Cope's early diagnosis of the acute abdomen.
Contributors: Cope, Zachary, 1881-1974.
Edition: 21st ed. / revised by William Silen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780195175455; 9780195175462
Subjects: Acute abdomen -- Diagnosis.; Abdomen, Acute -- diagnosis.; Digestive System Diseases -- diagnosis.
Other titles: Early diagnosis of the acute abdomen
Description: This famous text is much beloved by medical students and physicians-in-training throughout the English-speaking world, as its many editions indicate. It is full of the pearls of clinical wisdom that students and practitioners treasure. The book is widely regarded as "the single best short treatise on acute abdominal pain," to quote one reviewer, and with each edition its wise guidance to dealing with an urgent clinical situation is updated and further honed.
Table of contents: title: The principles of diagnosis in acute abdominal disease; title: Method of diagnosis: the history; title: Method of diagnosis: the examination of the patient; title: Method of diagnosis: the grouping of symptoms and signs; title: Laboratory and radiological tests; title: Appendicitis; title: The differential diagnosis of appendicitis; title: Perforation of a gastric or duodenal ulcer; title: Acute pancreatitis; title: Cholecysitis and other causes of acute pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen; title: Acute abdominal lesions arising in the left hypochondrium; title: The colics; title: Acute intestinal obstruction; title: Intussusception and other causes of obstruction; title: The early diagnosis of strangulated and obstructed hernias; title: Acute abdominal symptoms due to vascular lesions; title: Acute abdominal symptoms in women; title: Early ectopic gestation; title: Acute abdominal disease with genitourinary symptoms; title: The diagnosis of acute peritonitis; title: The early diagnosis of abdominal injuries; title: The postoperative abdomen; title: The acute abdomen in the tropics; title: Diseases that may simulate the acute abdomen; title: Acute abdominal pain in the immunocompromised patient; title: Abdominal catastrophes when sensation in impaired.