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Lexis Nexis Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Provides you with the medical analysis you need to prove, refute, or prevent allegations of occupational injury and illness; includes AMA evaluations of permanent impairment.
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Matthew Bender
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This authoritative resource provides you with the medical analysis you need to prove, refute, or prevent allegations of occupational injury and illness, and includes AMA evaluations of permanent impairment. Each chapter spells out the many factors that contribute to work-related injuries or illnesses, along with the state-of-the-art technical data you need to prove whether they were job-related including:
• Anatomy
• Mechanisms of injury
• Epidemiology
• Clinical manifestations
• Diagnostic tests
• Diagnosis and prognosis
• Treatment/rehabilitation programs
• Amount of disability assessed by the AMA
• Related disorders
Your research will be accelerated with helpful practice aids such as medical illustrations, bibliographic references, medico/legal case annotations, a comprehensive index, and cross-references.
First published in 1992.
See also the companion Volume 3 (AMA Guides Handbook) .
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
VOLUME ONE
Part I. Legal and Introductory Material
Chapter 1 Avenues of Workers' Compensation
Chapter 2 Identification and Prevention of Occupational Illnesses and Injuries
Chapter 3 Risk Management in the Workplace
Chapter 4 Return-to-Work Programs
Chapter 5 Evidence-Based Medicine
Chapter 6 Prescription Drugs
Chapter 7 Affordable Care Act and Workers‘ Compensation
Chapter 8 RESERVED
Part II. Work-Related Injuries
Chapter 9 Head and Neck Injuries
Chapter 10 Hand Injuries
Chapter 11 Shoulder and Upper Extremity Injuries
Chapter 12 Hip, Knee and Leg Injuries
Chapter 13 Ankle and Foot Injuries
Chapter 14 Fractures and Dislocations of the Cervical Spine
Chapter 14A Injuries of the Thoracic Spine
Chapter 15 Low Back Injuries
Chapter 16 Muscle Strains and Tears
Chapter 17 Repetitive Motion Disorders
Chapter 17A Segmental (Hand-Arm) Vibration Injuries
Chapter 18 Spinal Cord and Nerve Root Injuries
Chapter 19 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Chapter 14A — Injuries of the Thoracic Spine
Chapter 20 Burns: Thermal, Electrical, Radiation and Chemical
Chapter 20A Electrical Injuries Other Than Burns
Chapter 21 Heat Street and Hypothermia
Chapter 22 Eye Injuries and Burns
Chapter 22A Radiation Cataracts
Chapter 23 Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 24 Hernia
Chapter 25 Occupational Neurology
Chapter 26-29 Reserved
VOLUME TWO
Part III. Occupational Illnesses
Chapter 30 Asbestosis and Related Cancers
Chapter 31 Silicosis and Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis
Chapter 32 Byssinosis
Chapter 33 Berylliosis
Chapter 34 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 34A Occupational Asthma
Chapter 34B Occupational Bronchitis
Chapter 34C Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis)
Chapter 34D Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Chapter 34E Hypersensitivity to Physical Agents
Chapter 34F Occupational Rhinitis
Chapter 35 Occupational Cancer
Chapter 35A Exposure to Hazardous Substances
Chapter 35B Occupational Lead Poisoning
Chapter 36 Toxic Neuropathy
Chapter 37 Mental Stress Disorders
Chapter 37A Psychological Impact of Work Disruption
Chapter 38 Heart Disease
Chapter 39 Liver Disease
Chapter 39A Toxic Encephalopathies
Chapter 40 Kidney Disease
Chapter 41 Reproductive Disorders
Chapter 42 Blood Disorders and Malignancies
Chapter 42A Occupational Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Chapter 43 Contact Hypersensitivity and Other Skin Disorders
Chapter 44 Radiation Sickness
Chapter 45 Indoor Air Pollution
Chapter 46 Occupationally-Acquired HIV/AIDS
Chapter 47 Shift Work Sleep Disordes
Chapter 48 through 99 — RESERVED
Index
VOLUME THREE
Part IV AMA Guides Handbook
A. Background and Case Summaries
Chapter 100 Overview and Background of AMA Guides
Chapter 101 Alabama - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 102 Alaska - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 103 Arizona - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 104 Arkansas - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 105 California - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 106 Colorado - AMA Guides Third Edition Revised
Chapter 107 Georgia - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 108 Hawaii - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 109 Illinois—AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 110 Iowa - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 111 Kansas - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 112 Kansas - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 113 Louisiana - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 114 Maine - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 115 Maryland - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 116 Massachusetts - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 117 Montana - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 118 Nevada - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 119 New Hampshire - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 120 New Mexico - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 121 North Dakota - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 122 Oklahoma - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 123 Oregon - AMA Guides Third Edition Revised
Chapter 124 Pennsylvania - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 125 Rhode Island - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 126 South Dakota - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 127 Tennessee - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 128 Texas - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 129 Vermont - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 130 Washington - AMA Guides Fifth Edition
Chapter 131 West Virginia - AMA Guides Fourth Edition
Chapter 132 Wyoming - AMA Guides Sixth Edition
Chapter 133 United States—AMA Guides Sixth Edition
B. Tables and Charts
Table 1 State-by-State Use of the AMA Guides
Table 2 AMA Guides - Frequently Used Terms
Table 3 AMA Guides - Common Acronyms
Table 4 List of Issues and Citations
Table 5 Medications: Brand and Chemical Names
