Does the electrocardiograph in your emergency department include a computer-generated interpretation on every electrocardiogram printed? Like me, do you often find them less than helpful? Occasionally troubling?
Remember how you were told in medical school that history is 90% of diagnosis? Was it usually ascribed to William Osler or another such legendary figure? Do you still believe it?
Fluid therapy is an integral aspect of trauma resuscitation. With advances in resuscitation research, controversies abound regarding approaches to the initial fluid management.
Stroke has evolved into brain attack. Now more than ever, the emergency physician must diagnose stroke rapidly and correctly.
I recall rounding on the oncology ward as a medical student. The prognosis in those days was bad for nearly every patient. Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were expected to live less than one year. Adults with acute myeloblastic leukemia, less than three months. What a difference in the past three decades.
With longer survival, however, there are more patients presenting with life-threatening emergencies related to their treatment and tumor.
