[ventus]

dear friends,
i need your help please
could you explain the principle difference between acute medicine and emergency medicine?
i`ve got it all wrong and google keeps quiet...

[Anton Verbine]

Dear friend.
There is no such a thing as "acute medicine" in a world of official definitions.So, you (and anyone) can define it ad libitum.
Emergency medicine is western medical subspeciality, for the doctors, working in ER. Indeed, it is dealing with a lot of acute conditions, but also with a lot of other common complains.

[ventus]

Thank you much, Anton!

Approx. every 2 month I buy one of the “Oxford handbook of…” (e.g. Clinical Medicine, Clinical Immunology etc)
Certain time back I saw “Oxford Handbook Of ACUTE Medicine” in a bookstore and attached no importance to it. I had thought acute medicine is the same that critical care or emergency medicine, before I saw “Oxford Handbook Of EMERgency Medicine”, So that really puzzled me:confused: Now, I have no idea what this book is about…
Today I found out some info about “acute” --> “Medical Acute Dependency Unit” in one of the UK`s hospital (welcome to the MAD :) )
Nevertheless, things are right where they started.

grazie per l'aiuto!
Vitali.

[LupusDoc]

Thank you much, Anton!

Approx. every 2 month I buy one of the “Oxford handbook of…” (e.g. Clinical Medicine, Clinical Immunology etc)
Certain time back I saw “Oxford Handbook Of ACUTE Medicine” in a bookstore and attached no importance to it. I had thought acute medicine is the same that critical care or emergency medicine, before I saw “Oxford Handbook Of EMERgency Medicine”, So that really puzzled me:confused: Now, I have no idea what this book is about…


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Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Edition
Copyright В©1997,2004 Oxford University Press (Copyright 1997, 2004 by Punit S Ramrakha and Kevin P Moore)

[-] Chapter 1 - Cardiac emergencies
[+] Adult basic life support
[+] Adult advanced life support
[+] Universal treatment algorithm
[+] Acute coronary syndrome
[+] ST elevation myocardial infarction
[+] Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)/unstable angina
[+] Arrhythmias: general approach
[+] Tachyarrhythmias
[+] Bradyarrhythmias
[+] Pulmonary oedema
[+] Infective endocarditis
[+] Acute aortic regurgitation
[+] Acute mitral regurgitation
[+] Deep vein thrombosis
[+] Pulmonary embolism
[+] Hypertensive emergencies
[+] Aortic dissection
[+] Acute pericarditis
[+] Cardiac tamponade
[+] Congenital heart disease in adults
[-] Chapter 2 - Respiratory emergencies
[+] Acute pneumonia
[+] Acute asthma
[+] Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
[+] Respiratory failure
[+] Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
[+] Pneumothorax
[+] Haemoptysis
[+] Pleural effusions
[+] Chronic massive effusion
[+] Empyema
[+] Acute upper airway obstruction
[+] Chapter 3 - Shock
[+] Chapter 4 - Infectious diseases
[+] Chapter 5 - Emergencies in HIV positive patients
[+] Chapter 6 - Renal emergencies
[-] Chapter 7 - Neurological emergencies
[+] Coma
[+] Limb weakness
[+] Acute dizziness
[+] Acute loss of vision
[+] Approach to acute/sub-acute visual loss
[+] Painful red eye
[+] Acute bacterial meningitis
[+] Meningitis with lymphocytic CSF
[+] Acute viral encephalitis
[+] Head injury
[+] Raised intracranial pressure
[+] Intracranial space-occupying lesion
[+] Extradural haemorrhage
[+] Intracerebral haemorrhage
[+] Subdural haematoma
[+] Subarachnoid haemorrhage
[+] Status epilepticus
[+] Stroke
[+] Cerebral infarction syndromes
[+] Brainstem stroke
[+] Cerebellar stroke
[+] Transient ischaemic attacks
[+] Confusional states and delirium
[+] Acute alcohol withdrawal
[+] Neuromuscular respiratory failure
[+] Myasthenic crises
[+] Spinal cord compression
[+] Guillain-Barre
[+] Botulism
[+] Tetanus
[+] Glasgow Coma Scale
[+] Examination of brainstem function
[+] Oculocephalic and oculovestibular responses
[+] Brain death
[+] Chapter 8 - Psychiatric emergencies
[-] Chapter 9 - Endocrine emergencies
[+] Diabetic ketoacidosis
[+] Hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma
[+] Hypoglycaemic coma
[+] Urgent surgery in patients with diabetes
[+] Hyponatraemia
[+] Hypernatraemia
[+] Acute hypocalcaemia
[+] Hypercalcaemia
[+] Hypophosphataemia
[+] Addisonian crisis
[+] Myxoedema coma
[+] Thyrotoxic crisis
[+] Pituitary apoplexy
[+] Hypopituitary coma
[+] Phaeochromocytomas
[+] Polyuria
[+] Malignant hyperthermia
[+] Neurolepetic malignant syndrome
[-] Chapter 10 - Gastroenterological emergencies
[+] Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
[+] Peptic ulcer disease
[+] Erosive gastritis/oesophagitis
[+] Variceal haemorrhage
[+] Mallory-Weiss tear
[+] Acute gastroenteritis
[+] Travellers' diarrhoea
[+] Bloody diarrhoea
[+] Bacterial dysentery
[+] Amoebic dysentery
[+] Inflammatory bowel disease
[+] Jaundice
[+] Ascites
[+] Acute liver failure
[+] Liver abscesses
[+] Acute pancreatitis
[-] Chapter 11 - Haematological emergencies
- Blood transfusion reactions
[+] Sickle cell crisis
[+] Bleeding disorders
[+] Abnormal coagulation
[+] Abnormal platelets
[+] Anti-coagulant therapy
[+] Bleeding in liver disease
[+] Bleeding in uraemia
[+] Massive transfusion/cardiopulmonary bypass
[+] Haemophilia and related disorders
- Combined thrombotic and haemorrhagic disorders
[+] Disseminated intravascular coagulation
[+] Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
[+] Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
[+] Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia
[+] Acute leukaemias
[+] Complications of bone marrow transplantation
[+] The febrile neutropenic patient
[+] 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
[-] Resources
[-] Appendices
[+] Reference intervals
[+] Useful telephone numbers
[+] ECG Ruler
[+] Color Plates

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Oxford Handbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 2/e 2005
by: Jonathan Wyatt, Robin Illingworth, Michael Clancy, Phillip T. Munro, Colin Robertson,
ASIN / ISBN-10: 0198526237
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P.S. Ничего, что ответил не на английском? :) :)

[ventus]

P.S. Ничего, что ответил не на английском?
:) лишь бы не на японском, Спасибо Вам!
Вобщем, получается, что разницы особо никакой. очередная английская фантазия :)

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