Steven M Hochman,Anthony Catapano,Arsalan Shawl et al.
Steven M Hochman et al.
Asthma is a disease of the airways characterized by inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, and bronchoconstriction. The diagnosis is primarily a clinical one, based on a focused history and physical examination, to differentiate from other enti...
Rachel Sullivan
Rachel Sullivan
Acute monoarticular and polyarticular joint pain that results from infection, trauma, and autoimmune and inflammatory processes are a major cause of disability that is often preventable with early diagnosis and management. Septic arthritis ...
Stacey Barnes,Katrina DAmore,Marco Propersi et al.
Stacey Barnes et al.
Traumatic wounds are a common presentation in the emergency department. While most minor traumatic wounds and lacerations will heal well, appropriate management is required to preserve function and cosmesis as well as to prevent infection a...
Thoracic aortic syndromes in the emergency department: recognition and management [0.03%]
急诊科中的胸主动脉综合征:识别和处理
Anthony Hackett,Jonathan Stuart,Douglas L Robinson
Anthony Hackett
Acute aortic syndromes include aortic dissection, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, and intramural hematomas, but aortic dissection is the most common and the deadliest. This review summarizes the latest evidence on developing a differenti...
Breakthroughs, boosters, and beyond: a practical primer on current challenges with COVID-19 [0.03%]
突破、加强针及以后:关于目前COVID-19挑战的实用指南
Sonya Stokes,Karen Shek,Michelle Hung
Sonya Stokes
Identifying the extent to which breakthrough infections are contributing to the spread of COVID-19 can help guide vaccination policies and other infection prevention and control protocols to promote public health and safety. This special re...
Patrick Maher
Patrick Maher
Rib fractures resulting from blunt thoracic trauma are often associated with life-threatening complications of injury to cardiorespiratory systems. Given the risk for morbidity and mortality, the emergency clinician must be swift and thorou...
Maternal hemorrhage and severe hypertension/pre-eclampsia: identification and management in the emergency department [0.03%]
产前出血和严重高血压/先兆子痫:急诊科的识别与处理
Sarmed Ashoo
Sarmed Ashoo
This special report summarizes evidence-based recommendations and provides tools for the recognition and management of patients with maternal hemorrhage or severe hypertension/pre-eclampsia in the emergency department (ED). This information...
Geoffrey Jara-Almonte,Chandni Pawar
Geoffrey Jara-Almonte
The majority of the nearly 18,000 new cases of spinal cord injury in the United States each year involve the cervical spine. Although the morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs associated with these injuries is very high, quality eviden...
High-altitude illness: updates in prevention, identification, and treatment [0.03%]
高海拔地区疾病:预防、识别和治疗的新进展
Ninad A Shroff,Jerome Balbin,Oluwaseun Shobitan
Ninad A Shroff
High-altitude illness is a continuum of syndromes that includes the potential for death. Understanding how to prevent altitude illness and how to treat it if it occurs is fundamental to trip planning and is an important role of medical advi...
Emergency department management of abnormal uterine bleeding in the nonpregnant patient [0.03%]
非孕期患者异常子宫出血的急诊处理
Tazeen Abbas,Abbas Husain
Tazeen Abbas
Uterine bleeding that is abnormal in timing, duration, or quantity affects nearly one-third of women and carries a substantial financial and quality-of-life burden. An estimated 5% of ED visits are for vaginal bleeding, and 1% of those pati...