Roberts' practical guide to common medical emergencies / James R. Roberts.

At head of title: InFocus.

Includes bibliographical references.

Puncture Wounds. 1. Stepping on a Nail. 2. Stepping on a Nail: Some Rational Guidelines -- Acetaminophen Toxicity. 1. The Finer Points of Acetaminophen Toxicity. 2. Acetaminophen Overdose: Laboratory Evaluation and Gastric Decontamination Issues. 3. Acetaminophen Toxicity: Issues for Children and Pregnant Women. 4. Acetaminophen Toxicity: Odds and Ends -- Ophthalmological Disorders. 1. Myths and Misconceptions: An Eye Patch for Simple Corneal Abrasions. 2. Corneal Abrasions: Potential for Serious Morbidity. 3. Ophthalmology Trivia: The Fixed and Dilated Pupil. 4. Ophthalmology Trivia: Conjunctivitis and Corneal Erosions. 5. Acute Narrow-Angle Glaucoma: Understanding the Basics. 6. Therapy for Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma -- Swallowed Foreign Bodies. 1. Fish Bones in the Throat. 2. Pediatric Coin Ingestion. 3. Esophageal Food Impaction -- Fingertip Pathology. 1. Evaluation and Treatment of Subungual Hematoma. 2. Fingernail Avulsion and Injury to the Nail Bed.

3. The Clinical Approach to Paronychia. 4. Herpetic Whitlow: An Unusual Paronychia -- Pain Control in the Emergency Department. 1. Anesthetics and Analgesics: The Use of Viscous Lidocaine. 2. Novel Methods of Easing Pain. 3. NSAIDs as Unique Analgesics. 4. Local Anesthetics: Injection Techniques. 5. Reactions to Local Anesthetics. 6. The Eclectic Nature of ED Pain Control. 7. Effective Sedation in the ED. 8. Sedating the Pediatric Patient. 9. Ketamine in the ED -- Streptococcal Pharyngitis. 1. The Baffling Clinical Features of Streptococcal Pharyngitis. 2. Pharyngitis: The Value of Laboratory Testing. 3. Acute Pharyngitis: How Effective is Therapy? 4. Treatment of Strep Throat: Penicillin. 5. Strep Throat: Alternate Therapies and Symptomatic Relief -- Tendon Disorders. 1. Diagnosing Achilles Tendon Rupture. 2. Quadriceps Tendon Rupture. 3. Definitive Treatment for Olecranon Bursitis. 4. Zeroing in on de Quervain's Tenosynovitis --

Myths and Misconceptions in Emergency Medicine. 1. Myths and Misconceptions in Emergency Medicine: Figure-of-Eight Dressings, Scaphoid Fractures, and Weighted Radiographs. 2. Myths and Misconceptions about NSAID Gastropathy, Part I. 3. More Myths and Misconceptions about NSAID Gastropathy, Part II. 4. Fact and Fiction: Kidney Stones. 5. Myths and Misconceptions about Therapy for GI Hemorrhage. 6. Myths and Misconceptions about Epinephrine. 7. Myths about Epinephrine and Croup -- Seizures. 1. The Metabolic and Physiologic Consequences of Seizures. 2. The Clinical and Physiologic Characteristics of Status Epilepticus. 3. Basic ED Evaluation of Patients with Seizures. 4. Initial Therapeutic Strategies for Treatment of Status Epilepticus. 5. Treatment of Seizures with Phenytoin.