Heart failure (HF) continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States, accounting for a higher portion of Medicare costs than any other disease.
The infant or child with a fever is a common occurrence in an emergency department (ED).
Warfarin (Coumadin) is the most commonly used oral anticoagulant. It was synthesized by and named after the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation in 1948.
A 75-year-old woman with a chief complaint of chest pain is brought to a university emergency department (ED) by a city-run emergency medical systems (EMS) service.
During the time that emergency medical staff and hospitals have operated under EMTALA, court decisions relating to EMTALA and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have helped to clarify the ramifications of the law.
