Abstract:
:Neurologic complications are unfortunately common in oncology patients, with many presenting to the emergency department for diagnosis and management. This case-based review provides a brief overview of the key points in pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of 2 oncologic central nervous system emergencies: malignant spinal cord compression and intracranial mass.
journal_name
Emerg Med Clin North Amjournal_title
Emergency medicine clinics of North Americaauthors
Dubbs SB,Honasoge APdoi
10.1016/j.emc.2018.04.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-08-01 00:00:00pages
537-548issue
3eissn
0733-8627issn
1558-0539pii
S0733-8627(18)30033-6journal_volume
36pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Adverse cardiovascular events comprise a large portion of the morbidity and mortality in drug overdose emergencies. Adverse cardiovascular events encountered by emergency physicians treating poisoned patients include myocardial injury, hemodynamic compromise with shock, tachydysrhythmias, and cardiac arrest. Early sig...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2013.10.003
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article reviews current issues regarding the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) examination. Technical performance issues, decision-making and practice algorithms, fluid volume and scoring systems, proficiency and training, and the role of the FAST in pediatric trauma are covered. This article e...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2004.04.007
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article reviews the pearls and pitfalls of obstetric and gynecologic emergencies occurring in women presenting to the emergency department. Some pitfalls include failure to screen for ectopic pregnancy, tachycardia as an unreliable indicator of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, and the use of serum hCG as a testing p...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70306-0
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The interrelationships between biomedical ethics and the law are perhaps nowhere as starkly apparent as in the realm of medical malpractice. Although ethical and legal conduct and practices are often in harmony, in many areas ethical principles and the issues surrounding medical liability appear to come into conflict....
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2006.05.017
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This issue of the Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America focuses on the spectrum of public health issues that significantly impact the practice of emergency medicine and which are faced by practicing emergency physicians on daily basis. Topics include public health research in the emergency department; respirator...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2006.06.012
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article reviews some common illnesses and conditions that prompt traveling patients to seek medical care in the emergency department in the United States. It also presents an emergency department approach to the initial diagnosis and treatment of travelers who are experiencing adverse side effects from pretravel ...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70295-9
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In recent years, multiple global forces have contributed to the emergence and widespread distribution of previously unknown disease entities. This article discusses Ebola virus, West Nile virus, and Hantavirus as representative emerging infectious diseases. Smallpox is discussed along with concerns about the safety of...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2006.06.005
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A rapid controlled induction of anesthesia is useful to facilitate emergency intubation and to reduce the complications of intubation in pediatric patients. A protocol for rapid sequence intubation and suggestions for optimizing airway management in the Emergency Department are described. The use of end tidal carbon d...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article examines the role and impact of EMTALA on the ethical delivery of hospital-based emergency services, primarily through close inspection of three of the core EMTALA mandates: the medical screening examination, the duty to accept patients in transfer from less capable facilities, and the requirement that th...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2006.05.003
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Injury to the chest accounts directly or indirectly for up to 50 per cent of deaths secondary to trauma. Eighty-five per cent of patients with chest injury may be managed by minor procedures available to the emergency physician. The indications for surgery in the remaining 15 per cent of patients with chest injury mus...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Helium-oxygen ("heliox") mixtures have been used for decades in the treatment of various respiratory problems ranging from acute upper airway obstructions to lower airway derangements, such as asthma and exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. This review presents a brief history of helium and helium-oxygen mixtures and ...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2008.07.007
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::US is the imaging modality of choice in many situations encountered in the Emergency Department. It is particularly useful in evaluating renal colic, pain or vaginal bleeding in the pregnant patient, and pelvic pain in the nonpregnant woman; and in diagnosing gallbladder disease, appendicitis, proximal lower extremity...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Wound healing is a complex interchange, orchestrated between cellular components that play their respective parts signaled by and mediated by different cellular instruments of healing. When healing is performed well, the final product is a thing of beauty. When healing is delayed, interrupted, or excessive, then unsig...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2006.12.002
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article provides a review of the evaluation and treatment of common injuries to the shoulder, humerus, and clavicle in the emergency department (ED) setting. In addition to a focused review of the shoulder's physical examination, topics include common emergent injuries such as glenohumeral dislocations, proximal ...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2010.06.006
