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Emergency Medicine
Symptoms and Presentations | Diseases | Tests
Treatment | Special Populations | Practice and Administration | Knowledge and Communication

Open-Content Textbook of Emergency Medicine (OCTEM)

This is a Disease Oriented Template - Consider other Templates (to come soon) that are structured in different manners, e.g. a symptom or symdrome Template, to discuss the workup of a severe acute headache, or syncope in a young person.

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Quick Summary[edit | edit source]

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Bullet Summary[edit | edit source]

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Introduction to Current Edition[edit | edit source]

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Historical Aspects[edit | edit source]

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Background[edit | edit source]

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Definition[edit | edit source]

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Pathophysiology / Etiology[edit | edit source]

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Epidemiology[edit | edit source]

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Risk factors[edit | edit source]

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Morbidity and Mortality[edit | edit source]

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ED Presentations[edit | edit source]

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Diagnosis[edit | edit source]

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Symptoms (with LRs)[edit | edit source]

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Signs (with LRs)[edit | edit source]

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Investigations (with LRs)[edit | edit source]

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Lab[edit | edit source]

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Imaging[edit | edit source]

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Bedside[edit | edit source]

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Invasive[edit | edit source]

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Other[edit | edit source]

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Consultations[edit | edit source]

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Differentials[edit | edit source]

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Complications[edit | edit source]

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Therapy, with indications and evidence[edit | edit source]

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Prehospital[edit | edit source]

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ABCs[edit | edit source]

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Medication[edit | edit source]

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Procedures[edit | edit source]

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Disposition[edit | edit source]

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Admission criteria[edit | edit source]

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Type of admission[edit | edit source]

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Discharge (criteria)[edit | edit source]

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Follow-up (with timing)[edit | edit source]

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Prognosis[edit | edit source]

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Cost and impact of care[edit | edit source]

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Patient Education Leaflet[edit | edit source]

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Evidence Based Medicine[edit | edit source]

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Controversies and Consensus[edit | edit source]

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Changes in practice[edit | edit source]

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Pitfalls[edit | edit source]

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Common questions on examinations[edit | edit source]

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Table Summaries[edit | edit source]

Name Effect Games Found In
Pokeball Regular Pokeball All Versions
Great Ball Better than a Pokeball All Versions
Ultra Ball Better than a Great Ball All Versions
Master Ball Catches any Pokémon without fail. All Versions

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