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In early February 2008, all the ED physicians at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis, including ED medical director Ed Ferguson, MD, submitted their resignations over a dispute with the administration concerning the establishment of a physician group.
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On Feb. 7, a fire and explosion rocked the Imperial Sugar Co. plant in Port Wentworth, GA.
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This article is designed to refresh and update the community emergency physician knowledge base for the assessment and management of pediatric chest trauma.
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This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of hydrocortisone replacement in septic shock aimed to evaluate 28-day mortality in non-responders to corticotropin stimulation.
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Trauma surgeons at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis carried out a randomized clinical trial comparing a continuous ethanol infusion with a protocol of scheduled diazepam administration for the prevention and control of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) among patients admitted to their ICU following trauma.
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It is now well established that ventilating patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using a strategy that limits alveolar distending volume and end-inspiratory static airway pressure results in improved survival, as compared to larger-volume, higher-pressure ventilation.
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This multicenter randomized trialnicknamed the VISEP studyused a two-by-two factorial design to test two independent treatments in severe sepsis patients.
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In this issue: Does erythropoietin worsen cancer death rates? Most hypothyroid patients can be replaced with levothyroxine alone without additional T3. Does aggressive control in type 2 diabetes save lives?
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A small but growing number of EDs are implementing self-service computer kiosks to streamline the triage process. Potential benefits may include improved patient flow and satisfaction, but what are the liability risks of this practice?
