- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction to acute medicine
- Chapter 2 Fluid management and nutrition
- Chapter 3 Lifestyle modification
- Chapter 4 Cardiac diseases and resuscitation
- Chapter 5 Respiratory diseases and respiratory failure
- Chapter 6 Infectious diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 7 Neurological diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 8 Gastroenterology and hepatology
- Chapter 9 Drug overdoses
- Chapter 10 Endocrinology and metabolic disorders
- Chapter 11 Renal diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 12 Anticoagulation and transfusion
- Chapter 13 Immunocompromised patients, including HIV-positive patients
- Chapter 14 Psychiatric diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 15 Haematological emergencies
- Chapter 16 Rheumatology
- Chapter 17 Dermatological diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 18 Disorders due to physical agents
- Chapter 19 Practical procedures and monitoring
- Chapter 20 Emergencies in the elderly
- Chapter 21 Obstetric emergencies
- Chapter 22 Ethics and end of life issues
- Subject index
(p. 263) Infectious diseases and emergencies
- Chapter:
- (p. 263) Infectious diseases and emergencies
- Author(s):
Dr Nicholas Price
and Dr John L Klein
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199565979.003.0006
Chapter 6 covers infectious diseases and emergencies, including clinical features, history, and examination, the febrile patient with skin lesions or rash, hospital-acquired (nosocomial), infections, classic viral exanthems and mumps, ‘mononucleosis’ syndromes, fungal infections, fever in the returning traveller, fever of unknown origin (FUO), principles and practice of antibiotic use, public health aspects of infectious disease, malaria, meningococcal disease, infections in pregnancy, vascular access device-associated infection, and toxic shock syndrome.
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction to acute medicine
- Chapter 2 Fluid management and nutrition
- Chapter 3 Lifestyle modification
- Chapter 4 Cardiac diseases and resuscitation
- Chapter 5 Respiratory diseases and respiratory failure
- Chapter 6 Infectious diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 7 Neurological diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 8 Gastroenterology and hepatology
- Chapter 9 Drug overdoses
- Chapter 10 Endocrinology and metabolic disorders
- Chapter 11 Renal diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 12 Anticoagulation and transfusion
- Chapter 13 Immunocompromised patients, including HIV-positive patients
- Chapter 14 Psychiatric diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 15 Haematological emergencies
- Chapter 16 Rheumatology
- Chapter 17 Dermatological diseases and emergencies
- Chapter 18 Disorders due to physical agents
- Chapter 19 Practical procedures and monitoring
- Chapter 20 Emergencies in the elderly
- Chapter 21 Obstetric emergencies
- Chapter 22 Ethics and end of life issues
- Subject index