Emergency department management of stroke in pregnant and postpartum patients [0.03%]
妊娠及产后患者急性卒中的急诊处理
Amy Emily Steinberg,Vasisht Srinivasan
Amy Emily Steinberg
Maternal stroke contributes to a significant burden of disease in the pregnant and postpartum patient populations, with an incidence nearly 3-fold that of comparable nonpregnant cohorts. Emergency clinicians must maintain a high index of su...
Evaluation and management of hypotensive patients in the emergency department [0.03%]
急诊科低血压患者评估与处理流程专家共识
Nickolas Srica,Clark I Strunk
Nickolas Srica
Hypotension can be a sign of significant underlying pathology, and if it is not rapidly identified and addressed, it can contribute to organ injury. Treatment of hypotension is best targeted at the underlying etiology, although this can be ...
Sherell Hicks,Briana D Miller
Sherell Hicks
Management of patients who are acutely intoxicated with methamphetamine (a member of the substituted amphetamine class of drugs) can be resource-intensive for most emergency departments. Clinical presentations of the methamphetamine sympath...
Emily Bae,Anne Messman,Kaushal Shah
Emily Bae
Ocular injuries are common in the emergency department, and they are the most frequent cause of noncongenital monocular blindness in children and adults. Systematic evaluation and management of ocular trauma patients will ensure these patie...
Evidence-based emergency department management of migraine and other primary headaches [0.03%]
基于证据的急诊科管理偏头痛及其他原发性头痛
Reema Panjwani,Amritpal S Saini,Maia Winkel et al.
Reema Panjwani et al.
Headache is the fifth most common presenting chief complaint in emergency departments, and it is vital to quickly rule out life-threatening secondary causes. Though there are many medications, new and old, that can be used to treat primary ...
Benjamin von Schweinitz,Justin Pinkston
Benjamin von Schweinitz
Rectal bleeding accounts for approximately 1 out of every 1000 United States emergency department visits annually. The causes of rectal bleeding are broad, and can range from the benign to the life-threating. This review provides foundation...
Dana Klavansky,Nicole Davis,Cappi Lay
Dana Klavansky
Acute intracerebral hemorrhage accounts for only a small portion of all stroke presentations, but often leads to a high rate of morbidity and mortality. The presentation of patients with ICH is often similar to other stroke patients and req...
Alfred Sacchetti,Michael Driscoll
Alfred Sacchetti
Patients with pulmonary emboli present both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to the emergency clinician, because initial symptoms can be variable and overlap with other medical conditions. This issue reviews treatment options for patie...
Diagnosing and treating pericarditis and myocarditis in the emergency department [0.03%]
急性心包炎和心肌炎的诊断与急诊处理
Morgan McGuire,Warren Harvey,Tucker Brady et al.
Morgan McGuire et al.
Pericarditis and myocarditis represent a challenging set of diseases to diagnose and treat. These diseases typically present with chest pain and dyspnea in previously healthy young people, often in the weeks following a viral illness, inclu...
Ari B Davis,Kyle Hughes,Jonathan Pun et al.
Ari B Davis et al.
Due to a variety of demographic and public health factors, the number of emergency department visits related to hypertensive emergencies has increased dramatically in recent decades, making it imperative that clinicians clearly understand t...