Author Description

Provides management guidelines from experienced emergency physicians on the full gamut of emergencies likely to occur in the office or ambulatory care setting. The 29 contributions provide an overview of preoperative evaluation of patients and the general response to an emergency; emergency considerations for special types of patients including diabetics, hemophiliacs, and psychiatric patients; considerations of special problems that frequently occur in the office such as syncope, chest pain, asthma, seizures, and shortness of breath; and specialty problems in dentistry, ophthalmology, dermatology, gynecology, and pediatrics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.