Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide 6th edition,   ISBN:9780071388757

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After 30 days I still not received the book. The book I do not Know but delivery is not recomendedEmergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide 6th edition

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I am very appreciative of all of the work that went into this book. It is superb in many ways. I owned the 4th edition and I see many, many improvements, not just that the book is being updated, but expanded and made better. HOWEVER, I have one relatively big complaint. There may be some who, at appropriate times, will read through this book cover to cover, or chapter by chapter - however, for many, many of us, the book is used as a reference source. HENCE the INDEX is a key component of the book. And here, the book loses a full star (or maybe two) - the index is simply not comprehensive. Two examples - "Ciguatera poisioning" - I looked under "ciguatera" under "fish" under "toxin" and under "food poisoning" - could not find it. I know it is in the book - there is a table that includes it as one of the sources of vomiting, but where is it? [I found the information I needed on the CDC website!!] Another example - "cecal volvulus" - looked under "volvulus" nothing. Under "cecum" - nothing. "Bowel obstruction" - nope. "Obstruction" nothing. "Small bowel obstruction" - finally found a reference in the index, but ultimately cannot find anything on cecal volvulus. I suspect that there MUST be something about volvulus in the Pediatric section on GI emergencies, but it should not be this hard, and I am not looking for a reference solely to children anyway. These are just two examples - I could offer many more. So, my humble suggestion - please work on the Index!! Isn't there a program that can do this relatively automatically - and painlessly? Information is great - quick ready access to that information is even better! Maybe I should just Google it? ;) Also, I have noticed some really lame illustrations - they look like mimeographed copies of copies - really hard to believe, especially since most of the illustrations are very high quality. In general I would like to see more illustrations within the text, particularly radiographic findings. The Color Atlas is kind of a joke, but there are many other sources for this kind of material.

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Excellent reference work, recognised in NZ as the standard. Found in every ED in this country. Very worthwhile purchasing my own copy, to have to refer to when I want. Contains some very useful material, although have found some thinking I consider to be out of date. I understand 7th ed may be in the works.

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As an ER PA this is the gold standard to start with. Rosens is much more detailed but is too much to start with. I've found most everything I need is in this text.

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This book is a must. Its useful for any person who practice in the ER as well the outpatient. Is very good for general reference. The book give a review of the problem with a management oriented to the adequate level of care. Cover
every topics (trauma, pediatric, adult, ob/gyn, surgery). Is easy to read and well explain.