ISBN:
9780443111044
Copyright:
2025
Publication Date:
02-15-2024
Page Count:
600
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$45.99
On Call, 7th Edition
by Shane A. Marshall, MD, FRCPC and John Ruedy, MDCM, FRCPC, LLD (hon), DMED (hon)
Paperback
ISBN:
9780443111044
Copyright:
2025
Publication Date:
02-15-2024
Page Count:
600
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$45.99
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- Features a logical, highly templated format so you can locate critical information quickly
- Includes new content on COVID-19 in chapters on Viruses and Shortness of Breath and Fever
- Covers essential topics such as Approach to Diagnosis and Management of On-Call Problems; Documentation; Assessment and Management of Volume Status; and HIV, HBV, HCV, Influenza, and the House Officer
- Delivers consistent, easy-to-follow coverage of the most common on-call problems and approaches, including what to do from the initial phone call, "Elevator Thoughts," how to immediately identify major threats to life, what to do at the bedside, and how to avoid common mistakes for every call
- Provides updated content and references, as well as an extensively revised drug formulary of commonly prescribed medications, keeping you on the cutting edge of current, evidence-based information
- Serves as the perfect bridge to clinical medicine for students transitioning to the hospital setting, a trusty "peripheral brain" for residents, and a handy reminder for more experienced practitioners
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
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INTRODUCTION
1. Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of On-Call Problems
2. Documentation of On-Call Problems
3. Assessment and Management of Volume Status
4. Viruses and the House Officer
PATIENT-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS
5. Abdominal Pain
6. Chest Pain
7. Combativeness: The Out-of-Control Patient
8. Confusion/Decreased Level of Consciousness
9. Decreased Urine Output
10. Diarrhea
11. Fall Out of Bed
12. Fever
13. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
14. Headache
15. Heart Rate and Rhythm Disorders
16. High Blood Pressure
17. Hypnotics, Laxatives, Analgesics, and Antipyretics
18. Hypotension and Shock
19. Leg Pain
20. Lines, Tubes, and Drains
21. Polyuria, Frequency, and Incontinence
22. Pronouncing Death
23. Seizures
24. Shortness of Breath
25. Skin Rashes and Urticaria
26. Stroke
27. Syncope
28. Transfusion Reactions
LABORATORY-RELATED PROBLEMS: THE COMMON CALLS
29. Acid–Base Disorders
30. Anemia
31. Calcium Disorders
32. Coagulation Disorders
33. Glucose Disorders
34. Potassium Disorders
35. Sodium Disorders
APPENDIXES
A. Blood Products
B. Reading Electrocardiograms
C. Miscellaneous
D. SI Units Conversion Table
E. The On-Call Formulary
Index
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