The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recently published a revised International Guidelines for the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, updating its 2008 guidelines.
Pediatric burns, with all of their challenging aspects, are a common injury faced by emergency medicine physicians. Burn injuries are painful for the patient, distressing to the parent, and often raise some difficult questions for the physician in regard to recognition and assessment of non-accidental trauma and the clinical dilemma of disposition. The authors review the current standard for recognition, evaluation, and management of pediatric burn injuries.
CAP is a commonly encountered disease process in the emergency department. Early recognition and appropriate management can minimize morbidity and mortality. In addition, the early recognition of complications may facilitate timely intervention.
To some, the term genital emergencies recalls junior high school with the typical adolescent male humor of the time. But to a physician, this term describes a collection of disorders with potential implications to reproductive, sexual, and urologic function. Since many of these disorders are progressive, with the potential to cause increasing injury with the passage of time, early recognition and treatment are important in minimizing damage. In this two-part series, the author discusses the current literature and makes treatment recommendations for both the common and rare emergent conditions that can affect the male genitalia.
