Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Wound Care

1987; BMJ; Volume: 4; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/emj.4.4.242

ISSN

1472-0213

Autores

A P Wetherall,

Tópico(s)

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management

Resumo

they merited inclusion (the description of ring removal being an example).Some editorial comments would be unlikely to find their way into a review produced on this side of the Atlantic: the update on red cell substitutes is described as 'close, but no cigar', and intensive care scoring systems being likened to 'cookbook medicine'!Overall, the standard of papers is high, although there is no indication as to the criteria used for choosing the articles.Within the chapters, there are groups of articles around a few common themes, for example, asthma, external cardiac pacing and cervical spine injuries, but most other topics have one or two selections only, thus wisely avoiding the tendency towards becoming a textbook.This approach allows the editors to produce a real pot-pourri reflecting the great diversity of the specialty.This ranges from the very frontiers of laboratory research, for example, cerebral protection, through topic reviews and clinical trials to the borders of esoterica, including the use of hypnosis in the emergency room, the hazards of plastic diapers and the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of appendicitis.At £37.50 for the 297 pages of text this will not fall within every individual's budget.However, I can strongly recommend it for any back-pay residuals and the 1987 Year Book certainly should, with its predecessors, find a place in every departmental library, especially those involved in accident and emergency career training.Any chance of steering departmental or hospital library funds in this direction should be exploited.Although the vast majority of papers are from the United States, the paradox is that this book should have more appeal to readers on this side of the pond, particularly those who do not normally have access to the American journals.Another aspect which will appeal to the UK readership is the virtual absence of papers of relevance only to indigenous Americans.Although the final section of emergency medical services systems includes papers on malpractice and free standing emergency centres (likened to fast food medicine), these offer an interesting insight into American practice.Even the article on rattlesnake envenomation could come in useful one day!In summary, the authors are to be congratulated on producing an excellent and stimulating collection.For the first time since The Bourne Supremacy (Ludlum R.),

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