Semiology in Emergencies — Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

Clinical assessment · Clinical Bases

How it begins

An exhaustive and systematic analysis of the physical signs, pathophysiological bases, semiological maneuvers and differential diagnosis algorithms in the critically ill patient, structured according to contemporary clinical guidelines for emergency medicine.

What it covers

1. Evaluation and Diagnosis in Emergencies
2. Triage Physiology and Initial Evaluation
3. · The Pathophysiology of Acute Stress and its Semiological Expression
4. · Structured Triage Systems: Manchester and ESI
5. Primary Assessment (A-B-C-D-E)
6. · Semiological Evaluation of the Vital Links
7. Acute Chest Pain
8. · Pathophysiology of Chest Pain: Visceral vs. Somatic
9. · Semiology of Life-Risk Thoracic Emergencies
10. Acute Dyspnea and Respiratory Failure
11. · Pathophysiology of Dyspnea
12. · Physical Examination of the Patient with Acute Dyspnea
13. The Acute Surgical and Medical Abdomen
14. · Pathophysiology of Abdominal Nociception
15. · Semiotics of Inspection, Auscultation and Percussion
16. · Semiology of Palpation: Signs of Peritoneal Irritation
17. States of Shock and Systemic Hypoperfusion
18. · Evaluation of Clinical Windows of Tissue Perfusion
19. · Physiopathological and Semiological Classification of Shock States
20. Syncope, Stupor and Coma
21. · Semiological Examination of the Patient in a Coma
22. Neurological Focus and Acute Stroke
23. · Vascular Anatomy and Semiological Expression of Ischemic Stroke
24. · Specific Semiology of Hemorrhagic Stroke
25. Sepsis and Severe Infectious Focus
26. · Pathophysiology of Sepsis: The Endothelium as a Target Organ
27. · The Quick Assessment at the Bedside: qSOFA (Quick SOFA)
28. · Semiology of High Risk Infectious Foci
29. Endocrinometabolic emergencies
30. · Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) vs. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS)
31. · Thyroid Storm and Myxematous Coma
32. · Acute Adrenal Crisis (Acute Adrenal Insufficiency)
33. Toxidromes and Acute Intoxications
34. · Comparative Semiology of the Main Toxidromes
35. · Serotonin Syndrome (SS) vs. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
36. Environmental Emergencies and Clinical Scales
37. · Heat Stroke vs. Heat Exhaustion
38. · Pathophysiology of Systemic Anaphylaxis
39. · Compendium of Clinical Scales and Semiology of Severity in Emergencies