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Section Editors: 8
Previous Contributors 9
List of Abbreviations Used in This Guidebook 10
Approach to Common Emergency Symptoms 14
Chest Pain 16
Acute Fever 18
Approach to Medical Causes of Acute Abdominal Pain 28
Various General Medical Emergenc...
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, Medical
Emergencies
Guidebook
First Edition
2007
Editors:
Hasan Abu-Aisha FRCP (Chief Editor)
Professor of Medicine
Consultant Physician and Nephrologist
National Ribat University Hospital
President, the National Ribat University
Elwaleed Ali Mohamed Elhassan MACP, ABIM
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum
Director, Ribat Center for Regular Peritoneal Dialysis
Researcher, Academic Office of the President of the National Ribat
University
, Medical Emergencies Guidebook
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Table of Contents
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Section Editors: 8
Previous Contributors 9
List of Abbreviations Used in This Guidebook 10
Approach to Common Emergency Symptoms 14
Chest Pain 16
Acute Fever 18
Approach to Medical Causes of Acute Abdominal Pain 28
Various General Medical Emergencies 34
Shock 36
Coma 41
Cardiovascular Emergencies 48
Acute Coronary Syndromes 50
Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema 54
Cardiogenic Shock 55
Endocrine Emergencies 60
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) 62
Diabetic Lactic Acidosis 66
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State 67
Hypoglycemia 71
Addisonian Crisis 72
Myxedema Coma 73
Thyroid Storm 75
Pituitary Apoplexy 77
Gastro-intestinal Emergencies 78
Acute Diarrhea In Adults 80
Upper Gastro-intestinal Hemorrhage 84
Treatment of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 90
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 100
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