The Purpose Of This Book Is To Present Relevant Questions On Diagnostic Testing That Arise In Everyday Emergency Medicine Practice And To Comment On The Best Available Evidence--provided By Publisher. Machine Generated Contents Note: About The Authors--foreword: Jeffrey Kline--preface To Second Edition--section 1: The Science Of Diagnostic Testing And Clinical Decision Rules--1 Diagnostic Testing In Emergency Care--2 Evidence-based Emergency Care: The Process-3 The Epidemiology And Statistics Of Diagnostic Testing--4 Clinical Decision Rules--5 Appropriate Testing In An Era Of Limited Resources: Practice And Policy Considerations--6 Understanding Bias In Diagnostic Research--section 2: Trauma--7 Cervical Spine Fractures--8 Cervical Spine Fractures In Children--9 Cervical Spine Fractures Older Adults--10 Blunt Abdominal Trauma--11 Acute Knee Injuries--12 Acute Ankle And Foot Injuries--13 Blunt Head Injury In Children--14 Blunt Head Injury--15 Blunt Chest Trauma--16 Occult Hip Fracture--17 Blunt Soft Tissue Neck Trauma--18 Occult Scaphoid Fractures--19 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma--20 Penetrating Trauma To The Extremity And Vascular Injuries--section 3: Cardiology--21 Heart Failure--22 Syncope--23 Acute Coronary Syndrome-- 24 Palpitations--section 4: Infectious Disease--25 Bacterial Meningitis In Children--26 Serious Baterial Infections In Children Aged One To Three Months--27 Necrotizing Fasciitis--28 Infective Endocarditis--29 Pharyngitis--30 Rhinosinusitis--31 Pneumonia--32 Urinary Tract Infection--33 Sepsis--34 Septic Arthritis--35 Osteomyelitis--36 Sexually Transmitted Diseases--37 Influenza--38 Pediatric Fever--section 5: Surgical And Abdominal Complaints--39 Acute, Non-specific, Non-traumatic Abdominal Pain--40 Small Bowel Obstruction--41 Acute Pancreatitis--42 Acute Appendicitis--43 Acute Cholecystitis--44 Aortic Emergencies--45 Ovarian Torsion--section 6: Urology--46 Nephrolithiasis--47 Testicular Torsion--section 7: Neurology--48 Non-traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage--49 Acute Stroke--50 Transient Ischemic Attack--51 Seizure Section--8: Miscellaneous: Ophthamology, Hematology, Rheumatology, And Pulmonology--52 Venous Thromboemoblism--53 Temporal Arteritis--54 Intraocular Pressure--55 Asthma--56 Non-traumatic Back Pain--57 Intravascular Volume Status--58 Geriatric Syndromes--index. Jesse M. Pines ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.