Injury Prevention and Control
Chapter 40 Injury Prevention and Control E. Brooke Lerner and Stephen W. Hargarten Perspective The science of injury control is based on the concept that trauma is like a disease…
Antipsychotics
Chapter 161 Antipsychotics Mary A. Wittler and Eric J. Lavonas Perspective The first antipsychotic, chlorpromazine, was used for the treatment of psychosis in France in 1951 and in the United…
Somatoform Disorders
Chapter 113 Somatoform Disorders Adria Ottoboni Winter Perspective Patients occasionally present to the emergency department (ED) with myriad physical symptoms in the absence of signs of physical disease. Whereas some…
Headache Disorders
Chapter 103 Headache Disorders* Thomas Kwiatkowski and Benjamin W. Friedman Headache is a common complaint, accounting for approximately 3 million visits to the emergency department (ED) per year in the…
Seizure Disorders
Chapter 102 Seizure Disorders Jason T. McMullan, Evelyn H. Duvivier and Charles V. Pollack, Jr. Perspective A seizure is the clinical manifestation of excessive, abnormal cortical neuron activity. The physical…
Disorders of Hemostasis
Chapter 122 Disorders of Hemostasis Timothy G. Janz and Glenn C. Hamilton Perspective Hemostasis is the process of blood clot formation and represents a coordinated response to vessel injury. It…
Otolaryngology
Chapter 72 Otolaryngology James A. Pfaff and Gregory P. Moore Otitis Media Perspective Background Otitis media (OM) is the most common diagnosis made by U.S. physicians for children younger than…
Substance Abuse
Chapter 186 Substance Abuse Alicia B. Minns and Richard F. Clark Perspective The use and abuse of psychoactive substances are not unique to our country or century. People used hallucinogenic…
Anticholinergics
Chapter 150 Anticholinergics Larissa I. Velez and Sing-Yi Feng Perspective Anticholinergic agents are divided into three main groups: antimuscarinics, affecting the muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors; neuromuscular blockers, blocking nicotinic ACh…
