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Summer Emergencies: Heat Illness, Lightning Injuries, Drowning, and Sunburn
This monograph covers potentially serious summer emergencies such as exertional heat-related illness, lightning injuries, drowning — and a very common one — sunburn.
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Priapism: Evaluation and Emergency Management
Priapism is one of those issues that emergency physicians must know how to recognize and treat. Several things have changed in the care of the patient with priapism recently.
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Identification of Elder Abuse in the Emergency Department
MONOGRAPH: The challenge is identifying and reporting it amidst the complexities of assessing and caring for these challenging patients and situations.
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Palliative Care Principles for Emergency Providers
Palliative care can be accessed at any stage of serious illness, using a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals looking at aspects of a patient’s care including input from family at every level. The team works collaboratively with the primary medical team to maximize symptom control, improve quality of life, and support patients and families.
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Osteoarthritis
MONOGRAPH: It's important to understand patients who come to the ED with undifferentiated symptoms, including joint pain.
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Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in the emergency department. In fact, UTIs were the most common bacterial infection encountered in ambulatory settings in 2007 and the most common primary diagnosis for women visiting the emergency department.
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Recognizing Human Trafficking Victims in the Emergency Department
You may have seen a case of human trafficking and not recognized it. Emergency physicians can play a role in identifying victims and mobilizing resources for them.