The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780071496186 ISBN-10: 0071496181 Copyright: 2010 Edition: 3rd Editors: Knoop, Kevin J., Stack, Lawrence B., Storrow, Alan B., Thurman, R. Jason, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 94 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Bhakti Hansoti,  MBchB, MD, Bsc  (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) Description This visual sourcebook for the diagnosis of emergency conditions features over 700 high-quality, full-color photos. Each disease illustration is supplemented by brief paragraphs on diagnosis and clinical features and complemented by a succinct pearls section that highlights the salient points of the disease. This is an excellent study aid, especially for visual learners. Purpose As diagnostic accuracy and prognostic prediction often rely heavily on visual clues, this book is intended to provide a visual diagnostic tool. The efforts of the editors are directed at maximizing this skill. They also strongly believe the visual experience is critical to education in medicine, and that great images are the next best tool to actual bedside exposure. Audience The primary audience includes emergency medicine clinicians, educators, residents, nurses, prehospital caregivers, and medical students who provide emergency and primary care. Features This atlas is perhaps the most comprehensive source of high quality emergency medicine images available. Each chapter is organized into a clinical summary, which includes pertinent differential diagnoses where appropriate, followed by emergency department treatment and disposition, and, finally, pearls. The pearls endeavor to provide relevant facts and tips for diagnosis or unique aspects of a condition that are difficult to find in a typical book. This edition includes four new chapters on tropical medicine, toxicology, airway, and electrocardiography. Assessment This book is outstanding. I used it just before my in-service exam and found it a delightful way to solidify the information with images, which greatly increases the chance of recall. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 1 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 5 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 10 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.