Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Falls on the Out-Stretched Hand and Other Traumatic Injuries of the Hand and Wrist: Part II.
This issue is the second part of a discussion of hand and wrist injuries. The complexity of the anatomy and the variation of injuries provides an explanation of why so many injuries are initially missed. -
Full August 20, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Full September 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Pediatric Abdominal Trauma
Abdominal trauma is the most frequently initially missed fatal injury in pediatrics. A high degree of suspicion is critical and early diagnosis is essential to minimize the morbidity and mortality associated with these injuries. -
Traumatic Injuries of the Hand and Wrist. Part I
Have you ever missed a hand or wrist injury? One that comes back to you as a call from the orthopedist office on how incompetent those ER docs are? -
Full August 6, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Critical Rashes to Identify in the Emergency Department
Rashes are common in the emergency department and may be a challenge diagnostically. The authors review rashes that the clinician cannot afford to miss. -
Full August 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Patient Safety Organizations: Protecting peer review materials and improving patient safety?
Imagine a black box. Into the box you could put all hospital ED related peer-review data, quality assurance materials, incident or occurrence reports, and medical error reviews. -
Beware of inconsistent care when treating VIPs
You might assume that when ED nurses and physicians care for VIPs -- whether this means a family friend, another physician, the hospital CEO, or a sports celebrity -- that care would be stellar.