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Emergency contraception in the emergency department

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which will limit legal abortion in many areas of the U.S., making the need for effective emergency contraception even more critical.This narrative review focuses on the approach to providing safe and effective emergency contraception in the emergency department (ED) with a focus on agents that
Maryann, Mazer-Amirshahi, Peggy, Ye
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When is an emergency department not an emergency department?

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 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?
Sue, Collinson, Trevor, Turner
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The Geriatric Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2014
This article presents an overview of the complex needs of older patients presenting to the emergency department for care. Discussion points for hospital communities considering emergency services to accommodate the aging population are highlighted. The essential components of a geriatric emergency department, including transition of care strategies ...
Mark, Rosenberg, Lynne, Rosenberg
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Hypertensive Emergencies in the Emergency Department

Emergency 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 ...
Omoyemi, Adebayo, Robert L, Rogers
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Hemobilia in the emergency department

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2004
55-year-old man presented with worsening abdominal ain, nausea, and inability to tolerate oral intake for 2 ays. The patient had a liver biopsy 3 days before onset f symptoms for a workup for epigastric discomfort, ausea, “elevated liver enzymes,” jaundice, and weight oss of 15 lbs during the past 8 months.
Rahul, Sharma, Diana M, Pancu
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Structure and function of the emergency department: matching emergency department choices to the emergency department mission

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2004
Emergency caregivers experience considerable new challenges to the provision of competent, compassionate care. The good news is there are ample new approaches and new technologies to meet those new challenges.ED leaders who understand the ED mission and the resources available today and who engage vigorously in the change process will turn that mission
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Polypharmacy in the Emergency Department

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2022
Polypharmacy in the emergency department (ED) presents additional challenges for older adults with acute illnesses but is also an opportunity for healthcare providers to prevent adverse drug events as well as the use of potentially inappropriate medications.
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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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