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The management of the patient presenting to the Emergency Department with nephrolithiasis or renal colic should include evaluation of the patient for concurrent diseases, risk factors for stone formation, and possible etiologies for stones. Suspicion of ureterolithiasis is based on a cogent history and physical examin...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The landscape of acute stroke care has changed dramatically in the last decade. Even before the approval of tissue plasminogen activator for acute stroke in 1996, organized acute stroke care was initiated at several hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry was deeply entrenched in the search for neuroprotective agent...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0733-8627(02)00022-6
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::LSD is still readily available in the United States as a street drug of abuse. Emergency physicians may be called on to diagnose acute LSD intoxication in cases in which the history is unavailable. The typical LSD intoxication syndrome causes marked illusions of color and sound, along with a feeling of "cosmic awarene...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::As more Americans venture into the wilderness, physicians will be called upon to provide care in the backcountry or austere setting. Additionally, more isolated regions of the world are becoming accessible for trekking and mountaineering. These facts imply a higher rate of injuries and medical problems within a distin...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2004.01.012
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aging population of the United States creates pharmaceutical challenges for the practicing emergency physician. Polypharmacy, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, and other pharmaceutical complications from the pathophysiologic changes associated with aging need to be recognized in order to optimize outcomes i...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2016.04.003
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The clinical spectrum of hyperthyroidism varies from asymptomatic,subclinical hyperthyroidism to the life-threatening "thyroid storm". Hyperthyroidism is a common form of thyroid disease that mimics many of the common complaints in the emergency department. The diagnosis of hyperthyroidism is often challenging due to ...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2005.03.002
更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Essential aspects of emergency department assessment and initial treatment of patients with traumatic amputations are outlined. Pitfalls of early treatment and indications for replantation are discussed. The dogmatic approach is avoided. ...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Determining the appropriate immunizations for international travelers is a complex, multifaceted process. This article proposes a stepwise and systematic approach to the immunization needs of the traveler-patient. Vaccines for routine health maintenance as well as special issues of the elderly, pregnant, immunocomprom...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70285-6
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aging process results in changes in pulmonary physiology that make the elderly population more susceptible to pulmonary disease. These physiologic changes also alter the clinical presentation of such diseases, making the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disorders particularly challenging for the clinician. It ...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2006.01.002
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sudden cardiac death is one of the leading causes of death and a major public health problem that particularly affects the elderly. Sudden cardiac death may be a terminal event after a prolonged debilitating and painful illness, or it may occur following many years of symptoms related to a cardiac disorder; however, i...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70023-7
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many orthopedic injuries can have hidden risks that result in increased liability for the emergency medicine practitioner. It is imperative that emergency medicine practitioners consider the diagnoses of compartment syndrome, high-pressure injury, spinal epidural abscess, and tendon lacerations in the right patient. C...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2019.09.008
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tumor lysis syndrome is most often seen after the treatment of blood and solid malignancies. The resultant hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia, and hyperuricemia can lead to life threatening complications. Expeditious evaluation and therapy are paramount in preventing the most serious sequelae of acute renal...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2009.04.010
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dissections of the carotid and vertebral arteries are a common cause of stroke in young adults. The diagnosis may be missed because the typical signs and symptoms are often delayed in onset, or easily confused with other more commonly encountered entities. Dissections of the carotid and vertebral arteries may occur sp...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70325-4
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gynecologic malignancies are the third most common cancer among women in the United States. Because of often subtle early findings, the diagnosis may not be made before the widespread dissemination of the disease. The Emergency Department physician will commonly encounter a woman with vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain, or...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A thorough working knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening electrolyte abnormalities in cancer patients, especially hyponatremia, hypoglycemia, and hypercalcemia, is essential to the successful practice of emergency medicine. Although most minor abnormalities have no specific treatment, severe cli...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2009.01.007
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The treatment of acute ischemic stroke is one of the most rapidly evolving areas in medicine. Like all ischemic vascular emergencies, the priority is reperfusion before irreversible infarction. The central nervous system is sensitive to brief periods of hypoperfusion, making stroke a golden hour diagnosis. Although th...
journal_title:Emergency medicine clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.emc.2020.09.014
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00