Emergency Medicine 1992: Vol 24 Index

375 Pages·1992·38.8 MB·English

EMERGENCY MEDICINE
1992
YEAR-END INDEX

Key to issaunde dsate s inV olume 24
In entries, boldface numbers refer to issue and lightface to pages int hat issue.
Date
JANUARY 15 9 JUNE 30
FEBRUARY 15 10 JULY 15
FEBRUARY 28 II AUGUST 15
MARCH15 12 SEPTEMBER 15
APRIL15 13 SEPTEMBER 30
APRIL30 14 OCTOBER 15
MAY 15 15 NOVEMBER 15
JUNE15 16 DECEMBER 15

Abdomen
Acute, pancreatitis as cause of, 5:55
Distention of
In appendicitis in elderly, 4:342
In femoral hernia, 5:198
In spinal shock, 15:207
Examination of
Spine injury ruled out by, 4:188
Unreliable in intoxicated patient, 13:48
Exercise am for str ing, in
spondjols and sportyo tefess,1 036
Increased girth of, in ascites, 14:78
Mass in
In appendr rupture, 4:342
In intussusception, 4:107
Pain in
In appendicitis
Duri ncy, 92129
In edery, 4334
From button battery ingestion, 13:51
Chronic, in cancer, 10:131
In diabetes, new-onset, misdiagnosed as
gastroenteritis, 3:147
Hernia as cause of, misdiagnosed, 4:306
In legionnaires' disease, 5:231
In M. avium complex infection, 13:89
In malabsorption, 6:124
From metastatic infiltration of hollow viscus,
10118
Midepigastric, from acute fatty liver,
postpartum, 7:296
From pancreatitis, 6:124; 14:159
As pelvic exam indicator, 1:49
From small bowel necrosis as cause of,
11:176
From tuboovarian abscess, 15:163
Trauma to
Blunt
Exploration vs observation for, 9111
Hematoma from, 15:191
In child abuse, 4:284
Occult, base deficit for prediction of, 2:91
Penetrating, muttiple-organ failure caused by,
5:216
Xray of
In appendicitis, 4:343
In C difficile colitis, 4:83
For colon perforation after sigmoidoscopy,
1281
For gastric perforation, 5:195
lron toxicity ruled in but not out by, 14:100
Abruptio placentae
In eclampsia, 8:99
Abscess
Antibiotics for, 4:238
After appendectomy, 4:344
Appendicitis misdiagnosed as, 4:343
Brain
In bacterial meningitis, risk for, 5:36
Treatment delay as cause of, 1:35
pelvic
Penetrating wound as cause of, 15:95, 105
Transvaginal and transrectal drainage of,
1295
Drainage of
Percutaneous, as alternative to surgery, 12:85
Trick for, 3:157

back pain causebdy , 13:78
Py
Muscle, streptococcal, 13:110
Pancreatic, 12:88, 91
Paraphar yngeal, emergency drainage of, 6:46
Peritonsillar, management of, 2:141; 6:45
Retropharyrgeal
Dysphagia caused- 5:186
Treatment of, 6:46
Splenic, drainage of, 12:92
Tuboovarian
Drainage of, 12:95
Management of, 1:58
After menopause, 15:163
Abuse
See Alcohol abuse: Child abuDsrueg a:bus e;
Sexual abuse
ACE inhibitor
See Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor
Acetaminophen
For cancer pain, 10:123
For fever
In burned child, 11:217
In varicella, 16:92
For lumbosacral ligament sprain, 10:57
For osteoarthritis oft he knee, 1:104
Overdose, 2:208
Acetazolamide
In central retinal artery occlusion, $:118
For sleep apnea, 6:87
Acetonitrile
Poisoning with, 10:141
Acetylcholine
Accumulation of, in organophosphate poisoning,
3:65
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor
Pharmacologic bronchoconstriction caused by,
4216
Acetyicystine
For aceteminophen overdose, 2:208
Achalasia
Gastroesophageal syndromes in, 7:197
Progressive, dysphagia caused by, 5:192
Scleroderma differentiated from, 5:192
Secondary, carcinoma as cause of, 5:193
F id ingestion
Ipecac and lavage contraindicated after, 10:214,
221
Acidosis
In acetonitrile ingestion, 10:141
In alcohol intoxication, 15:83
In asthma, cardotoxicity from, 9:108
In electrical burn, 8:16
In iron overdose, 14:99
Metabolic
Lactic
:e xertional heatstroke, 7:322
Ino rgan failure, 5:225
O, lack as cause of, 7:244
And respiratory, in cardiac arrest, 7:223
In methanol poisoning, 8:120
Acinetobacter
In nosocomial pneumonia, 10:91

Acne
Pseudofoliicultis barbae differentiated from,
15:143
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
See AIDS
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
In Lyme disease, 11:41
Acromegaly
Sleep apnea caused by, 6:85
Acropustulosis
Differential diagnosis of, 7:132
Activated charcoal
For anaphylaxis from antigen ingestion, 12:144
For anticoaguant poisoning, 3:70
For body packer, 12:207
Contraindicated
In acetaminophen overdose, 2:208
In button battery — 13:52
For digoxin toxicity, 11:123
For gamma-hydroxybutyrate overdose, 12:203
in gastric decontamination, 10:214, 221
For herbal overdose, 4:281
For iron overdose, 14:105
For isoniazid overdose, 10:142
KookAid with, for child 10:94
Multiple doses of, 10:221
In meprobamate overdose, 10:142
For oil of wintergreen ingestion, by nasogastric
tube, 8:176
Recommended dosage of, 10:222
Sedation for administration of, 5:13 (letter)
For suicide atternpt. error in not giving early,
7:69
Trick for remembering when not to use, 4:191
Acupuncture
And acupressure, for myofascial pain, 5:171
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
In neuroleptic malignant syndrome, 9:54
In sepsis syndrome, 2:187
Ventilatory support for, 5:225
Acute retroviral syndrome
Symptoms of, 9:12
Acyclovir
For herpes
On finger, 15:105
Simplex, contraindications to, 10:81
For varicella, 16:92
Vaccine rash, 14:124
Zoster in ear, 5:140
Addison’s disease
Treatment protocol for travel with, 9:83
Adenitis
Cervical
Branchial cyst differentiated from, 13:80
Staphylococcal, 6:46
Adenocarcinoma
Invasive, cone biopsy of, 7:96
In smoker with solitary pulmonary nodule, 9:93
Adenoid
Hypertrophy of, in seep apnea, 6:84, 87
Adenopathy
Cervical, adenoviral 14:282