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This months issue of ED Legal Letter will discuss the medicolegal risks to the physician, nurse, and hospitals associated with a patient leaving against medical advice and provide strategies to prevent patients from leaving.
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Although diabetes mellitus is second only to asthma as the most prevalent chronic disease of childhood, the literature has very few comprehensive reviews of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), the most frequent cause of death in children with diabetes. The importance of an early diagnosis and appropriate management should not be underestimated. The authors provide a focused review for the ED physician for recognition and management of a child with DKA, with special attention to potentially serious complications.
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Nitazoxanide (Alinia) is a broad spectrum antiparasitic agent, previously approved for use as an oral suspension for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis in children.1 It has now received FDA approval as a 500 tablet for the treatment of giardiasis in adolescents and adults.
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In what appears to be a relatively crude attempt at domestic bioterrorism, ground-up remnants of castor beans were found in 2 baby food jars in Irvine, CA.
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Reduction in the number of cases of tb in the United States is one of the United States Public Health Departments highest priorities. In order to achieve this goal, the numbers of patients who undergo testing and treatment for latent TB must be increased.
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Five days of oral treatment with azithromycin appeared to be at least as effective as a similar duration of treatment with ceftriaxone for children in Cairo with typhoid fever.
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