Musculoskeletal emergencies / [edited by] Bruce D. Browner, Robert Fuller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

General Principles of Initial Care -- Radiographic Imaging -- Infections Involving the Musculoskeletal System -- Analgesia, Conscious Sedation, Regional Blocks, and Anesthesia -- Analgesia, Conscious Sedation, Regional Blocks, and Anesthesia -- Perioperative Assessment -- Pregnancy -- Spine -- Shoulder -- Elbow and Distal Humerus -- Wrist and Forearm -- Hand and Digits -- Hip and Thigh -- Distal Femur, Knee, and Patella -- Ankle -- Foot -- Pelvis -- Introduction to Pediatric Trauma -- Pediatric Pathologic Fractures --Pediatric Shoulder and Humeral Shaft -- Pediatric Elbow -- Pediatric Forearm and Distal Radius and Ulna Fractures -- Pediatric Hand Injuries -- Pediatric Cervical Spine Fractures -- Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures -- Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures -- Pediatric Fractures and Dislocations of the Hip -- Pediatric Femur -- Fractures of the Pediatric Knee -- Pediatric Tibia and Fibular Shaft and Ankle Fractures -- Pediatric Foot -- Appendix Administrative and Regulatory Issues Relating to Emergency Department Management of Musculoskeletal Emergencies.

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