Clinical Guide to Bioweapons and Chemical Agents

The book will assist in the new public health response to the threats from bioterrorism and other public health disease. It combines established principles of disease management protocols with effective differential diagnosis algorithms.

Although no single approach answers all of the challenges confronting our public health system, the book fulfills many of the requirements by providing: - Point-of-care decision support for physicians, other health care workers, and first responders when confronted with suspected public health diseases and conditions; - A common format and lexicon for all persons and entities involved in public health decisions and for ease of real-time data collection; and - A means for mass education of health care professionals and first responders about specific diseases and conditions.

Point-of-care decision support for physicians, other health care workers, and first responders when confronted with suspected public health diseases and conditions A common format and lexicon for all persons and entities involved in public health decisions and for ease of real-time data collection A means for mass education of health care professionals and first responders about specific diseases and conditions

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Terrorist events of the past few years are fundamentally driving the need for enhanced public health protection across the world. Although the issues are complex, one aspect is paramount: new, innovative approaches for early identification and intervention are essential for optimal responses to these dangers.

Clinical Guide to Bioweapons and Chemical Agents is a quick reference for the busy clinician, to assist in the new public health response to the threats from bioterrorism and other public health disease.

Although no single approach answers all of the challenges confronting our public health system, the book fulfills many of the requirements by providing point-of-care decision support for physicians, other health care workers, and first responders when confronted with suspected public health diseases and conditions. Using a simple format and lexicon the book is designed for ease of real-time data collection and as a means for mass education of health care professionals and first responders about specific diseases and conditions. It combines established principles of disease management protocols with effective differential diagnosis algorithms.

The Clinical Guide is written for physicians, emergency medical responders, and other health care professionals for use at the front line, in the Emergency Department, and in the clinic as a first responder's tool of choice.

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Clinical GuideInfections.- Anthrax.- Avian Influenza.- Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever.- Botulism.- Brucellosis.- Campylobacteriosis.- Chickenpox.- Cholera.- Clostridium Perfringens Gastroenteritis.- Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever.- Cryptosporidiosis.- Dengue.- E Coli 0157:h7.- Eastern Equine Encephalitis.- Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever.- Epsilon Toxin Clostridia Perfringens.- Giardiasis.- Glanders.- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.- Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome.- Infectious Hepatitis Acute.- Infectious Mononucleosis.- Influenza.- Lassa Fever.- Legionellosis.- Leptospirosis.- Listeriosis.- Lyme Disease.- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis.- Malaria.- Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever.- Melioidosis.- Meningococcemia.- Monkeypox.- Mumps.- OMSK Hemorrhagic Fever.- Parvovirus B19.- Plague.- Psittacosis.- Q Fever.- Rift Valley Fever.- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.- Rubella Acquired.- Rubeola.- Salmonellosis.- SARS.- Shigellosis.- Smallpox.- Staphylococcus Food Poisoning.- Streptococcal Pharyngitis.- Trichinellosis.- Tularemia.- Typhoid Fever.- Typhus Epidemic.- Typhus Murine.- Typhus Scrub.- Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis.- Viral Gastroenteritis.- Viral Rhinitis.- West Nile Fever.- Western Equine Encephalitis.- Yellow Fever.- Yersiniosis.- Clinical GuidePoisons.- Ammonia Poisoning.- Arsenic Poisoning.- Arsine Poisoning.- Barium Poisoning.- Benzene Poisoning.- Brevetoxin Poisoning.- Bromine Poisoning.- BZ Poisoning.- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.- Chlorine Poisoning.- Colchicine Poisoning.- Cyanide Poisoning.- Digitalis Poisoning.- Elemental Mercury PoisoningAcute.- Ethylene Glycol Poisoning.- Lewisite Poisoning.- Methyl Bromide Poisoning.- Methyl Isocyanate Poisoning.- Nicotine Poisoning.- Opioid Poisoning.- Organophosphate Poisoning.- Osmium TetroxidePoisoning.- Phosgene Poisoning.- Phosphine Poisoning.- Radiation Poisoning.- Ricin Poisoning.- Riot Control Agents Poisoning.- Sarin Poisoning.- Sodium Monofluoroacetate Poisoning.- Sulfuryl Fluoride Poisoning.- Sulfur Mustard Poisoning.- Super Warfarin Poisoning.- Tabun Poisoning.- Tetrodotoxin Poisoning.- Thallium Poisoning.- Trichothecene Poisoning.- VX Poisoning.- Clinical GuideAcute Complications.- Adrenal Failure.- Arthritis.- Congestive Heart Failure.- Corneal Injury.- Dehydration.- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.- Guillain Barré Syndrome.- Hemolytic Anemia.- Hepatic Failure.- Hyperkalemia.- Meningitis/Encephalitis.- Myocarditis.- Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema.- Orchitis.- Osteomyelitis.- Pancreatitis.- Pericarditis.- Pneumonia.- Renal Failure.- Respiratory Failure.- Rhabdomyolysis.- Thrombocytopenia.