Emergency Pathophysiology Table of Contents Section I General Principles 1: CELL PHYSIOLOGY 3 2: BODY FLUIDS AND FLUID THERAPY 11 3: OXYGEN TRANSPORT 21 4: THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 29 5: PHARMACOKINETICS 37 Section II Respiratory Pathophysiology 6: PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 45 7: ASTHMA 59 8: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE 71 9: PULMONARY EMBOLISM 79 Section III Cardiovascular Pathophysiology 10: BASIC CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY 89 11: CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS 101 12: ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES I: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE 113 13: ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES II: ANGINA 119 14: ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES III: ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 129 15: HEART FAILURE 149 16: HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCIES AND URGENCIES 169 Section IV Shock 17: HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK 185 18: ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK 197 19: SEPTIC SHOCK 205 Section V Endocrine Disorders 20: DIABETIC EMERGENCIES 219 21: ADRENAL AND THYROID EMERGENCIES 233 Section VI Gastrointestinal Emergencies 22: THE ACUTE ABDOMEN 249 23: GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING 261 Section VII Infectious Diseases 24: PNEUMONIA 271 25: INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES 283 Section VIII Neurological Disorders 26: ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION 303 27: STATUS EPILEPTICUS 319 28: NEUROLOGICAL TRAUMA 329 Section IX Environmental Emergencies 29: HYPOTHERMIA 351 30: HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION 361 Appendices I: PHARMACOLOGY OF RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION 373 II: ESSENTIALS OF 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH INTERPRETATION 383 III: ESSENTIALS OF ACID-BASE INTERPRETATION 391 Index 397 ©2005 Teton NewMedia, Inc.
