This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Dr. Stephen Liang and Rachel Chin, focuses on Infectious Disease Emergencies, with topics including: Cardiovascular and Bloodstream Infections; Pneumonia and Respiratory Tract Infections; Urinary Tract Infections; CNS Infections; Skin and Soft Tissue Infections; MSK infections; Sexually Transmitted Infections; HIV Emergencies; Oncology Infectious Disease Emergencies; Transplant Infectious Disease Emergencies; Emerging Infections in the Emergency Department, Trauma/disaster-related infections; Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Emergency Department; and Infection Prevention in the Emergency Department.
From the Preface: The most significant aspect of infectious diseases is that a majority of serious emergencies are curable if diagnosed early and managed appropriately rather than just treatable, contrary to most other emergent disease ...
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Rapid Fire: Hypercalcemia Angela Irene Carrick, DO*, Holly Briann Costner, DO KEYWORDS Hypercalcemia Malignancy Endocrine Treatment Emergency medicine Metabolic emergency KEY POINTS Hypercalcemia is most commonly due to ...
1).8 Given this, traditional triage protocols may miss geriatric patients with ACS. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF “ATYPICAL” SYMPTOMS There are many potential reasons for the lack of chest pain in older adults presenting with ACS.4 This population ...
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