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Complications of Injection Drug Abuse
This article will examine unique emergencies that occur as a result of recreational injection drug use.
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Natural Disasters: Hospital Management
Here is how to prepare your emergency department to successfully handle mass casualties.
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Evaluation of Syncope in the Emergency Department
This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports covers the current landscape of syncope from the ED perspective and continues to stress the importance of physician judgment.
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Man-made Disaster: In-hospital Management
Man-made disaster directly impacts the emergency department and hospital when a mass casualty situation ensues, and is the focus of this review article. Using contemporary examples and the current literature, what follows is a primer on the causes, injury patterns, resource utilization, triage, and preparation for man-made mass casualty events.
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Dental Emergencies in the ED
There are more than 2 million dental-related visits to the emergency department every year. Non-traumatic dental conditions alone lead to an estimated 4000 visits per day to emergency departments in the United States.
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Stroke Mimics: A Clinical Dilemma
MONOGRAPH: A quarter of patients with symptoms apparently due to an acute ischemic stroke have another condition that mimics it.
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Evaluating Dementia and Delirium in the Emergency Department
The term dementia is derived from the Latin word for “out of one’s mind.” It describes a deterioration of intellectual faculties, which may include memory, attention, learning, and judgment, and can be accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. It is most often a result of a neurodegenerative process, such as Alzheimer’s disease, but also can be caused by more than 50 different diseases and disorders, including strokes, trauma, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders.
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The “Choosing Wisely”® Campaign: An Evidence-Based Review of the Recommendations: Part II
This issue finishes our discussion of the 10 ACEP recommendations for the Choosing Wisely® campaign.
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Pediatric Head Injury
The impact of traumatic brain injury as a leading cause of death and morbidity in the pediatric population cannot be ignored, and significantly impacts any provider who cares for children.
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The “Choosing Wisely”® Campaign: An Evidence-Based Review of the Recommendations: Part I
The purpose of this paper is to perform a critical review of available evidence regarding each of the 10 recommendations.