Acknowledgements
First and foremost, this book would not have been possible without the hard work of each chapter contributor. We are also grateful for the dedication of the Senior Editorial Board and for all of the reviews and advice that they provided.
We are appreciative of Professor Deborah Gill for her thoughtful oversight and helpful suggestions over the course of writing this book.
We are of course indebted to the wonderful team at Oxford University Press. We are grateful to each of the project managers that we have been fortunate to work with including Sam Callard, Mark Knowles, Fiona Sutherland, and most recently Sylvia Warren.
Most of all we would like to thank our commissioning editors Elizabeth Reeve and Geraldine Jeffers, who have provided us with their wealth of expert experience and have guided every step of this project to fruition. They have been a pleasure to work with and we are grateful for their support. As a brand-new concept which took time to perfect, this book has been a long time in the making, so finally, we would like to acknowledge all the ‘OCG babies’born to the team since the start of this process, Tessa, Aurora, and Gidon!
Index of emergency topics
Section editors
Contributors
Symbols and abbreviations
Part 1 Cardiology
Acute coronary syndromes
Acute heart failure
Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation
Atrial fibrillation
Chronic heart failure
Hypertension
Pericardial diseases
Stable
Transient loss of consciousness
Part 2 Care of
Diabetic
Hypercalcaemia
Hyperglycaemia
Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome
Hyperthyroidism
Hypocalcaemia
Hypoglycaemia
Hyponatraemia
Hypothyroidism
Osteoporosis
Part 4 Gastrointestinal
Acute
Coeliac
Part 6 Mental health
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Eating disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Psychosis and schizophrenia
Self-harm
Violence and aggression
Part 7 Nephrology
Acute kidney injury
Chronic
Hyperkalaemia
Part 8 Neurology
Acute encephalitis
Epilepsy
Headache Meningitis
Stroke
Part 9 Obstetrics and gynaecology
Antenatal care
Antepartum haemorrhage
Diabetes in pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage
Hypertension in pregnancy
Intrapartum care
Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Pelvic organ prolapse in women
Postpartum haemorrhage
Sepsis in and following pregnancy
Thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy and the postnatal period
Urinary incontinence in women
Part 10 Paediatrics
Child
Fever
Neonatal
Paediatric
Paediatric bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia
Paediatric bronchiolitis
Paediatric
Paediatric type 1 diabetes
Paediatric urinary tract infections
Part 11 Respiratory
Acute oxygen therapy
Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pleural effusion
Pneumonia
Part 12 Rheumatology and musculoskeletal
Giant cell arteritis
Gout
Hot swollen joint
Low back pain and sciatica
Osteoarthritis
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spondyloarthritis
Care of dying adults in the last days of life
Intravenous fluid therapy
Lower urinary tract symptoms in men
Malaria
Venous thromboembolic diseases
Part 15 Cancer guidelines
Brain and central nervous system cancers
Breast cancer
Childhood cancers
Gynaecological cancers
Haematological cancers
Head and neck cancers
Lower gastrointestinal cancers
Lung cancer Sarcomas
Skin cancers
Upper gastrointestinal cancers
Urological cancers
Part 16 Professional guidelines
17 Resuscitation
Advanced life support
Anaphylaxis and drug allergy
Bradycardia
Choking
Major trauma
Neutropenic sepsis
Sepsis
Tachycardia
Index
A-Zof all conditions
Acute coronary syndromes
Acute encephalitis
Acute heart failure
Acute kidney injury
Acute liver failure
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding and variceal bleeding
Adrenal insufficiency
Advanced life support
Alcohol-related liver disease
Alcohol use disorders
Anaphylaxis and drug allergy
Antenatal care
Antepartum haemorrhage
Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation
Asthma
Atrial fibrillation
Bipolar disorder
Bradycardia
Brain and central nervous system cancers
Breast cancer
Child maltreatment
Childhood cancers
Choking
Chronic heart failure
Chronic kidney disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Coeliac disease
Delirium
Dementia
Depression
Diabetes in pregnancy
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Eating disorders
Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage
Epilepsy
Falls
Fever in under 5s
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and dyspepsia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Giant cell arteritis
Gout
Gynaecological cancers
Haematological cancers
Head and neck cancers
Headache
Hip fractures
Hot swollen joint
Hypercalcaemia
Hyperglycaemia
Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome
Hyperkalaemia
Hypertension
Hypertension in pregnancy
Hyperthyroidism
Hypocalcaemia
Hypoglycaemia
Hyponatraemia
Hypothyroidism
Intrapartum care
Irritable bowel syndrome
Liver cirrhosis
Low back pain and sciatica
Lower gastrointestinal cancers
Lower urinary tract symptoms in men
Lung cancer
Major trauma
Malaria
Meningitis
Metastatic spinal cord compression
Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Neonatal infections
Neuropathic pain
Neutropenic sepsis
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Paediatric asthma
Paediatric bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia
Paediatric bronchiolitis
Paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis
Paediatric gastroenteritis
Paediatric type 1 diabetes
Paediatric urinary tract infections
Panic disorder
Parkinson’s disease
Pelvic organ prolapse in women
Pericardial diseases
Pleural effusion
Pneumonia
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Postpartum haemorrhage
Psychosis and schizophrenia
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sarcomas
Self-harm
Sepsis
Sepsis in and following pregnancy
Skin cancers
Spondyloarthritis
Stable angina
Stroke and transient ischaemic attack
Tachycardia
Thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy and the postnatal period
Transient loss of consciousness
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot problems
Ulcerative colitis
Upper gastrointestinal cancers
Urinary incontinence in women
Urological cancers
Venous thromboembolic diseases
Violence and aggression
Acute coronary syndromes
Acute heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Adrenal insufficiency
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Hypercalcaemia
Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome
Hypocalcaemia
Hypoglycaemia
Hyponatraemia
Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding and variceal bleeding
Self-harm
Violence and aggression
Acute kidney injury
Hyperkalaemia
Acute encephalitis
Epilepsy
Meningitis Metastatic
Ectopic
Sepsis
Thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy and the postnatal period
Fever in under 5s
Neonatal infections
Paediatric asthma
Paediatric bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia
Paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis
Asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hot swollen joint
Venous thromboembolic diseases
Advanced life support
Anaphylaxis and drug allergy
Bradycardia
Choking
Major trauma
Neutropenic sepsis
Sepsis
Tachycardia
Section editors
Rachel Ayers
2. Care of the elderly
Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Andrew Baldwin
15. Cancer guidelines
GP Partner, East Sussex, UK
Robin Basu Roy
10. Paediatrics
Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Oliver Brain
4. Gastrointestinal
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
Laura Brown
2. Care of the elderly
Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Chris Carson
Emergency editor
Accident and Emergency Registrar, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Jeremy Cobbold
5. Hepatobiliary
Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Ryan Devlin
6. Mental health
ST5 Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
Andrew Greer
Emergency editor
Specialist in Intensive Care, Barnsley District General Hospital, UK
James Harrison
1. Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Abdullah Jibawi
13. Surgery
Consultant Vascular, Endovascular, and General Surgeon; Academic Instructor to the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Ashford, and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Nigel Lane
14. Miscellaneous
Consultant Physician, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
Suzanne Mason
Emergency editor
Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Kerry Munro
9. Obstetrics and gynaecology
Consultant Obstetrician, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK
Eleana Ntatsaki
12. Rheumatology and musculoskeletal
Consultant Rheumatologist, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University College London, London, UK
William Petchey
7. Nephrology
Consultant Nephrologist, West Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmonds, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Bernard Prendergast
1. Cardiology
Professor of Interventional Cardiology and Valvular Heart Disease, Department of Cardiology, St Thomas’Hospital, London, UK
Rustam Rea
3. Endocrinology
Consultant in Diabetes and Acute Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
David Semple
6. Mental health
Consultant Psychiatrist, University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, and Honorary Fellow, Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, UK
Manjeet Shehmar
9. Obstetrics and gynaecology
Consultant in Gynaecology and Deputy Medical Director, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
Helen Turner
3. Endocrinology and 16. Professional guidelines
Consultant in Endocrinology, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Richard A. Watts
12. Rheumatology and musculoskeletal
Consultant Rheumatologist and Honorary Professor, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK
Alastair Webb
8. Neurology
Consultant Neurologist and Wellcome Trust CRCD Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Stephanie Wittmann
10. Paediatrics
Paediatrician, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
Andrew Zurek
11. Respiratory
Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK
Contributors
Sabrina Ahmed
GP trainee
General Practice, Barking, Havering
Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
London, UK
Anna Maria Albert
Salaried GP
Manor surgery
Oxford, UK
Mohammed Al-Talib
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Renal Medicine
North Bristol NHS Trust
UK
James Andren
Anaesthetic Registrar
University Hospitals Sussex Brighton, UK
Gabriella Bathgate
GP
North Central London CCG
London, UK
Darryl Ethan Bernstein
Core Surgical Trainee in Urology
East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
UK
George Blanchard
Specialist Registrar in Adult and Old Age Psychiatry
Mental Health Services for Older People Barnet
Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
UK
Harriet Blundell
General Medicine Registrar
St Bernard’s Hospital
Gibraltar
Laura Brodie
Registered Medical Practitioner
Centre for Health and Disability Assessments
Maximus, Newcastle Upon Tyne
UK
Benjamin Bussmann
Cardiology Registrar
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Reading, UK
Stephanie Mei Yann Choo
Specialist Registrar in Renal Medicine
Hull Royal Infirmary
West Yorkshire, UK
Georgina Clark
Registrar
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
West Suffolk Hospital
Suffolk, UK
Ben Coombs
Specialty registrar in anaesthetics & intensive care medicine
Royal Air Force
Oxford, UK
John Creamer
Gastroenterology Registrar
Southmead Hospital
Bristol, UK
Angharad Everden
ST3 Haematology Registrar
Royal Cornwall Hospital
NHS Trust
David Fisher
Specialist in Internal Medicine
Clalit Healthcare Services
Israel
Harriet Gardner
ST3 in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough, UK
Alison Hare
Core Trainee
Anaesthetics, Aneurin Bevan
University Health Board
Wales
Vanessa Jessop
Adam Maxwell Internal Medicine Trainee Year 3
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
UK
Georgios Karagiannis
Consultant Cardiologist
Department of Transplant
Harefield Hospital
London, UK
Thomas McCabe
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Kilmarnock, UK
School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, UK
Clemency Nye
Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
University Hospital Wales
Cardiff, UK
Sarah Orr
Psychiatric Higher Trainee
South West Yorkshire Partnership
Tom Owens
ST4 in Emergency Medicine
Barts Health NHS Trust
London, UK
Bina Patel
Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology
Addenbrookes Hospital
Cambridge, UK
Catharine Pearce
Speciality Training Registrar in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Devon, UK
Shervin Poladi
Royal Brompton and Harefield
NHS UK
Emma Shephard
Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Torbay Hospital
Devon, UK
Prabhsimran Singh
Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology
Hull University Teaching Hospitals
Hull, UK
Yasmin Smith
Obstetrics & Gynaecology Registrar
South West Deanery
Matthew Sutton
Anaesthetic Registrar
James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough, UK
Elizabeth Tan
ST3 in Geriatric Medicine
North West London Deanery
Dinta Thakkar
General Practitioner and Health Tech Clinical Lead
Leicester, UK
Ashwini Virgincar
Anaesthetic Registrar
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
London, UK
Rebecca Webb-Mitchell
Cardiology Registrar
South Tyneside and Sunderland
NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Nicola West
GP ST3
West Midlands Deanery
UK
Samantha Williamson
Paediatric ST5 Doctor
North West Deanery
England
Liora Wittner
Resident in Family Medicine
Clalit Healthcare Services
Israel
Emily Yeung
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
QE Hospital
UK
Symbols and abbreviations
> greater than
≥ greater than or equal to
< less than ≤ less than or equal to
decreased ↑ increased
↔ normal red flag
± with or without
2WW 2-week wait
4AT 4 ‘A’s Test
5-ASA 5-aminosalicyclic acid
ABCDE Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, and Exposure
ABG arterial blood gas
ABPM ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme
ACR albumin:creatinine ratio
ACS acute coronary syndrome
ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone
AED antiepileptic drug
AF atrial fibrillation
AHT antihypertensive treatment
AKI acute kidney injury
ALF acute liver failure
ALP alkaline phosphatase
ALS advanced life support
ALT alanine aminotransferase
AMTS Abbreviated Mental Test Score
ANA antinuclear antibody
ANCA antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
AP anteroposterior
APH antepartum haemorrhage
APTT activated partial thromboplastin time
ARB angiotensin receptor blocker
ArLD alcohol-related liver disease
AS aortic stenosis
ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists
AST aspartate aminotransferase
AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
AV atrioventricular
AVPU Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
BD twice daily (bis die)
βHCG beta-human chorionic gonadotropin
BMD bone mineral density
BMI body mass index
BNF British National Formulary
BNP B-type natriuretic peptide
BPE benign prostatic enlargement
BPPV benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
BSG British Society of Gastroenterology
CABG coronary artery bypass grafting
CAD coronary artery disease
CAM Confusion Assessment Method
CAMHS child and adolescent mental health services
CBG capillary blood glucose
CBT cognitive behavioural therapy
CCP cyclic citrullinated peptide
CD Crohn’s disease
CHF chronic heart failure
CJD Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
CLD chronic liver disease
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease