Emergency Medicine

INDEX

523

Mental Health Act and involuntary
detention 443, 444
mental state examination 438–9
see also Mini-Mental State
Examination
mesenteric infarction 266
metabolic acidosis 124, 125, 126, 126–8
metabolic alkalosis 124, 125, 126, 127,
128–9
metabolic causes
abdominal pain 273
asystole or pulseless electrical activity
9–10
confusion 82
metacarpal injuries 297–8
thumb 295–6
metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of
thumb 297
metatarsal injuries 314–15
methylprednisolone
infusion guidelines 37
spinal cord injury 228–9
microangiopathic thrombosis, elapid
snake venom 192
midazolam, infusion guidelines 37
middle ear
barotrauma 210, 211
infections (otitis media) 105, 399
mid-face fractures 222, 433
mid-tarsal dislocations 314
migraine 102–4
Milch technique 279
Mini-Mental State Examination,
confusion in 82, 83–4
miotic agents 410, 422
miscarriage, spontaneous 381–3
monoarthropathy, acute 104
mononucleosis, infectious (glandular
fever) 117, 404
Monteggia fracture 288
morning-after pill 390
morphine
infusion guidelines 37
non-ST elevation MI 49
ST elevation MI 46
motor neurone lesions 400–1
motor response in Glasgow Coma Scale
30
motor weakness/loss

in lower limbs 331

in upper limbs 225

mouth (oral cavity)

non-traumatic conditions 434–5

trauma 224, 428–33

MRC scale of muscle weakness 224

multiple injuries 218–47

late pregnancy 387–8

multiple sclerosis, optic neuritis 425

mumps 434

Münchausen’s syndrome 274

muscarinic effects of organophosphates

187

muscle

toxicity of elapid snake venom 193

weakness in cervical spine injury 225

muscle-contraction headache 104

musculoskeletal system 275–333

disorders (in general)

chest pain 48, 60

falls in elderly 120

injuries (orthopaedic injuries) 275–

316

in multiple trauma 244–7

Mycobacterium tuberculosis 155–6

mydriatic agents 410

myocardium

contractility, calcium-channel blocker

adverse effects 183

contusion 233–4

infarction 44–51

non-ST elevation 48–51

ST elevation 44–7

ischaemia, cocaine-related 187

myotomes

lower limbs 331

upper limbs 225

myotoxicity, elapid snake venom 193

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) 170, 171–2

nail injuries (finger) 299

naloxone

infusion guidelines 37

poisoning (in general) 167–8

opioids 176–7

narrow-complex supraventricular

tachycardia 63

nasal problems see nose

nasogastric tube (NGT) 486–7