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Fracture Management for Primary Care and Emergency Medicine

  • 4th Edition - June 19, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: M. Patrice Eiff, Robert L. Hatch
  • Language: English

Evaluate and treat common fractures and know when to refer uncommon ones to a specialist. This quick, practical resource presents detailed illustrations, video, and current… Read more

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Description

Evaluate and treat common fractures and know when to refer uncommon ones to a specialist. This quick, practical resource presents detailed illustrations, video, and current best evidence for imaging and treating fractures so you can make accurate identifications and manage patients with confidence.

Key features

  • Quickly find the information you need through a systematic, logical approach to each fracture
  • Accurately identify fractures through an extensive selection of imaging examples
  • Apply splints and reduce dislocations successfully thanks to detailed descriptions, illustrations, and narrated video
  • Tap into the latest best practices through evidence-based coverage and updated references
  • Effectively manage emergency situations using guidelines for emergent referral, greater detail regarding methods for closed reductions for fractures and dislocations, and more
  • Benefit from expanded content specifically for the emergency medicine setting, including CT, MRI, and ultrasound imaging, procedural sedation, and discharge reassessment
  • Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Readership

Family, urgent care, and emergency medicine residents, fellows, and practicing physicians

Table of contents

1. Fracture Management in Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Settings

2. General Principles of Fracture Care

3. Finger Fractures

4. Metacarpal Fractures

5. Carpal Fractures

6. Radius and Ulna Fractures

7. Elbow Fractures

8. Humerus Fractures

9. Clavicle and Scapula Fractures

10. Spine Fractures

11. Femur and Pelvis Fractures

12. Patellar, Tibial, and Fibular Fractures

13. Ankle Fractures

14. Calcaneus and Other Tarsal Fractures

15. Metatarsal Fractures

16. Toe Fractures

17. Facial and Skull Fractures

18. Rib Fractures
Appendix (Casting and Splinting)

Review quotes

Doody's Core Titles® 2020 Essential Purchase

"This is high-quality book shines as a valuable resource for clinicians managing acute fractures, especially in primary care. The ability to use it as a quick reference for accurate information is helpful." --Charles C Rudy, MD (Oregon Health & Science University) Doody's Review Service

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 19, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

ME

M. Patrice Eiff

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

RH

Robert L. Hatch

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA