Summary Medical Emergencies Guidebook

Medical
Emergencies
Guidebook
First Edition
2007




Edited by:
Hasan Abu-Aisha
Elwaleed Ali Mohamed Elhassan




Original Copyright © 2007. All Rights Reserved at the Academic Office
of the President of National Ribat University. Khartoum. Sudan

,National Library Cataloging - Sudan
616.252 Hasan Abu-Aisha
Medical Emergencies Guidebook /
Hasan Abu Aisha,Elwaleed Ali Mohamed Elhassan
1st edition

ISBN: 978 - 99942 - 862 - 4
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B .Elwaleed Ali Mohamed Elhassan - 1st edition

, Medical
Emergencies
Guidebook

First Edition
2007



Editors:
Hasan Abu-Aisha FRCP (Chief Editor)
Professor of Medicine
Consultant Physician and Nephrologist
National Ribat University Hospital
President, the National Ribat University

Elwaleed Ali Mohamed Elhassan MACP, ABIM
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum
Director, Ribat Center for Regular Peritoneal Dialysis
Researcher, Academic Office of the President of the National Ribat
University

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Table of Contents
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Section Editors: 8
Previous Contributors 9
List of Abbreviations Used in This Guidebook 10
Approach to Common Emergency Symptoms 14
Chest Pain 16
Acute Fever 18
Approach to Medical Causes of Acute Abdominal Pain 28
Various General Medical Emergencies 34
Shock 36
Coma 41
Cardiovascular Emergencies 48
Acute Coronary Syndromes 50
Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema 54
Cardiogenic Shock 55
Endocrine Emergencies 60
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) 62
Diabetic Lactic Acidosis 66
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State 67
Hypoglycemia 71
Addisonian Crisis 72
Myxedema Coma 73
Thyroid Storm 75
Pituitary Apoplexy 77
Gastro-intestinal Emergencies 78
Acute Diarrhea In Adults 80
Upper Gastro-intestinal Hemorrhage 84
Treatment of Bleeding Esophageal Varices 90
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 100