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Emergency departments in The Netherlands

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2011
Emergency medicine in The Netherlands is faced with an increasing interest by politicians and stakeholders in health care. This is due to crowding, increasing costs, criticism of the quality of emergency care, restructuring of out-of-hours services in primary care and the introduction of a training programme for emergency physicians in 2000.
Thijssen, W.A.M.H., Giesen, P.H.J., Wensing, M.J., Wensing, M.J.   +3 more
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Hyperpyrexia in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine, 2001
AbstractThe differential diagnosis of the hyperpyrexic patient in the emergency department is extensive. It includes sepsis, heat illness including heat stroke, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, malignant hyperthermia, serotonin syndrome and thyroid storm.
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Emergency Department Thoracotomy

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2008
Emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) is defined as a thoracotomy performed in the emergency department for patients who are in extremis. The goals of the procedure are to treat pericardial tamponade, control hemorrhage, treat systemic air embolism, perform open cardiac massage and temporarily occlude the thoracic aorta.
Juan C, Mejia, Ronald M, Stewart, Stephen M, Cohn   +2 more
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Leadership and the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2004
Emergency medicine, as the nation's health care system's safety net, is facing ever increasing demands on its resources and infrastructure. Classic and modern theories of leadership, which include broader based models that in corporate team responsibilities, should be studied by anyone wearing the mantle of leadership in emergency medicine, and the ...
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Shock in the emergency department

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1976
Shock continues to be associated with a high mortality rate primarily because of delays in diagnosis and therapy. To diagnose shock early, and thereby increase the chances of reversal before there is extensive deterioration of vital organs, one should look for any decrease in pulse pressure, urine output, urine sodium concentration, alertness or any ...
R F, Wilson, J A, Wilson, D, Gibson, W J, Sibbald   +3 more
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Treatment in the emergency department

As a common headache disorder, migraine is also a common cause for emergency department (ED) visiting, which leads to tremendous medical and economic burden. The goals of migraine management in ED are resolving headache and migraine-related most bothersome symptoms rapidly, preventing ED revisiting due to headache relapse, and referring patients at ...
Yu-Hsiang, Ling, Debashish, Chowdhury, Shuu-Jiun, Wang   +2 more
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Sedation in the emergency department

2012
Sedation is described as a continuum, and it is often categorized according to the patient's level of consciousness as minimal, moderate, and deep sedation. Intravenous sedation can potentially cause numerous complications. The clinicians should therefore have a thorough knowledge of these possible complications and understand their management ...
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Echocardiography in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2009
Point-of-care echocardiography using portable machines is an exciting development in emergency medicine. Recent improvements in ultrasound quality mean that emergency physicians are finding echocardiography useful in a variety of clinical settings.
J, Wright, R, Jarman, J, Connolly, P, Dissmann   +3 more
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Expanding the Emergency Department

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1968
It is agreed that, if one individual requests emergency care from an emergency department, it can accept such a patient and provide good medical care with its normal personnel and facilities. The department can probably handle five emergencies at once. However, if there are ten injured patients, offduty employees must be called in and the medical staff
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Hypnosis in the emergency department

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1989
Five cases are presented wherein hypnosis was used by the emergency physician either as the primary mode of treatment or as an adjuvant to standard medical care. Common hypnotic phenomena (eg, anesthesia, analgesia), as well as novel effects, are reported. The technique used for trance induction and utilization is briefly outlined, and criteria are set
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