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Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office

Be prepared to handle life-threatening dental emergencies! Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, 7th Edition helps you learn the skills needed to manage medical emergencies in… Leer más

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Be prepared to handle life-threatening dental emergencies! Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, 7th Edition helps you learn the skills needed to manage medical emergencies in the dental office or clinic. It describes how to recognize and manage medical emergencies promptly and proactively, and details the resources that must be on hand to deal effectively with these situations. This edition includes new guidelines for drug-related emergencies, cardiac arrest, and more. Written by respected educator Dr. Stanley Malamed, this expert resource provides dental professionals with the tools for implementing a basic action plan for managing medical emergencies.

"It successfully fulfils its aim of stimulating all members of the dental team to improve and maintain their skills in the effective prevention, recognition and management of medical emergencies." Reviewed by European Journal of Orthodontics, March 2015

"...very easy to read and provides a very comprehensive reference for a variety of medical emergencies." Reviewed by S.McKernon on behalf of British Dental Journal, July 2015

Puntos claves

  • A logical format reflects the way emergencies are encountered in a dental practice, with chapters organized by commonly seen clinical signs and symptoms, such as unconsciousness or altered consciousness, respiratory distress, seizures, drug-related emergencies, chest pain, and cardiac arrest
  • Step-by-step procedures include detailed, numbered instructions for stabilizing and treating victims (PCABD) in common medical emergencies
  • Full-color illustrations demonstrate emergency techniques in realistic clarity
  • Summary tables and boxes make it easy to find essential concepts and information
  • Quick-reference algorithms in the appendix include step-by-step diagrams showing the decision-making process in common emergency situations
  • A differential diagnosis chapter ends each of the book’s parts on common emergencies

Índice

PART ONE: PREVENTION

1. Introduction

2. Prevention

3. Preparation

4. Legal Considerations

PART TWO: UNCONSCIOUSNESS

5. Unconsciousness: General Considerations

6. Vasodepressor Syncope

7. Postural Hypotension

8. Acute Adrenal Insufficiency

9. Unconsciousness: Differential Diagnosis

PART THREE: RESPIRATORY DISTRESS

10. Respiratory Distress: General Considerations

11. Foreign Body Airway Obstruction

12. Hyperventilation

13. Asthma

14. Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema

15. Respiratory Distress: Differential Diagnosis

PART FOUR: ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS

16. Altered Consciousness: General Considerations

17. Diabetes Mellitus: Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia

18. Thyroid Gland Dysfunction

19. Cerebrovascular Accident

20. Altered Consciousness: Differential Diagnosis

PART FIVE: SEIZURES

21. Seizures

PART SIX: DRUG-RELATED EMERGENCIES

22. Drug-Related Emergencies: General Considerations

23. Drug Overdose Reactions

24. Allergy

25. Drug-Related Emergencies: Differential Diagnosis

PART SEVEN: CHEST PAIN

26. Chest Pain: General Considerations

27. Angina Pectoris

28. Acute Myocardial Infarction

29. Chest Pain: Differential Diagnosis

PART EIGHT: CARDIAC ARREST

30. Cardiac Arrest

31. Pediatric Considerations
Appendix: Quick-Reference Section to Life-Threatening Situations

Reseñas

"..it is very easy to read and provides a very comprehensive reference for a variety of medical emergencies. Each medical emergency is given a very detailed background of risk factors, pathophysiology, prevention and clinical manifestations before management of the condition is discussed." Reviewed by S.McKernon on behalf of British Dental Journal, July 2015

"This book promises to be a key source of information for all members of the dental team in all care settings and of immense value for those involved in developing training and lectures on this topic, especially with the latest online components available." Reviewed by L. Khamashta Ledezma on behalf of European Journal of Orthodontics, February 2015

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Sobre el autor

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Stanley F. Malamed

Dr. Malamed, a dentist anesthesiologist, graduated from the New York University College of Dentistry in 1969. He completed his residency at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in the Bronx, New York before serving for 2 years in the U.S. Army Dental Corps. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Dentistry at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry U.S.C. in Los Angeles where he joined the staff in 1973 and retired from full-time teaching in 2013. Dr. Malamed has authored more than 160 scientific papers, 17 chapters in various medical and dental journals and textbooks and has authored 3 textbooks and 2 interactive DVDs in the areas of physical evaluation, emergency medicine, local and general anesthesia and sedation.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor and Chair, Section of Anesthesia and Medicine, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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