Hypothermia

Dec 22, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Hypothermia

Hypothermia Morgan Eutermoser and Jay Lemery BACKGROUND In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report disclosed that 689 deaths per year in the…

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Altitude Emergencies

Dec 22, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Altitude Emergencies

Altitude Emergencies Christopher Davis, Zina Semenovskaya, and Jay Lemery BACKGROUND Altitude illness encompasses a spectrum of clinical entities that occur at elevation as a result of hypobaric hypoxia. While a…

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Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Dec 22, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Subarachnoid and Intracerebral Hemorrhage A.L.O. Manoel, Cappy Lay, D. Turkel-Parrella, Joshua Stillman, and Alberto Goffi BACKGROUND Cerebrovascular disease is the fourth leading cause of death in North America and accounts…

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Burns and Soft Tissue Infections

Dec 22, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Burns and Soft Tissue Infections

Burns and Soft Tissue Infections Carla M. Carvalho and Paul Maggio BURNS Background Each year in the United States, 450,000 people require medical treatment for burns, with 40,000 requiring hospitalization…

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Sedation of the Agitated Patient

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Sedation of the Agitated Patient Randall Wood and Jin H. Han BACKGROUND Emergency physicians are frequently called upon to provide care to agitated, violent, and combative patients. These patients pose…

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asopressors and Inotropes

Dec 22, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on asopressors and Inotropes

Vasopressors and Inotropes Matthew C. Strehlow BACKGROUND Vasopressors and inotropes are vasoactive agents used to improve cardiac output and distribution of blood flow in patients suffering from shock. Vasopressors act…

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Metabolic Inhibitors

Dec 22, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Metabolic Inhibitors

Metabolic Inhibitors Lauren K. Shawn and Lewis S. Nelson BACKGROUND The complicated metabolic pathways of the human body present multiple opportunities for poisoning. Toxins can inhibit essential pathways in many…

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