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INDEX

foot 315
hand 298–9
Phalen’s test 330
pharyngeal foreign body 405–6
phenobarbitone (phenobarbital), infusion
guidelines 38
phenytoin, infusion guidelines 38
physical restraint 440
pinna (auricle), trauma 396
placenta praevia 384
placental abruption 384, 387, 388
planning, major incident 457
plasminogen activators see streptokinase;
tissue plasminogen activator
plaster (of Paris)
ankle injury 311
Colles’ fracture 292
scaphoid fracture 293
splintage, tibial shaft fracture 309
platelet counts, low (thrombocytopenia)
114–15
pleurisy 59
pneumonia 48
children 350–1
community-acquired 67–71
pneumothorax 48, 72–5
tension 10, 25, 220
traumatic 72, 220, 231
poisoning see toxicology
police 453–4
rape 392
polyarthropathy, acute 108
Portuguese man-of-war 197
post-coital contraception 389–90
post-renal failure 142
postural hypotension 88, 120
potassium
administration
diabetic coma/precoma 79
in hypokalaemia 135
disorders see hyperkalaemia;
hypokalaemia
metabolic alkalosis due to depletion
of 128
potassium-exchange resin 134
pralidoxime 188, 461
precordial thump 2
prednisolone
asthma 66, 67

children 348

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

72

pre-eclampsia 385–6

pregnancy 381–9

bleeding see haemorrhage

drug prescribing 376

ectopic, ruptured 377–8

late-stage conditions 383–9

test 377

pre-patellar bursitis 330

pre-renal failure 142, 143

preschool children see infants and

preschool children

prescribing in pregnancy 376

pretibial laceration 326

primary survey in multiple injury 218

procainamide, infusion guidelines 38

progestogen-only pill

missed 391

morning-after (high-dose

levonorgestrel) 390

propofol, infusion guidelines 38

propranolol

in theophylline poisoning 181

toxicity 182, 368

protein (blood), normal values 504

pruritus 113–14

pseudogout 107

pseudohyponatraemia, factitious 136

psychiatric conditions 437–44

abdominal pain 274

pubic bone injuries 242, 303

pulled elbow 286–7

pulmonary embolus 48, 51–5

pulmonary non-vascular disorders see

lungs

pulp space

dental

infections 434

traumatic exposure 428

finger, infections 325

pulseless electrical activity 8–11

pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT)

7–8

puncture injuries 324–5

see also penetrating injuries

pupils, pinpoint 33

purpuric conditions 114–15