Tips for Button-Battery Ingestion to Avoid Life-Threatening Tissue Damage
Why do emergency physicians need to know about the recognition and management of button battery ingestion? Button…
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Tips for Button-Battery Ingestion to Avoid Life-Threatening Tissue Damage
Why do emergency physicians need to know about the recognition and management of button battery ingestion? Button... -
How To Manage Adult Asthma
This past summer, it became quite apparent that larger and more intense forest fires were contributing to... -
Occult and Subtle Wrist and Hand Injuries You Don’t Want To Miss
A 20-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) directly from the scene of a fall from...
How To Manage Adult Asthma
This past summer, it became quite apparent that larger and more intense forest fires were contributing to…
Occult and Subtle Wrist and Hand Injuries You Don’t Want To Miss
A 20-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) directly from the scene of a fall from…
These Patients and Drugs are Commonly Involved in Drug Interactions
Many common presentations to the emergency department (ED) are related to drug interactions that are commonly missed…
A Seven-Step Approach to Massive Hemoptysis
One of the most hair-raising presentations to the emergency department (ED) can be massive hemoptysis with respiratory…
Tips for Diagnosing Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in the Emergency Dept.
Headache is a very common chief complaint in emergency department (ED) presentations. Of these patients, 98 percent…
ED Management of Drowning
Drowning is any degree of respiratory impairment because of immersion or submersion in a liquid.1 It is…
8 Pitfalls in Recognition and Management of Acetaminophen Toxicity
About one billion doses of acetaminophen are taken safely per annum, and 60 million people in the…
The Challenges of Bronchiolitis: Less is More
Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection in patients under two years of age and…
Best Practices for Emergency Department Syncope Risk Assessment
Note: This article is our CME Now offering for the January 2023 issue. After you read it,…