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Leprosy in the Emergency Department

Academic Emergency Medicine, 2000
Abstract. Objectives: Los Angeles County—University of Southern California Medical Center, like many large urban hospitals, has a large immigrant population from regions of the world where leprosy is endemic. Emergency physicians (EPs) in these settings can expect to encounter leprosy patients.
R J, Hoffner, V, Esekogwu, W K, Mallon
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The Role of the Emergency Department

New England Journal of Medicine, 1996
Emergency department care for patients whose problems are not true emergencies has become a fashionable scapegoat for the ills of the health care system in the United States. Such care is considered wasteful and expensive and is therefore a prime target for cost-cutting efforts by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other insurers.1,2 In 1992 ...
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Violence in the Emergency Department

Nursing Management (Springhouse), 1998
The spillover of societal violence continues to escalate in emergency departments (EDs) in the United States. The violence is not limited to urban, inner-city environments; it extends into the rural areas as well. Preventive techniques need to be addressed.
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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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Hypercalcemia in the Emergency Department

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2006
Severe hypercalcemia can be life-threatening. However, its incidence and the underlying causes in the emergency department (ED) have not been determined. In the present study, we investigated these issues and the impacts on renal function and patients' survival.We performed a retrospective study to analyze the patients with hypercalcemia in the ED for ...
Chien-Te, Lee, Chih-Chao, Yang, King-Kwan, Lam, Chia-Te, Kung, Chia-Jung, Tsai, Hung-Chun, Chen   +5 more
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Emergency department deaths

The American Journal of Surgery, 1990
This study reviews 186 deaths resulting from trauma in a 2-year period in the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Accident Room in order to evaluate problems in prehospital and hospital resuscitative care. All subjects underwent autopsy, and only six were found to have injuries compatible with survival.
G L, Webb, N E, McSwain, W R, Webb, C, Rodriguez   +3 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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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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The headache in the Emergency Department

Neurological Sciences, 2004
The headache is a very frequent symptom and represents the 0.36%-2.5% of all reasons of claim to Emergency Department. Even if it is rarely related to high risk diseases, it is mandatory to promptly differentiate life-threatening conditions. In order to establish a correct diagnostic and therapeutic pathway and ask for aimed specialistic consultation ...
S.M. Gaini, L. Fiori, C. Cesana, F. Vergani   +3 more
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DIPLOPIA IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1997
Normal binocular vision requires that all involved structures; ocular, muscular, and neuronal; be intact and all of the intricate processes controlling conjugate gaze and cortical fusion be functioning. Diplopia may represent pathology at any point in this complex system.
L D, Richardson, D M, Joyce
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