Bobby K Desai,Rita Fairclough
Bobby K Desai
Environmental electrical injuries (electrical burns and lightning) are relatively common and are estimated to result in more than 3,000 admissions to specialized burn units each year here in the US. Lightning injuries are a small subset of ...
Analysis of 22,655 presentations with back pain to Perth emergency departments over five years [0.03%]
五年来珀斯急诊科22655例因背痛就诊的分析报告
Michael T Lovegrove,George A Jelinek,Nicholas P Gibson et al.
Michael T Lovegrove et al.
Background: Back pain is a significant cause of disability in the community, but the impact on Emergency Departments (EDs) has not been formally studied. Patients with back pain often require significant time and resource...
Comparing the accuracy of the three popular clinical dehydration scales in children with diarrhea [0.03%]
比较三种临床脱水评分表在腹泻儿童中的准确性
Kimberly Pringle,Sachita P Shah,Irenee Umulisa et al.
Kimberly Pringle et al.
Background: Dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis is one of the leading causes of mortality in children worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) scale, the Gorelick scale, and the Clinical Dehydration Scale (CDS)...
A protocol for the emergency department management of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in India [0.03%]
印度急诊科急性发热待查病例管理的诊疗路径
Sudhagar Thangarasu,Piruthiviraj Natarajan,Parivalavan Rajavelu et al.
Sudhagar Thangarasu et al.
Background: Fever is a common presenting complaint in the developing world, but there is a paucity of literature to guide investigation and treatment of the adult patient presenting with fever and no localizing symptoms. ...
Brian T Kloss,Rahul Patel,Anne Marie Sullivan
Brian T Kloss
Internal carotid intracranial aneurysms are a relatively rare form of intracranial aneurysm that presents with diplopia, retro-orbital pain and unilateral headaches. The symptoms are progressive and the diagnosis should be considered in a p...
Air ambulance flights in northern Norway 2002-2008. Increased number of secondary fixed wing (FW) operations and more use of rotor wing (RW) transports [0.03%]
2002至2008年挪威北部地区空中救护飞行：固定翼飞机的二次使用增加及旋翼飞机使用频率提高
Jan Norum,Trond M Elsbak
Jan Norum
Background: Air ambulance service in Norway has been upgraded during the last years. European regulations concerning pilots' working time and new treatment guidelines/strategies have called for more resources. ...
Fatal myocardial infarction associated with intravenous N-acetylcysteine error [0.03%]
静脉内注射N-乙酰半胱氨酸错误导致的致死性心肌梗死
Andrew R Elms,Kelly P Owen,Timothy E Albertson et al.
Andrew R Elms et al.
Background: N-acetylcysteine is used to treat acetaminophen toxicity and is available in both intravenous and oral formulations. Our report describes a patient treated with intravenous N-acetylcysteine for acetaminophen t...
Can we make the basilic vein larger? maneuvers to facilitate ultrasound guided peripheral intravenous access: a prospective cross-sectional study [0.03%]
我们可以使 Basilic 静脉变大吗？一项关于超声引导下外周静脉通路的前瞻性横断面研究
Simon A Mahler,Greta Massey,Liliana Meskill et al.
Simon A Mahler et al.
Background: Studies have shown that vein size is an important predictor of successful ultrasound-guided vascular access. The objective of this study is to evaluate maneuvers designed to increase basilic vein size, which c...
Meningeal carcinomatosis diagnosed during stroke evaluation in the emergency department [0.03%]
急诊科在卒中评估过程中诊断出脑膜癌病
Derek R Cooney,Norma L Cooney
Derek R Cooney
A 70-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of intermittent dysphasia and right facial droop. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were obtained, and the patient was found to have...
Brian Kloss,Jeff Lapoint,Katherine Dougher
Brian Kloss
Squamous cell carcinoma is a common cancer to the head and neck region that is typically diagnosed when it is 2 cm in size. This case report illustrates a patient who had neglected an auricular carcinoma for over a year. At the time of pres...