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There have been multiple advances in evaluation and management of kidney stones in recent years. This article will provide the emergency physician with an understanding essential for timely diagnosis, management, and disposition of kidney stones in the ED.
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As a major cause of traumatic death and disability, head injuries require timely diagnosis and management. Because survivors of serious head injuries often have varying degrees of permanent disability, head injury litigation is not uncommon. Furthermore, epidural hematomas may present subtly and progress rapidly toward serious brain injury and death.
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Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that nearly 4% of Americans are afflicted with food allergies. The spectrum of food allergy ranges from atopic dermatitis or other cutaneous manifestations hours after eating the problem food, to life-threatening events occurring shortly after ingestion. As well, some individuals experience allergic symptoms only if the food is eaten before physical stimuli such as vigorous physical exercise.
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In this issue, the author reviews how the law can attempt to impute responsibility on health care organizations and/or other health care workers for the alleged negligence of another.
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Burn injuries frequently present to the emergency department. In the majority of cases, the burns are minor, yet they require a careful assessment, cleaning, dressing, and careful follow-up. Patients with more severe burn injuries, especially those associated with house fires or explosions, should be assessed carefully for multiple trauma, and care should be taken to protect the spine until injury can be excluded clinically or radiographically. The authors review the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with sustained burns.
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