This book serves as a tool for general psychiatrists, medical students, residents, and fellows looking for a clinically relevant and high-yield overview of addiction psychiatry in preparation for their board exams - or for everyday clinical practice. Written by expert educators in addiction psychiatry, the text is organized by substances misused and populations affected. This book serves as both a primary learning tool for those new to the field, as well as a reference for those working in addiction treatment. Each chapter begins with summaries of high yield clinical pearls, followed by general information including treatment, and then ends with accompanying board-style review questions. The scope includes understanding substances of misuse and substance use disorders (SUDs), how to evaluate, diagnose, and monitor SUDs, how to treat SUDs both pharmacologically and behaviorally, and critical information for specific populations of patients. Absolute Addiction Psychiatry for Clinical Practice and Review is an excellent resource for all medical students, residents, fellows, and professionals taking certification exams in addiction, including those in psychiatry, addiction medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine, pain medicine, and others. The chapter "Laboratory Testing for Substance Use Disorders" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

des Prasidenten der Europaischen Gesellschaft der Entgiftungszentralen R. GouLDING Throughout the world hundreds of international medical meetings are held every year. The quality of the papers so presented varies enormously. The cynic might comment that many of them are scarcely worthy of utterance and less still of publication. Equally, the discussion sessions are seldom of such excellence that they bear recording. Indeed, many will aver that the only worthwhile purpose served by any of these meetings is the opportunity they present for social and in formal contact. No such strictures could be veritably applied to the proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of the European Association of Poison Control Centres held in Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany, in 1972. The participants were by no means confined to membership of the Association, nor to those domiciled in Europe. Visitors from further afield, notably from North America, attended in large numbers and contributed actively to the exchange of views, medical and scientific. All the more reason, therefore, that what was said then in the various sessions at Mainz should be printed and circulated first, as a permanent record and, second, for the benefit and delight of a wider circle of readers than the com paratively few interested workers who could be present in Mainz in person. Our gratitude is due to Dr."

Diagnosis and management of infectious disease are among the most common and challenging aspects of emergency practice. Ranging from surgical treatment of a minor skin abscess to recognition of a rare tropical disease in a returning traveler to rapid resuscitation of a patient in septic shock, these problems will be familiar to every practicing acute care provider. Written by both infectious disease experts and practicing emergency physicians, this book is designed specifically for the acute care provider. It covers the most important pathogens and the most common clinical syndromes, organized by system and by special patient populations. The book features a comprehensive narrative, as well as high-yield tables covering key points on diagnosis and treatment. High quality color photographs assist with visual diagnosis. This book provides an invaluable resource for every practicing clinician who confronts the spectrum of infectious disease in the acute care setting.

Any general practitioner, pediatrician, or emergency physician will appreciate the easy-to-read, accessible information available in this book which will assist the health care practitioner in managing the acute care of abused patients. It is not intended to be an exhaustive study of each topic, but a quick reference and practical guide for those in the clinical arena who see such patients. Covering a wide range of the abuse that a health care practitioner may see from domestic violence and child abuse to trafficking and torture, topics which are not commonly included in textbooks, it also discusses the cultural influences on managing and investigating abuse. Each chapter has goals and objectives to maximize educational reading on the topic, photographs and tables to assist the clinician, legal aspects of the emergency situation, and quick reference pages to assist the practitioner dealing with an abused patient in an emergency.

Im Jahre 1954 veroeffentlichten SHAW und Mitarbeiter in Australien [147] die Entdeckung einer auffallenden barbituratantagonistischen Wirkung des ss, ss- Methylathylglutarsaureimids. Das ist eine Substanz, die inzwischen auch als NP 13 und unter verschiedenen anderen Namen (Bemegride, Eukraton, Malysol und Megimide) Eingang in die Medizin gefunden hat. Wir verwenden im fol- genden die Bezeichnung Bemegrid. Die Synthese dieses Stoffes, der chemisch auch als 4.4-Methylathyl-2.6-dioxo- piperidin aufgefasst werden kann, war zwar seit langem bekannt (THOLE und THORPE, 1911 [164]), von seinen pharmakologischen Eigenschaften ist jedoch in fruheren Untersuchungen nur eine krampferzeugende Wirkung festgestellt worden (BENICA und WILSON [7]). Um die Rolle besser verstandlich zu machen, die Bemegrid seit der Entdeckung von SHAW und Mitarbeitern in Pharmakologie und Klinik der Schlafmittel- vergiftungen gespielt hat, wollen wir die ersten Ergebnisse der tierexperimentellen und klinischen Untersuchungen in ihren wesentlichen Punkten auffuhren. Die neue Substanz zeigte an Mausen, Ratten, Kaninchen, Katzen und Hunden in tiefer Narkose mit verschiedenen kurz- und langwirkenden Barbituraten (Thiopental, Pentobarbital, Phenobarbital und Barbital) bei enteraler und parente- raler Zufuhr deutliche Narkoseverkurzung und - ausgenommen bei Katzen- auch Weckwirkung. An Kaninchen in toedlicher Thiopentalvergiftung hatte Bemegrid lebens rettende Wirkung. Die Atmung von Katzen und Kaninchen, die unter der Narkose vermindert war, wurde durch Bemegrid wieder gesteigert.

Over three decades ago, PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support transformed the assessment and management of trauma patients in the field. Throughout the years and across the globe, the PHTLS course has improved the quality of trauma patient care and has saved lives. The ninth edition of this trusted and reliable resource continues the PHTLS mission to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care through global education. This legendary program was first developed by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) in the early 1980s in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT). Its medical content is continuously revised and updated to reflect current, evidence-based knowledge and practice. PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that EMS practitioners make the best decisions on behalf of their patients when given a solid foundation of knowledge and key principles to fuel their critical-thinking skills. A Clear Approach to Assessing a Trauma Patient In the field, seconds count. PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support, Ninth Edition teaches and reinforces the principles of rapidly assessing a trauma patient using an orderly approach, immediately treating life-threatening problems as they are identified, and minimizing any delays in initiating transport to an appropriate destination. The PHTLS Course Manual reinforces the content presented in the PHTLS course. This concise, accessible 10-lesson resource covers and expands upon the content presented in the lesson presentations. Dynamic Technology Solutions World-class content joins instructionally sound design with a user-friendly online interface to give instructors and students a truly interactive and engaging learning experience with: * eBook of the PHTLS Textbook, the encyclopedia of trauma which details the science behind the best practices of trauma assessment and management