Allan B. Wolfson - Harwood-Nuss Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine

Harwood-Nuss

CLINICAL PRACTICE OF

Emergency

MEDICINE

Seventh Edition

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Allan B. Wolfson, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Education

Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

SENIOR EDITORS

Robert L. Cloutier, MD, MCR

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

Assistant Dean, Admissions

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon

Gregory W. Hendey, MD, FACEP

Professor and Chair

UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

Louis J. Ling, MD

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Minnesota Poison Control System

Hennepin Healthcare

University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Carlo L. Rosen, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Program Director and Vice Chair for Education

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Jeffrey J. Schaider, MD

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Rush Medical College

Chairman Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine

Cook County Health

Chicago, Illinois

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Jon B. Cole, MD

Medical Director, Minnesota Poison Control System

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Minnesota Medical School

Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Rush Medical College

Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine

Cook County Health

Chicago, Illinois

Paul Ishimine, MD

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

UC San Diego Health

Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Rady Childrens Hospital, San Diego

San Diego, California

Lynne McCullough, MD, FACEP

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

Kaushal H. Shah, MD

Assistant Professor (interim)

Weill Cornell Medical College

Vice Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine

Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, New York

Scott C. Sherman, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Rush Medical College

Associate Residency Director, Department of Emergency Medicine

Cook County Health

Chicago, Illinois

Harsh P. Sule, MD, MPP

Associate Professor and Residency Program Director

Department of Emergency Medicine

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Newark, New Jersey

Scott R. Votey, MD

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wolfson, Allan B., editor. | Cloutier, Robert L., editor. | Hendey, Gregory W., editor. | Ling, Louis, 1954- editor. | Rosen, Carlo L., editor. | Schaider, Jeffrey, editor.

Title: Harwood-Nuss clinical practice of emergency medicine / editor-in-chief, Allan B. Wolfson ; section editors, Robert L. Cloutier, Gregory W. Hendey, Louis J. Ling, Carlo L. Rosen, Jeffrey J. Schaider.

Other titles: Clinical practice of emergency medicine

Description: Seventh edition. | Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer, 2021. |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020024472 | ISBN 9781975111595 (hardback)

Subjects: MESH: Emergencies | Emergency Medicine | Emergency Treatment

Classification: LCC RC86.7 | NLM WB 105 | DDC 616.02/5dc23

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