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Lumbar Back Pain: From the Common to the Critical
William Alley, MD, and Barry Knapp, MD, FACEP
Emergency department experience teaches that most episodes of low back pain, as severe and temporarily disabling as they may be, are not manifestations of serious pathology—but you cannot afford to miss the ones that are. The authors explain how to make your assessment both sensitive and specific every time.
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Nonprescription Analgesics: Misunderstood and Abused
Kennon Heard, MD
Illness from failure to comply with the labeling of over-the-counter analgesics containing acetaminophen or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug is as inevitable as their use is ubiquitous. The author discusses the characteristics of high-risk users, the signs of possible misuse, how to treat toxic effects, and what to tell patients to prevent recurrence.
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Recognizing and Managing
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Christian Balmadrid, MD, and Michael Bono, MD
Since urgent care physicians will encounter patients suffering from excess iron intake only occasionally, iron toxicity can be challenging when it does present. The authors review the basic science and the signs, symptoms and course of illness and provide an update on the clinical management of these patients.
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Another ER Closes
Neal E. Flomenbaum, MD, Editor-in-Chief |
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This unique facility had a remarkably successful 15-year run delivering emergency care—for one hour a week. EM's editor-in-chief pays his respects.
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Based on these ultrasound images, what course of treatment would you recommend for this 46-year-old man with a painful, swollen area on his right arm that appeared a short time after he injected intravenous heroin?
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A woman seeks treatment for widespread erythema and vesiculation that
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A 42-year-old man with right lower quadrant pain, fever, and mild leukocytosis arrives in your emergency department. After reviewing these CT scan images, would you agree with the presumed diagnosis of acute appendicitis?
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Disaster Preparedness:
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Gary M. Klein, MD, MBA, MPH, CHS-V, Rama B. Rao, MD, Neal E.
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This supplement to EMERGENCY MEDICINE features articles
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pesticide exposure and other forms of chemical poisoning.
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Tricks of the Trade
Emergency Ultrasound
ECG Challenge
Diagnosis at a Glance
Emergency X-Ray
Emergency Imaging
Would You Miss This
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Errors in Emergency
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The Toxic Emergency
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