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Editors: Ramrakha, Punit S.; Moore, Kevin P. Title: Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Edition Copyright ©1997,2004 Oxford University Press (Copyright 1997, 2004 by Punit S Ramrakha and Kevin P Moore) > Front of Book > Editors Editors Punit S. Ramrakha Consultant Cardiologist Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK Kevin P. Moore Professor of Hepatology and Honorary Consultant Physician Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London, UK Contributors to the second edition Dr Ed Beveridge Liaison Psychiatrist Royal Free Hospital, London Dr Ian Cropley Consultant in Infectious Diseases Royal Free Hospital, London Dr Narbeh Melekian Specialist Registrar Dept of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London Dr David Taylor Consultant Physician Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, High Wycombe, Bucks Dr David Pao Specialist Registrar Dr Martin Fisher Consultant Department of HIV/GUM, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Masud Husain Reader in Nerology Dr Parashkev C Nachev Clinical Research Fellow Department Division of Neurosciences and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London (Charing Cross Hospital) Dr Paresh Malhotra ICN, London Dr Helen Eagleton Consultant Haematologist Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Bucks. Advice on chapter revisions was also given by the following Robbie Rakhit Consultant Cardiologist Royal Free Hospital Martina Hennessy Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist Royal Free Hospital Jonathan Robbin Consultant Physician Royal Free Hospital Andrew Davenport Consultant Nephrologist Royal Free Hospital Marc Lipman Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and HIV disease Royal Free Hospital Barbara Bannister Consultant in infectious diseases Royal Free Hospital Anne Dunleavy SpR in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free Hospital Amir H. Sam Medical Student & Author Royal Free & University College Medical School Paul Kooner Gastroenterology SpR, Royal Free Hospital Richard Stratton Consultant Rheumatologist Royal Free Hospital Cate Orteu Consultant Dermatologist Royal Free Hospital Editors: Ramrakha, Punit S.; Moore, Kevin P. Title: Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Edition Copyright ©1997,2004 Oxford University Press (Copyright 1997, 2004 by Punit S Ramrakha and Kevin P Moore) > Front of Book > Disclaimer Disclaimer Oxford University Press makes no representation, express or implied, that the drug dosages in this book are correct. Readers must therefore always check the product information and clinical procedures with the most up-to-date published product information and data sheets provided by the manufacturers and the most recent codes of conduct and safety regulations. The authors and the publishers do not accept responsibility or legal liability for any errors in the text or for the misuse or misapplication of material in this work. Editors: Ramrakha, Punit S.; Moore, Kevin P. Title: Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Edition Copyright ©1997,2004 Oxford University Press (Copyright 1997, 2004 by Punit S Ramrakha and Kevin P Moore) > Front of Book > Preface to the second edition Preface to the second edition There has been a rapid expansion and change of clinical practice over the last 5–6 years, and the need for a detailed handbook that educates, reassures, and helps in the management of acutely ill people has not diminished. The task of updating the text for this new edition would not have been possible without the help of colleagues and specialists who have taken the time to read, advise and in some cases revise large sections of this book to ensure that it is in line with modern management. We thank them most sincerely. The most obvious changes include a new chapter on psychiatric emergencies, initially drafted by Dr Ed Beveridge. Managing patients who are confused or psychiatrically disturbed is frightening to many junior doctors, and this chapter includes straightforward advice on management, the law and the restraint of patients. Although no chapter has escaped revision, we have radically revised the chapters on cardiac emergencies, HIV disease and infectious diseases. We have added a new section of colour Plates showing eye and skin conditions. The text now incorporates all the major advances in medical care since the first edition was published, and we hope that readers will continue find this book useful and informative. P S R K P M June 2004 Editors: Ramrakha, Punit S.; Moore, Kevin P. Title: Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Edition Copyright ©1997,2004 Oxford University Press (Copyright 1997, 2004 by Punit S Ramrakha and Kevin P Moore) > Front of Book > Foreword to the first edition by Professor John Ledingham Foreword to the first edition by Professor John Ledingham A professor of medicine at Edinburgh in the more leisurely days of 1862 taught that an acute illness was ‘one that ran its course in 14 days’. A student courageously inclined to dispute this definition retorted that an omnibus ran from Edinburgh to Leith in 20 minutes, but that was not a definition of an omnibus. Acute in the context of this book suggests rather more urgency than was the concept in 1862! There is a need for junior doctors (and senior ones too) to have at their finger tips the essentials of management of all acute emergencies. This book will surely be a great help in achieving that aim. The authors have succeeded in producing an admirably succint and yet comprehensive account of the management of a huge variety of conditions requiring urgent treatment and have done so without being too tiresomely didactic. Handbooks in the series from Oxford University Press are already in the pockets of most clinical students all over the world. This one is sure to be there too and will, I suspect, also be in the pockets of junior doctors and even (perhaps covertly) readily available to more senior physicians. Such a practical book as this needs to have been written by authors thoroughly and recently familiar with the whole field of acute medicine. It has been and has been done very well. I am delighted to provide a Foreword to an excellent book which really does fill an important gap. Editors: Ramrakha, Punit S.; Moore, Kevin P. Title: Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, 2nd Edition Copyright ©1997,2004 Oxford University Press (Copyright 1997, 2004 by Punit S Ramrakha and Kevin P Moore) > Front of Book > Preface to the first edition Preface to the first edition As every doctor soon discovers, the management of acute medical emergencies is the most demanding and stressful aspect of medical training. Most handbooks of clinical medicine can only go into general detail about the management of medical problems and the specific advice needed to manage acutely ill patients is usually insufficient in these texts. The aim of this handbook is to give confidence to doctors to manage acute medical problems effectively and safely, and is intended to complement the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. Many books on acute medicine are written by senior staff, who have not been at the frontline for some time, and certain aspects of care are assumed or overlooked. This book was written by junior doctors with first-hand experience of the practical problems and dilemmas faced in casualty. The layout of the book reflects clinical practice: assessment, differential diagnosis, immediate management, and some aspects of long-term therapy. We have included an extensive section on practical procedure as well as a section on pharmacotherapy to provide information on the use of certain common and unusual drugs to complement that provided the British National Formulary (BNF). Throughout the book the text commonly exceeds that required for the management of specialist problems by the generalist. We make no apology for this. This is intended to provide the doctor with an understanding of specialist interventions so that
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