Machine generated contents note: About the AuthorsForeword - Jeffrey KlinePreface to Second EditionSection 1: The Science of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules1 Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Care2 Evidence-Based Emergency Care: The Process 3 The Epidemiology and Statistics of Diagnostic Testing4 Clinical Decision Rules 5 Appropriate Testing In an Era of Limited Resources: Practice and Policy Considerations6 Understanding Bias in Diagnostic Research Section 2: Trauma7 Cervical Spine Fractures8 Cervical Spine Fractures in Children 9 Cervical Spine Fractures Older Adults10 Blunt Abdominal Trauma11 Acute Knee Injuries12 Acute Ankle and Foot Injuries13 Blunt Head Injury in Children14 Blunt Head Injury15 Blunt Chest Trauma16 Occult Hip Fracture17 Blunt Soft Tissue Neck Trauma18 Occult Scaphoid Fractures19 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma20 Penetrating Trauma to the Extremity and Vascular Injuries Section 3: Cardiology 21 Heart Failure 22 Syncope23 Acute Coronary Syndrome 24-
"The purpose of this book is to present relevant questions on diagnostic testing that arise in everyday emergency medicine practice and to comment on the best available evidence"--Provided by publisher..
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