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Cancer: A medical emergency

Medical Hypotheses, 2006
Over the last decade clinical trials have established the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in eradicating micrometastases in many different cancers, including breast, colon, and lung. This success stands in sharp contrast to our failure to cure clinically evident metastatic cancer.
William, Harless, Yang, Qiu
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Medical Emergencies in Flight

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1982
To the Editor.— The SPECIAL COMMUNICATION on "Medical Aspects of Transportation Aboard Commercial Aircraft" (1982;247:1007) was of great interest to me. Not too long ago, I responded to an "if there is a doctor aboard..." request. An elderly woman had lost consciousness; according to her daughter, there was a history of heart disease, and chest pain ...
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Medical Emergencies in Farmers

The Journal of Rural Health, 2018
AbstractBackground: Agricultural work involves hazards that may harm long‐term well‐being. We evaluated the risk of long‐term disability and death for agricultural workers compared to construction workers with similar demographics. We hypothesized that delays to emergency care and subsequent long‐term disability following injury might be worse for ...
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Pancreatitis as a Medical Emergency

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1988
Pancreatitis in its acute form, whether from alcohol or gallstones, can be a severe, devastating illness. Patients presumed to have the disease require aggressive fluid therapy and imaging of the pancreas by ultrasound and computed tomography (CT).
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Medical emergencies for dentists

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1958
Abstract Patients die in dental offices every year. Some of these fatalities are the direct result of dental procedures, while others occur coincidental to the patient's being in a dental office when stricken. The emergencies and complications that can lead to serious disability and even to death are the direct concern of every practicing dentist ...
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Emergency Medical Informatics

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1997
Abstract See related articles, p 670 and p 682. [Teich JM, Waeckerle JF: Emergency medical informatics. Ann Emerg Med November 1997;30:667-669.]
J M, Teich, J F, Waeckerle
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Emergency medical dispatch

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2002
EMD will always remain somewhat of an imprecise science by nature. 911 is, after all, the access point for lifesaving assistance, and citizens must have absolute freedom to this service. The consequence of having the freedom to request help from any location at any time is that some individuals will use it for the wrong reasons. Present-day dispatchers
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Is Neuroborreliosis a Medical Emergency?

Neurocritical Care, 2006
Although Lyme disease affects the nervous system in many ways (collectively known as neuroborreliosis), only rarely does it present as a medical emergency. In extreme cases, it may cause (1) encephalitis, (2) a rapidly progressive peripheral neuropathy, or (3) a painful truncal radiculopathy that may be confused with a severe visceral process.
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ASSESSMENT OF THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY

Dental Clinics of North America, 1995
The role of the dentist in an office emergency is reviewed in this article. Emergency decision making, emergency preparedness, and emergency recognition are discussed. Clinical findings that allow one to gauge the level of illness are listed and described.
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Managing Medical Emergencies

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1993
A simple dental procedure can quickly escalate into a medical emergency. Management of six common emergencies is described.
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