Emergency physicians assess and manage a wide variety of problems from patients presenting with a diversity of severities, ranging from mild to severe and life-threatening. They are expected to maintain their competency and expertise in areas where there is rapid knowledge change. Evidence-based Emergency Medicine is the first book of its kind in emergency medicine to tackle the problems practicing physicians encounter in the emergency setting using an evidence-based approach. It summarizes the published evidence available for the diagnosis and treatment of common emergency health care problems in adults. Each chapter contextualizes a topic area using a clinical vignette and generates a series of key clinically important diagnostic and treatment questions. By completing detailed reviews of diagnostic and treatment research, using evidence from systematic reviews, RCTs, and prospective observational studies, the authors provide conclusions and practical recommendations. Focusing primarily on diagnosis in areas where evidence for treatment is well accepted (e.g. DVTs), and treatment in other diseases where diagnosis is not complex (e.g. asthma), this text is written by leading emergency physicians at the forefront of evidence-based medicine. Evidence-based Emergency Medicine is ideal for emergency physicians and trainees, emergency department staff, and family physicians specialising in the acute care of medical and injured patients.

Chief Editor:

Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCCP

Canada Research Chair in Emergency Airway Diseases

Professor and Research Director, Department of Emergency
Medicine,

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Section Editors:

Eddy S. Lang, MDCM, CCFP(EM), CSPQ

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Department of Family Medicine

McGill University

Montreal

and Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine

SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Michael D. Brown, MD, MSc

Professor of Epidemiology and Emergency Medicine

College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University

Spectrum Health - Butterworth Hospitals

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Debra Houry, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Injury Control

Vice Chair for Research

Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

David H. Newman, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York, USA

Peter C. Wyer, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York, USA

Emergency physicians assess and manage a wide variety of problems
from patients presenting with a diversity of severities, ranging
from mild to severe and life-threatening. They are expected to
maintain their competency and expertise in areas where there is
rapid knowledge change.

Evidence-based Emergency Medicine is the first book of
its kind in emergency medicine to tackle the problems practicing
physicians encounter in the emergency setting using an
evidence-based approach. It summarizes the published evidence
available for the diagnosis and treatment of common emergency
health care problems in adults. Each chapter contextualizes a topic
area using a clinical vignette and generates a series of key
clinically important diagnostic and treatment questions. By
completing detailed reviews of diagnostic and treatment research,
using evidence from systematic reviews, RCTs, and prospective
observational studies, the authors provide conclusions and
practical recommendations.

Focusing primarily on diagnosis in areas where evidence for
treatment is well accepted (e.g. DVTs), and treatment in other
diseases where diagnosis is not complex (e.g. asthma), this text is
written by leading emergency physicians at the forefront of
evidence-based medicine. Evidence-based Emergency Medicine
is ideal for emergency physicians and trainees, emergency
department staff, and family physicians specialising in the acute
care of medical and injured patients.

Foreword.

Acknowledgments.

List of Abbreviations.

Part 1 General Issues.

Edited by Brian H. Rowe.

1 Introduction.

Brian H. Rowe & Peter C. Wyer.

2 Knowledge Translation: a Primer for Emergency Physicians.

Eddy S. Lang, Peter C. Wyer & Marc Afilalo.

3 Critical Appraisal: General Issues in Emergency Medicine.

Suneel Upadhye.

4 Continuing Education.

Joel Lexchin.

5 Quality Improvement.

Andrew Worster & Ann McKibbon.

6 Medication Adherence.

Ursula Whalen & Sunil Kripalani.

7 Emergency Department Triage.

Sandy Dong & Michael Bullard.

8 Emergency Department Overcrowding.

Michael Schull & Matthew Cooke.

Part 2 Respiratory.

Edited by Brian H. Rowe.

9 Emergency Management of Asthma Exacerbations.

Brian H. Rowe & Carlos A. Camargo, Jr.

10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations.

Brian H. Rowe & Rita K. Cydulka.

11 Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Sam Campbell & Tom Marrie.

12 Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Eddy S. Lang & Phil Wells.

13 Pulmonary Embolism.

Phil Wells & Michael Brown.

14 Prevention and Treatment of Influenza.

Stephen R. Pitts.

15 Anaphylaxis.

Theodore Gaeta.

Part 3 Cardiology.

Edited by Eddy S. Lang.

16 Chest Pain.

Alain Vadeboncoeur, Jerrald Dankoff & Eddy S. Lang.

17 Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Kirk Magee.

18 Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Bjug Borgundvaag.

19 Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.

Brett Jones & Sean P. Collins.

20 Acute Fibrillation.

Barry Diner.

21 Ventricular and Supraventricular Arrhythmias.

Eddy S. Lang & Eli Segal.

22 Cardiac Arrest.

Riyad B. Abu-Laban & Michael Shuster.

Part 4 General Medical Conditions.

Edited by Peter C. Wyer.

23 Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.

Peter W. Greenwald, Scott Weingart & H. Bryant Nguyen.

24 Delirium.

Denise Nassisi & Andy Jagoda.

25 Caring for the Elderly.

Christopher R. Carpenter, Michael Stern & Arthur B. Sanders.

26 Syncope.

Richard Lappin & James Quinn.

27 General Toxicology.

Luke Yip, Nicole Bouchard & Marco Sivilotti.

28 Toxicology: Acetaminophen and Salicylate Poisoning.

Mark Yarema & Richard Dart.

Part 5 Injury.

Edited by Brian H. Rowe & Peter C. Wyer.

29 Minor Traumatic Brain Injury.

Jeff J. Bazarian & Will Townend.

30 Neck Injuries.

Marcia L. Edmonds & Robert Brison.

31 Ankle Injuries.

Jerome Fan.

32 Knee Injuries.

Anita Pozgay & Elisabeth Hobden.

33 Wrist injuries.

Sandy Dong & Brian H. Rowe.

34 Shoulder Injuries.

Jenn Carpenter, Marcel Emond & Robert Brison.

35 Chest Trauma.

Shahriar Zehtabchi & Richard Sinert.

36 Hemorrhagic Shock.

Dennis Djogovic, Jonathan Davidow & Peter Brindley.

Part 6 Genitourinary and Abdominal.

Edited by David H. Newman.

37 Acute Appendicitis.

James A. Nelson & Stephen R. Hayden.

38 Ectopic Pregnancy.

Heather Murray & Elisha David Targonsky.

39 Acute Ureteric Colic.

Andrew Worster.

40 Urinary Tract Infection.

Rawle A. Seupaul, Chris McDowell & Robert Bassett.

41 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

Linda Papa & Kurt Web…