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· New chapters!o Urgent Care Medicine: the past, present, and futureo Head and Neck Traumao Chest and Abdominal Traumao Toxicologyo General concepts in Diagnostic Imaging
I General Concepts in Urgent Care Medicine CHAPTER 1 URGENT CARE MEDICINE: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CHAPTER 2 THE BUSINESS OF URGENT CARE CHAPTER 3 OFFICE EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CHAPTER 4 ADULT EMERGENCIES PRESENTING TO URGENT CARE CENTERS CHAPTER 5 PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES PRESENTING TO URGENT CARE CENTERS II Adult Urgent Care Medicine CHAPTER 6 HEADACHE AND NEUROLOGIC COMPLAINTS CHAPTER 7 RED EYE, EYE PAIN, AND VISION LOSS CHAPTER 8 EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT CHAPTER 9 DENTAL AND MOUTH PAIN CHAPTER 10 COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND CHEST PAIN CHAPTER 11 ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND DIARRHEA CHAPTER 12 GENITOURINARY COMPLAINTS CHAPTER 13 GYNECOLOGIC COMPLAINTS CHAPTER 14 RASHES AND SKIN INFECTIONS CHAPTER 15 HEAD AND NECK TRAUMA CHAPTER 16 CHEST AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMA CHAPTER 17 MUSCULOSKELETAL PRESENTATIONS CHAPTER 18 INFECTIOUS DISEASE ISSUES III Pediatric Urgent Care Medicine CHAPTER 19 FEVER CHAPTER 20 HEADACHE CHAPTER 21 EYE COMPLAINTS CHAPTER 22 EAR PAIN, NASAL CONGESTION, AND SORE THROAT CHAPTER 23 NECK PAIN AND MASSES CHAPTER 24 COUGH CHAPTER 25 CHEST PAIN CHAPTER 26 ABDOMINAL PAIN CHAPTER 27 NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, AND DEHYDRATION CHAPTER 28 URINARY AND UROLOGIC COMPLAINTS CHAPTER 29 VAGINAL COMPLAINTS CHAPTER 30 SKIN RASHES AND INFECTIONS CHAPTER 31 LIMP CHAPTER 32 HEAD AND NECK TRAUMA CHAPTER 33 CHEST AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMA CHAPTER 34 EXTREMITY TRAUMA CHAPTER 35 COMMON NEWBORN COMPLAINTS IV Sports-Related Complaints CHAPTER 36 CONCUSSION CHAPTER 37 ACUTE NECK PAIN CHAPTER 38 ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN CHAPTER 39 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE SPRAINS AND STRAINS CHAPTER 40 OVERUSE APOPHYSEAL INJURIES CHAPTER 41 THE ACUTELY INJURED SHOULDER CHAPTER 42 FOOSH (FALL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND) INJURIES CHAPTER 43 ACUTE FINGER AND WRIST INJURIES CHAPTER 44 THE ACUTELY SWOLLEN KNEE CHAPTER 45 THE ACUTELY LIMPING CHILD CHAPTER 46 ANKLE SPRAINS CHAPTER 47 ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES CHAPTER 48 ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE ATHLETE CHAPTER 49 WHEN TO IMAGE FOR SPORTS-RELATED COMPLAINTS V Procedures CHAPTER 50 WOUND ASSESSMENT, BURNS, AND ANIMAL BITES CHAPTER 51 LACERATION REPAIR CHAPTER 52 FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION REDUCTIONS CHAPTER 53 SPLINTING AND CASTING CHAPTER 54 ABSCESS INCISION AND DRAINAGE CHAPTER 55 FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL CHAPTER 56 DENTAL AND ORAL COMPLAINTS AND PROCEDURES CHAPTER 57 ANALGESIA AND SEDATION VI Miscellaneous CHAPTER 58 MENTAL HEALTH URGENCIES CHAPTER 59 TOXICOLOGY CHAPTER 60 TRAVEL MEDICINE CHAPTER 61 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING: GENERAL CONCEPTS CHAPTER 62 DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND CHAPTER 63 OBSTETRICAL COMPLAINTS INDEX
