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<p>About the Editors x</p> <p>List of Contributors xiii</p> <p>Foreword xvi</p> <p>Acknowledgments xviii</p> <p><b>Section 1: The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules</b></p> <p>1 Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Care 3</p> <p>2 Evidence- Based Medicine: The Process 14</p> <p>3 The Epidemiology and Statistics of Diagnostic Testing 23</p> <p>4 Clinical Decision Rules 43</p> <p>5 Appropriate Testing in an Era of Limited Resources: Practice and Policy Consideration 53</p> <p>6 Understanding Bias in Diagnostic Research 73</p> <p><b>Section 2: Trauma</b></p> <p>7 Cervical Spine Fractures 95</p> <p>8 Blunt Abdominal Trauma 121</p> <p>9 Acute Knee Injuries 128</p> <p>10 Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries 134</p> <p>11 Blunt Head Injury in Children 141</p> <p>12 Adult Blunt Head Injury 162</p> <p>13 Chest Trauma 174</p> <p>14 Occult Hip Fracture 182</p> <p>15 Blunt Soft Tissue Neck Trauma 189</p> <p>16 Occult Scaphoid Fractures 195</p> <p>17 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma 205</p> <p>18 Penetrating Trauma to the Extremities and Vascular Injuries 214</p> <p><b>Section 3: Cardiology</b></p> <p>19 Heart Failure 227</p> <p>20 Syncope 237</p> <p>21 Chest Pain 256</p> <p>22 Palpitations 276</p> <p><b>Section 4: Infectious Disease</b></p> <p>23 Bacterial Meningitis in Children 291</p> <p>24 Serious Bacterial Infections in Children Aged 0 to 60/90 Days 299</p> <p>25 Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection 309</p> <p>26 Infective Endocarditis 321</p> <p>27 Pharyngitis 327</p> <p>28 Rhinosinusitis 335</p> <p>29 Pneumonia 340</p> <p>30 Urinary Tract Infection 353</p> <p>31 Sepsis 360</p> <p>32 Adult Septic Arthritis 377</p> <p>33 Osteomyelitis 388</p> <p>34 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) 401</p> <p>35 Influenza 409</p> <p>36 Fever without a Source 3–36 Months 416</p> <p><b>Section 5: Surgical and Abdominal Complaints</b></p> <p>37 Acute Nonspecific Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain 425</p> <p>38 Small Bowel Obstruction 439</p> <p>39 Acute Pancreatitis 447</p> <p>40 Acute Appendicitis 457</p> <p>41 Acute Cholecystitis 472</p> <p>42 Aortic Emergencies 482</p> <p>43 Ovarian Torsion 489</p> <p><b>Section 6: Urology</b></p> <p>44 Nephrolithiasis 499</p> <p>45 Testicular Torsion 512</p> <p><b>Section 7: Neurology</b></p> <p>46 Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 523</p> <p>47 Acute Stroke 536</p> <p>48 Transient Ischemic Attack 547</p> <p>49 First- Episode Seizure 559</p> <p><b>Section 8: Miscellaneous: Hematology Ophthalmology Pulmonology Rheumatology and Geriatrics</b></p> <p>50 Pulmonary Embolism 571</p> <p>51 Deep Vein Thrombosis 583</p> <p>52 Temporal Arteritis 591</p> <p>53 Intraocular Pressure 598</p> <p>54 Asthma 608</p> <p>55 Acute Low Back Pain 621</p> <p>56 Intravascular Volume Status 631</p> <p>57 Geriatric Screening 638</p> <p>58 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections 658</p> <p>59 Shared Decision- Making in Diagnostic Testing 664</p> <p>60 Cognitive Biases and Mitigation Strategies in Emergency Diagnosis 678</p> <p>61 Diagnosis in Telemedicine 699</p> <p>62 Diagnosing COVID- 19 723</p> <p>Index 735</p>

<p><b>Edited by</b> <p><b>Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE</b> is the National Director of Clinical Innovation at US Acute Care Solutions and a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University. He is board-certified in emergency medicine. <p><b>Fernanda Bellolio, MD, MSc</b> is the Chair for Research and a Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. She is board-certified in emergency medicine. <p><b>Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc</b> is the Director of Evidence Based Medicine and a Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University. He is board-certified in emergency medicine. <p><b>Ali S. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH</b> is Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics.

<P><b>EVIDENCE-BASED EMERGENCY CARE<BR> DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND CLINICAL DECISION RULES<BR> THIRD EDITION</b> <p><b>Improve and streamline the diagnostic decision-making process in emergency care</b> <p>The newly revised third edition of <i>Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules</i> offers an updated review of the evidence and expert discussion of relevant issues in diagnostic testing in the everyday practice of emergency medicine. This book also provides a detailed overview of the science of diagnostic testing and reviews the process behind the development of clinical decision rules. The focus is asking and answering practical questions using original research studies, while commenting on the best available evidence for relevant clinical topics. <p>Readers will also find: <ul><li> Comprehensive explorations of COVID-19, telemedicine, trauma, cardiology, infectious disease, and surgical and abdominal complaints</li> <li> Practical discussions of urology, neurology, hematology, ophthalmology, pulmonology, rheumatology, and geriatric medicine</li> <li> Exploration of practice and policy considerations of testing in an era of limited resources</li></ul> <p>The book is perfect for emergency medicine physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals. Readers of <i>Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Third Edition</i> will also earn a place in the libraries of administrators and managers in healthcare settings seeking to optimize the use of scarce resources while maintaining the highest standards of care.

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