Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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About Face: A Review of Facial Paralysis for Emergency Clinicians
Emergency medicine clinicians routinely encounter patients with facial paralysis and need a straightforward way to filter through the wide range of differential diagnoses. This article reviews the fundamentals of facial paralysis, including its epidemiology, anatomy, and differential diagnosis.
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Poll: Emergency Physicians Hesitate to Seek Mental Health Treatment
Despite the availability of services, frontline workers feeling the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic try to tough it out.
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Medical Groups Pool Resources to Promote Behavioral, Mental Health
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the need for better mental and behavioral healthcare might only intensify.
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Tool Helps Emergency Providers Better Stratify COVID-19 Patients
The tool is particularly effective at illuminating which patients are at both ends of the severity spectrum, which can be helpful to emergency clinicians as they make their disposition decisions. Still, it is up to clinicians to consider the information provided, and then use their clinical judgment.
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Investigators Raise Alarm About Prevalence, Impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Emergency Nursing
If left unaddressed, secondary traumatic stress can negatively affect mood, relationships, job satisfaction, and patient care.
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Try Using Telehealth to Diagnose and Manage Patients with Dizziness
Because of COVID-19, many patients with dizziness may be seeking care virtually. It has become increasingly important for practitioners to be able to recognize whether there is a serious underlying cause via two-way video hookup.
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Room for Improvement in Frontline Care of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) can be frightening and debilitating. It is not uncommon for patients suffering from PNES to present to the ED for help. However, arriving at an accurate diagnosis in these cases can be tricky. Many patients with PNES are misdiagnosed, leading to frustration, morbidity, and (in many cases) harm related to inappropriate treatment.
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Early Trial Results Suggest Many Acute Appendicitis Patients Could Safely Delay or Avoid Surgery
In a study, 70% of patients with appendicitis who were treated with antibiotics avoided surgery at 90 days. This creates possibilities for patients and providers for a common diagnosis in the ED.
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Ketamine Use in Emergency Medicine
Ketamine is a medication traditionally used by emergency physicians for intubation and procedural sedation. This article will discuss many common and accepted uses of ketamine, primarily for agitation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), sedation, and pain management.
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Medical Groups Pool Resources to Promote Behavioral, Mental Health
Collaborative supports physicians trying to overcome barriers to integrating these services into primary practice.