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Remain Vigilant for Signs of Monkeypox
Emergency clinicians should include the possibility of monkeypox in any patient presenting with early symptoms suggestive of the illness and certainly for those with a new rash and epidemiological risk factors.
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Alternatives to Opioids for Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department
Acute pain management in the emergency department continues to be challenging. However, the recent advances made using alternative nonopioid medications and modalities provide practitioners with multiple safe and effective options for addressing pain.
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The Latest on COVID-19 Vaccination
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an infodemic of misinformation affecting the ability of the general public to make good decisions about vaccination. Vaccine hesitancy is a byproduct of this infodemic. After reviewing the current available data, the vaccines have an excellent risk/benefit ratio.
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Carbon Monoxide Exposure: Evaluation and Management
Carbon monoxide is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide and often represents a diagnostic challenge for emergency providers because of its wide range of nonspecific symptoms.
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Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Stroke is a debilitating illness affecting millions of individuals across the globe. While effective and life-saving treatment modalities exist at a majority of stroke receiving centers in the form of IV thrombolytics, there is an emerging new standard in acute ischemic stroke with mechanical thrombectomy.
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Health Disparities in the Emergency Department
Overall health is a result of the interactions between a complex set of social, economic, cultural, educational, and healthcare-related variables. To properly care for a wide range of patients, emergency department clinicians must understand how these variables affect our individual patients, our practices, and the communities we serve.
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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) produce an intensive inflammatory state that can injure and necrose the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
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Spinal Cord Compression: Evaluation and Management
Acute compression of the spinal cord can occur through several different mechanisms. Regardless of the cause of spinal cord compression, rapid diagnosis and treatment are crucial. -
Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Emergency Department
Autism spectrum disorder is a very individual diagnosis with individual needs, which generally can be best described by the patients themselves or an advocate who has presented with the patient. Patience, accommodation, and flexibility are key skills to the clinical care of patients with autism spectrum disorder. -
Measles and Mumps: A Possible Post-Pandemic Surge?
Measles and mumps virus outbreaks have become increasingly common in the United States between 2000 and 2019. While reported cases declined in 2020 and have remained low so far in 2021, reduced vaccination rates provide concern for post-COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks of both infections.