Emergency Medicine

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INDEX

dehydrated child 360
National Poisons Information Service
169, 367
nausea, acute abdomen 258
neck
cervical lymphadenopathy 435
injuries 224–30, 248
wry 327
needle cricothyrotomy 14, 470
needle thoracentesis 471–2
pneumothorax 74
needlestick and sharps incidents 151–3
nematodes (roundworms) 162
neonates (newborns)
pneumonia, children 350
seizures 364
vomiting 357
neoplasms see cancer; tumours
nephritic syndrome 142
nephritis, acute interstitial 142
nerve agents 461
nerve injury
elbow dislocation 285
hand 300
hip dislocation 302, 303
humeral supracondylar fracture 283
neck 229–30
shoulder dislocation (anterior) 278
nerve root irritation, examination for 331
neurocardiogenic syncope 89
neurogenic shock 228
neuroleptic malignant syndrome 204
neurological (cerebral) conditions
acute 87–97
abdominal pain 274
confusion 81–2
falls in elderly 120
headache 97–105
lightning strike 215
pulmonary barotrauma 211
thoracolumbosacral spine injury
245
in HIV disease 154
see also central nervous system
manifestations
neurological examination/assessment
(disability)
head injury 30–1
multiple injury 221

unconscious patient 27

neuromuscular disorders, respiratory

acidosis 129

neurosurgical referral 34

subarachnoid haemorrhage 100

neurotoxicity

chemical agents 461

elapid snake venom 192

neutralization, hydrofluoric acid 190

neutropenia, febrile 146–7

newborns see neonates

nicotinic effects of organophosphates 187

nimodipine, infusion guidelines 37

nitroprusside, infusion guidelines 39

non-accidental (deliberate) injury

to children see children

to self 438–9

non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

48–51

noradrenaline (norepinephrine), infusion

guidelines 37

nose 401–4

non-traumatic conditions 402–4

trauma 224, 401–2

obstetrics see pregnancy

obstructive shock 16, 17

octreotide, infusion guidelines 38

ocular... see eye

oedema

laryngeal see laryngeal oedema

pulmonary 75–6

see also angioedema; papilloedema

oesophagitis 59–60

oesophagus

foreign body impacting in 406

injury incl. rupture 48, 230, 236

varices of, and/or stomach 76, 78

olecranon

bursitis 329

fractures 286–7

ophthalmology see eye

opioids and opiates

addiction 442–3

withdrawal 441

overdose 176–7, 368

optic neuritis 425

oral cavity see mouth

oral contraceptive pill