This book is written with the intention of providing nurse practitioners working in the field of acute medicine with an up-to-date, practical and comprehensive guide to the management of acute medical patients. It is hoped that it will serve as a text from which the busy, highly skilled nurse can obtain information on the assessment, investigation, diagnosis and management of acute medical conditions. In my role as Consultant Nurse in Acute Medicine I appreciate the diversity this speciality brings and the challenges faced by working at an advanced level in this acute environment
