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The emergency department physician can be an advocate for the appropriate use of antibiotics in children by becoming familiar with the pathogenesis of common ENT infections and the latest treatment guidelines for some of these entities. This article reviews common ENT infections, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options.
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This article, the second of two parts, deals with the potentially
disastrous situation in which either the patients airway presents a
substantial challenge or standard intubation methods have failed.
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The diagnosis of genitourinary pathology may be challenging, especially in a busy emergency department. It is important in any infant with a complaint of fussiness, vomiting, or not acting right to undo the diaper and do a careful assessment of the genitalia. It is easy to miss a hernia or testicular torsion if an infant is not fully examined. Identification of children with a potential for underlying pathology is also essential.
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This article, the second of two parts, deals with the potentially disastrous situation in which either the patients airway presents a substantial challenge or standard intubation methods have failed.
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This article reviews the pathophysiology involved in the newborn with congenital heart disease and familiarizes the reader with the nomenclature and known complications encountered in the care of these children.
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This issue of ED Legal Letter is the second of a four-part series related to pitfalls associated with evaluating patients with abdominal pain. The series will analyze high-risk and life-threatening disease processes that ED physicians will encounter in their daily practice. Part two explores gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and the necessity of Hemoccult testing; the diagnosis and treatment of aortic aneurysms and abdominal trauma; and extra-abdominal causes of abdominal pain.