Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine Volume II
This book aims to provide condensed and crystallised knowledge, providing the rationale for investigations and interventions. Emergency medicine is a specialty where time and knowledge are critical factors in deciding appropriate management which cou
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Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine
Suresh S. David Editor
Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine Volume II
Editor Suresh S. David, MBBS, MS, FRCP, FACEM, MPhil, PhD Pushpagiri Medical College Hospital Thiruvalla Kerala India
ISBN 978-81-322-2711-3 ISBN 978-81-322-2713-7 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7
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Preface
In the history of humankind, Medicine has never been more exciting and challenging than in the twenty-first century. One of the great challenges of being a contemporary academic clinician is to find ways to correlate pertinent Basic Sciences to clinical application, at the bedside. When I set out to prepare Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine, it evoked a thought for contemplation. ‘Do we need one more book in the specialty of Emergency Medicine?’ That helped to harness an unprecedented approach: from the perspective of a nascent, yet inquisitive emergency physician who is keen to understand the rationale of occurrence, manifestation, and management of acute clinical conditions. And this book differs significantly by providing an algorithm at the end of each chapter, which, at a glance, provides a roadmap for the journey ahead. Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine is an international congregation of contributors, who have offered their expertise which has immensely flavored the global approach to Emergency Medicine. The authors include a remarkable blend of colleagues, friends, former students, and new stars on the horizon of Emergency Medicine. A multi-author manuscript of this nature cannot be delivered without the dedication exhibited by them. In addition to being luminaries from around the globe, they are among the most progressive clinicians in various sub-spec
