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When is an emergency department not an emergency department?

BMJ, 2002
EDITOR—Recently, a young couple, equipped with backpacks and bedrolls, walked into our local accident and emergency department at about 11 pm, climbed into sleeping bags, and set their alarm clock. Early next morning, roused by their alarm, the couple rolled up their bags and left. What was the explanation for this behaviour?
Trevor Turner, Sue Collinson
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Hypertensive Emergencies in the Emergency Department [PDF]

open access: possibleEmergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2015
Hypertension affects approximately one-third of Americans. An additional 30% are unaware that they harbor the disease. Significantly increased blood pressure constitutes a hypertensive emergency that could lead to end-organ damage. When organs such as the brain, heart, or kidney are affected, an intervention that will lower the blood pressure in ...
Robert L. Rogers, Omoyemi Adebayo
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