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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full July 16, 2012 Issue in PDF
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Diagnosis and Management of Acute HIV in the Emergency Department
While human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection no longer carries the death sentence it once did, it still carries an enormous cost both in terms of financial burden for treatment as well as the social and medical issues associated with long-term disease. -
Cervical Spine Injuries: Part I
I see many patients brought by EMS from motor vehicle collisions and ground level falls. The majority arrive with a rigid cervical collar placed by the EMTs or paramedics because of neck pain or a concern about possible cervical spine injury based on the mechanism of injury. If the patient did not have initial pain, most will have developed pain by the time of arrival because of their placement in a rigid cervical collar and on a hard backboard. -
Hypoglycemia in Adults
Almost every emergency physician I know has missed a case of hypoglycemia in their career. I have. I have also been practicing long enough to have used "Dextrostix." Remember using them? Remember some of the values you obtained? -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full June 18, 2012 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full May 21, 2012 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full May 21, 2012 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full April 9, 2012 Issue in PDF
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: Emergency Medicine Reports - Full April 9, 2012 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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The Evidence-based Approach to Neurologic Emergencies: Part I: Acute Stroke
Stroke remains a leading cause of death, but the disability associated with a stroke can be devastating and costly. In past decades, little could be done to reduce the morbidity and mortality of stroke. But over the past decade, use of thrombolytics by specialized stroke centers has reduced the morbidity of survivors. However, the reduction of morbidity comes at a cost of an increase in intracerebral hemorrhage, often associated with death.