Emergency medicine specialists care for patients with serious injury or illness necessitating immediate medical attention. In recent decades emergency medicine has been recognized as its own specialty with dedicated training and posts1
The hyperimmune response to COVID infection signals severe disease and ARDS. The pathophysiology and therapy are discussed and illustrated with whiteboard animations.
Despite a lack of thorough statistics, home water births seem to be not only increasingly prevalent in both the US and the UK, but also gaining traction in Australia and Europe.
Currently, more evidence is needed to warrant implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy than simply ventricular fibrillation soon after acute myocardial infarction (MI).
SYNOPSIS: This prospective cohort study finds that high serum calcitonin levels upon admission are associated with elevated risk of invasive respiratory or vasopressor support (IRVS) within three days. Such findings allowed more accurate disease severity scores and improved the process for identifying high risk patients.
SYNOPSIS: A large prospective study finds that among trauma patients the most important factor linked to post-traumatic seizures was alcohol intoxication.
Landelle C, et al. Contamination of healthcare workers’ hands with Clostridium difficile spores after caring for patients with C difficile infection. Infection Control and Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(1):10-15.