In light of the existing health care crisis, patients who leave the emergency department (ED) against medical advice (AMA) will foreseeably represent an increasing population of emergency patients. Despite this, these patients have attracted little academic interest within the emergency medicine literature.
A recently arbitrated case presents a starting off point for a discussion regarding a commonly applied dressing and a frequently used but often misunderstood method of resolving medial malpractice disputes.
Remember how you were told in medical school that history is 90% of diagnosis? Was it usually ascribed to William Osler or another such legendary figure? Do you still believe it?
Fluid therapy is an integral aspect of trauma resuscitation. With advances in resuscitation research, controversies abound regarding approaches to the initial fluid management.
Fluid therapy is an integral aspect of trauma resuscitation.
Some natural products are not so "natural" after all.
