Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Are Missed Abdominal Pain Claims Against EPs Defensible?
Many claims involving misdiagnosis of abdominal pain in the ED involve multiple visits to the ED, or to other providers such as primary care physicians or urgent care centers.
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High-risk ED Abdominal Cases Involved These Diagnostic Errors
Researchers developed an electronic tool to identify patients who presented to the ED of an urban academic hospital with acute abdominal pain who were discharged home, had a return ED visit within 10 days, and were admitted to the hospital when they returned.
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Plaintiff Attorney Could Have Tough Time Proving Causation in ED Med/Mal Suit
The plaintiff’s attorney must prove that the EP breached the standard of care, and that the breach caused the alleged damages.
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Electrical and Lightning Injuries
Although electrical injuries are rare, patients who present with these injuries to emergency departments pose particular challenges to emergency physicians and trauma surgeons.
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Commonly Missed Radiographic Findings
The practice of medicine involves judgment, the weighing of possibilities and probabilities. Even more so when interpreting radiographs.
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
MONOGRAPH: It's characterized by markedly increased circulating ketone bodies leading to ketoacidosis.
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Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Concussions in the ED
MONOGRAPH: Here are crucial steps to treat this common presentation in children.
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EPs Often Unaware of Psychiatric Patients’ EMTALA Risks
Screening must cover both medical and mental health.
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Complacency Is Risky for Frequent ED Users with Psychiatric History
Assumptions of “same old” symptoms are dangerous.
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Assuming Patient’s Symptoms ‘Just Psychiatric’ Is Legally Risky
EPs sometimes assume that delusions, hallucinations, agitation, and other psychiatric complaints are due to a psychiatric illness without performing a complete history and physical examination.