Electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：:Many systemic diseases have associated oral symptoms. Occasionally, patients with these diseases present with lesions that occur primarily in the mouth. Although few systemic diseases have strictly pathognomonic lesions of the oral mucosa, a careful examination of the oral cavity can often lend important clues to maki...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Mulliken RA,Casner MJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 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

authors： McGarvey JM,Pollack CV

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary retention is a common problem encountered in the emergency department. Acute urinary retention (AUR) presents as a sudden inability to voluntarily void, and is typically associated with lower abdominal pain. Its etiology can be varied and multifactorial. Treatment of AUR aims to relieve the obstruction and mit...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Billet M,Windsor TA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric patients with trauma pose unique challenges, both practical and cognitive, to front-line care providers. The combination of anatomic, physiologic, and metabolic factors leads to unique injury patterns with different approaches and responses to treatment compared with adults. A similar traumatic mechanism can...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Mikrogianakis A,Grant V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venomous aquatic animals are hazardous to swimmers, surfers, divers, and fishermen. Exposures include mild stings, bites, abrasions, and lacerations. Severe envenomations can be life threatening. This article reviews common marine envenomations, exploring causative species, clinical presentation, and current treatment...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Hornbeak KB,Auerbach PS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted diseases comprise one of the most common medical complications of pregnancy. Prompt treatment is essential to minimize the risk of fetal and neonatal adverse consequences. At this time, however, no pharmacologic therapy is routinely employed for the viral STDs during pregnancy, including HIV, HSV,...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Martens KA

更新日期：1994-02-01 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

authors： Harwood-Nuss AL,Benrubi GI,Nuss RC

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt recognition of actual or impending aortic emergencies is essential to the effective practice of emergency medicine. Understanding the pathophysiologic principles and awareness of the potential subtleties in the clinical presentations of aortic dissection, aneurysm, and occlusive disease are prerequisites to thi...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Knaut AL,Cleveland JC Jr

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the geriatric population increases in the United States, there is an increase in number of visits to emergency departments for end-of-life and palliative care. This provides the emergency physician with a unique opportunity to alleviate and prevent further suffering in this vulnerable population. Competency in comm...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： McEwan A,Silverberg JZ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency medicine physicians are uniquely positioned to detect manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease in the head and neck region. Awareness of the myriad of opportunistic infections and malignancies that involve the head, neck, and eyes is paramount to their diagnosis and treatment. On occasion...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Moayedi S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia is a common disease seen in Emergency Department patients and is caused by a wide range of pathogens. The clinical and laboratory data that help to provide a specific etiologic diagnosis of the pneumonia are reviewed. In addition, current recommendations for the treatment and hospitalization of patients with...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Carden DL,Smith JK

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient who has sustained blunt trauma to the chest can present a diagnostic challenge to the emergency physician. There are several diagnostic modalities available for treating life-threatening injuries to these patients. The authors review published studies to support the use of these tests in diagnosing injurie...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Greenberg MD,Rosen CL

更新日期：1999-02-01 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

authors： Thanassi WT,Weiss EL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases do not always show the usual or "classic" signs and symptoms in the elderly. Physiologic changes over the years of a long life seem to be responsible for impairment of regulation or function of many organ systems. Since function often is measured in clinical medicine by laboratory testing, physicians frequent...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Kelso T

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: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 patient poisoned by a specific agent depends largely on the quality of care delivered...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Erickson TB,Thompson TM,Lu JJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrasound diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis by an emergency physician is occurring with increased frequency. The examination is simple to perform and, when combined with a clinical pretest probability or D-dimer, can aid in the rapid disposition ofa patient with lower extremity pain and swelling. The technique ...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Tracy JA,Edlow JA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earache, a common emergency department presentation, may be caused by a variety of conditions, some distant from the ear. This article discusses the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, otitis externa, otitis media with ruptured tympanic membrane or tympanostomy tubes, malignant o...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Conover K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general concepts of defibrillation are reviewed. Research continues in the area of implanted defibrillators, new circuiting, and more effective current transfer. ...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Ventriglia WJ,Hamilton GC

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous surgical complications arise from parenteral drug use. Some complications have severe sequelae and most prove to be a diagnostic challenge. It is likely that these problems will remain a significant burden on the health care system as a result of continued widespread drug abuse. EPs must always maintain vigil...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Calder KK,Severyn FA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of malignancy in childhood is challenging. Signs and symptoms are generally nonspecific, and children with an underlying malignancy rarely are seriously ill at the time of initial presentation. A thorough history and physical examination are the most important components of the emergency physician's asse...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Pollack ES

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International EM development requires a comprehensive assessment of the current system and careful planning to ensure that the most important needs are addressed. Modeling a country's EM system after an existing foreign system underestimates the complex needs for instituting appropriate system interventions. Planning ...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Thomas TL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is recognized by the presence of physiologic and laboratory changes that reflect the inflammatory response to infection on cellular and systemic levels. Comorbid conditions, such as cirrhosis, end-stage renal disease, and obesity, alter patients' susceptibility to infection and their response to it once present...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Borloz MP,Hamden KE

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knee is one of the most commonly injured joints in the human body, and, largely because of athletic injuries, they are increasing in frequency in the United States. This article provides a brief overview of knee anatomy, examines radiographic imaging techniques and arthrocentesis of the knee, and discusses injurie...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Roberts DM,Stallard TC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the altered physiology of the elderly population, either as a result of aging or as a result of other disease processes, many illnesses may present with features that are either atypical or nonspecific in nature. Difficult and nonspecific complaints such as weakness in an elderly patient must be handled in ...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Chew WM,Birnbaumer DM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures. Not all epileptic seizures indicate the existence of an epileptic disorder; many represent a natural response of the normal brain to transient noxious insults that are not likely to be repeated (reactive seizures). Not only is it ...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Engel J Jr,Starkman S

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General management of the patient who has ingested an overdose of psychoactive medication is emphasized, since the suicidal patient has almost invariably taken multiple substances and often alcohol as well. The drug groups considered in detail include the sedative hypnotics, tricyclic antidepressants, phenothiazines, ...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Goldfrank L,Flomenbaum N,Weisman R

更新日期：1984-02-01 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

authors： Morris DL,Shah SM,Huff JS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endpoints of sedation and analgesia have been more difficult than traditional physiologic parameters to measure adequately. Several clinical scoring systems have been developed in an attempt to provide more consistent and objective assessments of sedation, but the few that have been validated are cumbersome to use...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Blackburn P,Vissers R

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses clinical presentations and diagnostic approaches to acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department. ...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Yiadom MY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric asthma is a disease that is managed across outpatient physicians, hospitalists, critical care physicians, and emergency department (ED) physicians. Scoring systems may facilitate a rapid assessment of the child with asthma in the ED. Short-acting beta agonists are still the mainstay of therapy for acute exac...

journal_title：Emergency medicine clinics of North America

authors： Kline-Krammes S,Patel NH,Robinson S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00