AnthonyM83 Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 ERDoc commonly makes reference to emedicine.com I was just wondering how you find your articles within the site. I've noticed there are sometimes multiple articles, like when researching aortic dissection: http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic28.htm http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic2784.htm The second one, while older seems to have more information, such as etiology (which you would think the 1st one under Emergency section would have). Then MedlinePlus lists even more stuff as far as useful signs/symptoms, but less on the scientific background. Also, what actual physical books to you use to reference stuff at work? I was looking through that Tintinalli book and another quick ED survey book while waiting in the ER the other day (until the ED doc abruptly pulled it out of my hands mid-sentence and walked away)...but even that survey book seemed to have stuff not mentioned in the online articles (I was just getting to a part about differences in upper and lower extremities in aortic aneurysms/dissections, for example)...and I'm sure emedicine has stuff not in the book, of course. So, guess really I'm just looking for some good physical references (and figuring out what that book was saying about upper/lower extremities in aortic dissection/aneurysm...cause I'm not finding it in these online resources)
ERDoc Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 When you get multiple articles from emedicine the best thing to do is just look through all of them. Their quality is based on the authors so there is no way to tell you which section has the best articles. For specific prehospital treatment, you will find that in the EM section. Some of the best EM texts include Tintinalli (the full verion) and Harwood-Nuss. These cover most of what I want to know. There is no one comprehensive text for any field. Each book will be better on one topic than another book.
AZCEP Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 When you use the search function on eMedicine, it will pull articles from a number of different specialties. Aortic dissection might be covered under emergency medicine, cardiology, and vascular for instance. Just like anything else, its good to have more than one reference for what you are looking for. I'd guess that some of the information on eMedicine is added to more often than a textbook, but each will give you different views of similar issues.
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