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Preface, vii Contributors, ix Section One: General Aspects of Acute Medicine, 1 1 Introduction to Acute Medicine, 3 Glenn Matfin and Nick Murch 2 Clinical reasoning in Acute Medicine, 12 Glenn Matfin 3 Generic capabilities relevant to Acute Medicine, 22 Glenn Matfin 4 Safe prescribing in Acute Medicine, 40 Glenn Matfin 5 The acutely unwell patient, 50 Glenn Matfin 6 Resuscitation, 65 James Piper and Glenn Matfin 7 Enhanced and critical care Acute Medicine, 86 Glenn Matfin 8 Acute medicine in the ambulatory care setting, 100 Glenn Matfin 9 Acute medicine in the home, 104 Daniel Lasserson 10 Effective discharge planning, 107 Glenn Matfin 11 Point-of-care ultrasound in Acute Medicine, 113 Rasha Buhumaid 12 Putting it all together -- managing the acute medical take, 138 James Piper Section Two: Acute Medicine in Special Populations, 145 13 Older persons, 147 Glenn Matfin and Howell Jones 14 Perioperative medicine, 160 Robert Grange, Joshua Griffiths and David Shipway 15 The obstetric woman in the acute setting, 176 Siara Teelucksingh, Emma Page and Anita Banerjee 16 Adolescents and young adults, 194 Glenn Matfin 17 People with learning disabilities, 197 Glenn Matfin 18 Inclusion health, 201 Glenn Matfin 19 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and others (LGBTQ+), 209 Howell Jones and Glenn Matfin 20 People living with HIV, 215 Nadia Ahmed and Robert Miller 21 The poisoned patient, 221 Glenn Matfin 22 Alcohol, drugs and substance abuse, 230 Nick Murch 23 People with diabetes and other hormonal disorders, 245 Glenn Matfin 24 People with neurological disorders, 299 Hani Ben Amer 25 People with mental health issues, 335 James Bolton 26 Acute oncology, 351 Glenn Matfin Section Three: Common Presentations in Acute Medicine, 365 27 Common presentations in Acute Medicine, 367 Glenn Matfin and Aya Akhras Index, 432