Medical complications in physical medicine and rehabilitation

Medical complications in physical medicine and rehabilitation / editors, Diana D. Cardenas, Thomas M. Hooton.

This book is intended to provide physicians and residents training in physical medicine and rehabilitation with a concise description of common medical complications encountered on an in-patient medical rehabilitation unit or free-standing facility. It will focus on the major diagnostic categories o...

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Other Authors: Cardenas, Diana D., Hooton, Thomas M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Demos Medical Publishing, [2015]
Subjects:
Medical rehabilitation.
Wounds and injuries > Complications.
Wounds and injuries > Rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation.
pardons.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Rehabilitation
Medical rehabilitation
Wounds and injuries > Complications
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Medical Complications by Rehabilitation Diagnostic Categories; Chapter 1: Musculoskeletal Disorders; Total Hip Arthroplasty; Total Knee Arthroplasty; Rehabilitation of TJA; Complications During Acute Rehabilitation; Late Complications; References; Chapter 2: Spinal Cord Injury; Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; Early and Late Medical Complications; Musculoskeletal Complications; Pulmonary Complications; Cardiovascular Complications; Skin Complications; Posttraumatic Syringomyelia; Endocrine Complications; References.
  • Chapter 3: Multiple Trauma and BurnsMultiple Trauma; Burns; Summary; References; Chapter 4: Stroke; Maintenance of Homeostasis; Complications of Immobility; Falls and Fractures/Trauma; Poststroke Pain Syndromes; Depression and Pseudobulbar Affect; Secondary Stroke Prevention; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Traumatic Brain Injury; Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury; Etiology of TBI; Agitation; Posttraumatic Seizures; Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus; Autonomic Storming; Metabolic and Endocrine Disruption Following TBI; Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome; Acute and Chronic Pain.
  • Respiratory ComplicationsDysphagia; References; Chapter 6: Neurological and Rheumatological Disorders; Neurological Disorders; Rheumatologic Disorders; References; Chapter 7: Cancer Rehabilitation; Cancer; Selective Issues in Cancer Rehabilitation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Amputations; Medical Complications in Patients with Amputations; References; Part II: Specific Medical Complications; Chapter 9: Fever; Background; Definitions; Terms Used to Describe Severe Infections; Etiology of Fever; Infectious Causes of Fever; Noninfectious Causes of Fever; Evaluation of the Febrile Patient.
  • Special Considerations Regarding Microbiologic CulturesInterpretation of Microbiologic Cultures; Management; Summary; References; Chapter 10: Acute Chest Pain; History and Physical Examination; Acute Coronary Syndromes; Electrocardiogram (ECG); Chest Radiography; Laboratory Tests; A Stepwise Approach to Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain; References; Chapter 11: Common Laboratory Abnormalities; Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia; Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia; Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia; Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia; Azotemia; Abnormal Liver Function Tests; Bibliography.
  • Chapter 12: Urinary Tract InfectionDefinitions; Epidemiology; Microbiology; Diagnosis; Prevention; Management; Funguria; Summary; References; Chapter 13: Pulmonary Disorders; Obstructive Lung Disease (Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease); Interstitial Lung Disease; Neuromuscular Disease; Post-ICU Care; Pulmonary Complications in Rehabilitation; Pneumonia; References; Chapter 14: Osteomyelitis; Classification; Diagnosis; Microbiology; Treatment; Summary; References; Chapter 15: Clostridium Difficile Colitis; Antibiotic-AssociatedDiarrhea.

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