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FREQUENTLY OVERLOOKED DIAGNOSES IN THE ACUTE SETTING
Frequently Overlooked Diagnoses In the Acute Setting
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By
Mark Marinella, MD, FACP, Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Practicing Hospitalist, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH

Description
This new book is a well-written and succinct overview of 25 diseases that are commonly overlooked by physicians in the acute setting, and the bulk of these conditions are quite common. If not considered, they could lead to significant morbidity or mortality. For each disorder, the author presents the background, the reasons that the disorder is overlooked, the differential diagnosis, clinical features, lab findings, treatment, and a valuable list of key summary points.

Audience
Internal Medicine Physicians, Medical Students, Physicians Assistants, Nurse Practitioners

Contents
1. Acute HIV infection
2. Acute mesenteric ischemia
3. Acute renal infarction
4. Addisonian crisis
5. Aortoenteric fistula
6. Carbon monoxide intoxication
7. Cardiac tamponade
8. Carotid sinus hypersensitivity
9. Cerebral salt wasting syndrome
10. Cholesterol embolism syndrome
11. Fat embolism syndrome
12. Herpes simplex encephalitis
13. Myxedema coma
14. Necrotizing fasciitis
15. Non-convulsive status epilepticus
16. Refeeding syndrome
17. Renal vein thrombosis
18. Spinal cord compression
19. Spontaneous dissection of the carotid artery
20. Subacute bacterial endocarditis
21. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
22. Thyroid storm
23. Tick paralysis
24. Toxic shock syndrome
25. Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 205 pages, publication date: MAR-2003
ISBN-13: 978-1-56053-566-9
ISBN-10: 1-56053-566-0
Imprint: HANLEY AND BELFUS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS


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