Acute Management of Hand Injuries - Softcover

"This well illustrated book provides excellent material for diagnosing hand injuries. It is well referenced and all information is readily accessible, making this ideal for non-specialists who see patients with hand trauma in the acute setting." -- Mark Gonzalez, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Doody Enterprises, Inc. "The book is well organized into many practical sections. The overwhelming strength of this book is that it provides a succinct reference for a broad variety of hand complaints. As a teaching faculty in a busy emergency medicine residency, I consider this a good introductory reference book for my residents. I believe this is a valuable book for its succinctness, its organization, and scope of acute hand complaints... it is affordable, and it should find a welcome place in any emergency department reference library." -- Jeffrey A. Holmes, MD, Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, ME, Annals of Emergency Medicine

Are you a health care provider who encounters patients with hand and wrist problems? Are there times when you wish you had a hand surgeon next to you to help guide you in the right direction? ""Acute Management of Hand Injuries"" is one of the few resources available to address these important problems.""Acute Management of Hand Injuries"" is a concise and user-friendly book for the most common complaints including fractures, dislocations, tendon and nerve injuries, infections, bite injuries, industrial trauma, and burns. This book acts as a 'pocket consultant' to help handle these complaints and provide information for the non-hand specialists who temporize acute hand issues before referring the injured to a specialist.Drs. Andrew Weiland and Rachel S. Rohde have designed ""Acute Management of Hand Injuries"" to provide the most current and up-to-date information on even the smallest hand afflictions. With a section of color images, ""Acute Management of Hand Injuries"" will also serve as a perfect introductory guide for residents and students in orthopedic or plastic surgery programs who will be expected to master these basic principles.Chapter sections include: Mechanism of Injury; Evaluation; Acute Treatment; Definitive Treatment; and, Potential Problems. ""Acute Management of Hand Injuries"" is ideal for physicians, physician assistants, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, residents in general surgery, plastic surgery, and emergency medicine, and all who provide care in emergency room, urgent care, and primary practice settings.