Adam K Rowden,Charles J Fasano
Adam K Rowden
There are several classes of oral diabetes medications available in the United States, including sulfonylureas, meglitinides, biguanides, glitazones, and alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. These different classes have various mechanisms of actio...
Gerald F O&#x;Malley
Gerald F O&#x;Malley
Salicylate toxicity continues to be encountered commonly in emergency medicine. This article portrays the signs and symptoms of salicylate toxicity, reviews the erratic absorption and elimination kinetics, describes the devastating physiolo...
Management of beta-adrenergic blocker and calcium channel antagonist toxicity [0.03%]
β受体阻断药和钙通道拮抗药中毒的治疗
William Kerns nd
William Kerns nd
State-of-the-art therapy for beta-adrenergic receptor blocker and calcium channel antagonist toxicity is reviewed in the light of new insights into drug-induced shock. A brief discussion of pathophysiology, including cardiac, hemodynamic, a...
Pediatric toxicology [0.03%]
儿科毒理学
David L Eldridge,Jason Van Eyk,Chad Kornegay
David L Eldridge
Pediatric patients present unique concerns in the field of medical toxicology. First, there are medicines that are potentially dangerous to small children, even when they are exposed to very small amounts. Clinicians should be wary of these...
Timothy B Erickson,Trevonne M Thompson,Jenny J Lu
Timothy B Erickson
Toxic overdose can present with various clinical signs and symptoms. These may be the only clues to diagnosis when the cause of toxicity is unknown at the time of initial assessment. The prognosis and clinical course of recovery of a patien...
Margaret A Fonder,Adam J Mamelak,Gerald S Lazarus et al.
Margaret A Fonder et al.
One of the great misconceptions in wound care is that a wound heals best when permitted to form a dry scab. By contrast, moisture has repeatedly been shown to significantly accelerate wound healing. Emergency physicians and other acute care...
Robert B Blankenship,Todd Baker
Robert B Blankenship
Open wounds and lacerations are the most commonly encountered problems in emergency medicine. Detection and removal of a foreign body is essential to avoid the many complications of a retained foreign body, which may include infection, infl...
Richard S Hartoch,John G McManus,Sheri Knapp et al.
Richard S Hartoch et al.
As America's emergency departments witness an increase in care provided to an aging population, the emergency physician increasingly evaluates and treats manifestations of chronic disease. Nonhealing wounds are often a presenting manifestat...
James A Pfaff,Gregory P Moore
James A Pfaff
Although substantial dollar amounts are not involved, wound-care litigation constitutes a significant number of lawsuits to emergency medicine physicians, resulting in an increased drain on the physician's time and exposing the physician to...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of open fractures and crush injuries [0.03%]
高压氧治疗在开放性骨折和挤压伤治疗中的应用
Mark F Buettner,Derek Wolkenhauer
Mark F Buettner
This article focuses on the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOt) in the treatment of open fractures and crush injuries. Based on the clinical evidence and cost analysis, medical institutions that treat open fracture and crush injuries ar...