/cardiopulmonary bypass
[+] Haemophilia and related disorders 1
[+] Haemophilia and related disorders 2
- Combined thrombotic and haemorrhagic disorders
[+] Disseminated intravascular coagulation (
[+] Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (
[+] Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
[+] Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia
[+] Acute leukaemias: presentation
[+] Acute leukaemias: management
[+] Acute leukaemias: treatment
[+] Early complications of bone marrow transplantation (
[+] Complications of bone marrow transplantation
[+] The febrile neutropenic patient 1
[+] The febrile neutropenic patient 2
[+] The febrile neutropenic patient 3
- Infections in the transplant patient
[+] Cytomegalovirus (
[+] Hyperviscosity syndrome
[+] Tumour lysis syndrome
[+] Hypercalcaemia of malignancy
[+] Superior vena cava obstruction
[+] Massive mediastinal mass
[+] Chapter 12 - Rheumatological emergencies
[+] Chapter 13 - Dermatological emergencies
[+] Chapter 14 - Drug overdoses
[+] Chapter 15 - Disorders due to physical agents
[+] Chapter 16 - Practical procedures
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[+] Reference intervals
[+] Useful telephone numbers
- Change in names of certain medicinal substances
[+] ECG Ruler
[+] Color Plates