Medical emergencies in the dental office / Stanley F. Malamed.

´Chapter 4, legal considerations contributed by Daniel L. Orr II.´

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Prevention -- Introduction -- Prevention -- Preparation -- Medicolegal Considerations -- Unconsciousness -- Unconsciousness: General Considerations -- Vasodepressor Syncope -- Postural Hypotension -- Acute Adrenal Insufficiency -- Unconsciousness: Differential Diagnosis -- Respiratory Distress -- Respiratory Distress: General Considerations -- Airway Obstruction -- Hyperventilation -- Asthma -- Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema -- Respiratory Distress: Differential Diagnosis -- Altered Consciousness -- Altered Consciousness: General Considerations -- Diabetes Mellitus: Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia -- Thyroid Gland Dysfunction -- Cerebrovascular Accident -- Altered Consciousness: Differential Diagnosis -- Seizures -- Seizures -- Drug-Related Emergencies -- Drug-Related Emergencies: General Considerations -- Drug Overdose Reactions -- Allergy -- Drug-Related Emergencies: Differential Diagnosis -- Chest Pain -- Chest Pain: General Considerations -- Angina Pectoris -- Acute Myocardial Infarction -- Chest Pain: Differential Diagnosis -- Cardiac Arrest -- Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- Appendix Quick-Reference Section to Life-Threatening Situations