Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Drugs and Toxins that Produce Delayed Toxicities
Drug overdose is a common chief complaint in the emergency department. Overdose of certain medications or ingestions of toxins should prompt the emergency physician to carefully deliberate on the appropriate next steps and disposition. Furthermore, delayed toxicity may be under-recognized, and delayed management can lead to life-threatening complications, such as arrhythmias and seizures. Managing the poisoned patient can be challenging because clinical effects often are difficult to predict in circumstances that produce toxicity.
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Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke
Stroke remains a global health crisis, affecting up to one in five individuals in high-income countries and nearly one in two individuals in low-income regions, making it the second leading cause of death worldwide. Advances in endovascular thrombectomy, including mechanical thrombectomy (MT), have revolutionized the management of acute ischemic stroke, offering significant reductions in patient disability and mortality rates.
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Preventing, Identifying, and Managing Pediatric Malaria
Malaria has infested every continent except Antarctica and is ranked as the third-leading cause of death for children 1 month to 5 years of age globally. Acute care providers need to be able to identify and manage a child with malaria.
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Pediatric Pain Control
The fast-paced environment of the emergency department, unfamiliar faces, and noisy surroundings can create challenges when taking care of a child in pain, especially a child who has experienced a traumatic event. Management of pain in pediatric patients requires special considerations because of the unique physiological and psychological needs of children.
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Right Upper Quadrant Pain in the ED
Right upper quadrant abdominal pain is a frequently encountered chief complaint in the emergency department and requires methodical evaluation. Emergency physicians face the challenge of distinguishing between a broad range of potential etiologies, from benign conditions to life-threatening emergencies.
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A Review of Throat Infections: Must-Not-Miss Diseases
In the previous issue, the author reviewed common causes of sore throat as well as diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. In this issue, he tackles ill-appearing children and how to approach those at risk for an airway disaster. This article is a must-read for all practicing emergency medicine clinicians to safely diagnose and manage these high-risk children.
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Colonic Emergencies
Abdominal pain is one of the most frequent chief complaints an emergency clinician will evaluate. Some of the most frequently encountered colonic emergencies, including large bowel obstruction, acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, diverticulitis, toxic megacolon, scybala, volvulus, hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, and constipation, will be reviewed in this article.
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Evaluation and Management of Anaphylaxis in the Emergency Department
This article will present the most current information for diagnosing allergic reactions and anaphylaxis and how to treat them properly.
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Understanding Myocarditis, COVID-19 Infection, and COVID-19 Vaccines
Although myocarditis is rare, interest has increased in recent years because of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccinations both being associated with its development. This review article will trace the history of myocarditis from the pre-COVID-19 era to the present day.
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A Review of Throat Infections: Low-Acuity Disease
Sore throats are common pediatric chief complaints, with etiologies ranging from thrush to epiglottitis. All clinicians must be familiar with the diversity of causes from benign to life-threatening in order to decrease morbidity and mortality with a timely diagnosis.