While nurses have always had a presence in the emergency department (ED), the increasing prevalence and utilization of physician assistants (PAs) in EDs across the nation is generating a new and unique liability for emergency physicians (EPs). This article will familiarize the reader with pertinent legal concepts and recent cases that enlighten the issue of liability for ancillary staff in the ED.
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Continuation of combination therapy with donepezil and memantine appears to have a long-term beneficial effect for patients with moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease.
Krabbe disease can rarely present in adults as a combined central nervous system disorder with polyneuropathy.
In comatose survivors of cardiac arrest, early malignant EEG findings during therapeutic hypothermia correlated with higher serum neuron-specific enolase levels and poor neurologic outcome.
Early cessation of prehospital seizures via an intramuscular injection of midazolam was at least noninferior, if not superior, to traditional intravenous lorazepam.
Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is a grave form of ischemic stroke that carries a high morbidity and mortality. The Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) is a prospective, observational, international registry of consecutive patients with BAO that was radiologically confirmed.
The incidence of epileptic seizures is much higher in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease than those who are elderly but non-demented.
