Ultrasonography (US) is an invaluable tool in the management of many types of patients in Internal Medicine and Emergency Departments, as it provides rapid, detailed information regarding abdominal organs and the cardiovascular system, and facilitates the assessment and safe drainage of pleural or intra-abdominal ...

Over the past decade Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POC US) is increasingly performed in adult emergency medicine for a variety of indications. Pediatric emergency medicine has been much slower to embrace POC US. The authors report a case of a 15-year-old boy that presented to the pediatric ...

, as a lamentable consequence of human mistreatment. This latter claim ensured that animal suicide became publicised Intensive care Abdominal illness NHS reorganisation Animal testing Connective tissue Animal suicide c and Development Centre. Two emerging areas of work are the molecularisation of medicine and animal ...

BACKGROUND: Constipation is a common complaint seen in the emergency department for which patients will try many different remedies. OBJECTIVES: This case report discusses the outcome of a patient who developed a chemical colitis after using a hydrogen peroxide enema to relieve his constipation. CASE REPORT: A 43-year-old male with a history of chronic constipation presented ...

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Barotrauma from aerospace medicine viewpoint, discussing oxygen absorption, barosinusitis, abdominal

of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicin; George F Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser...

The authors report a case of abdominal compartment syndrome caused by massive pyonephrosis in an infant with primary obstructive megaureter successfully treated with emergency surgical decompression.

A young man with abdominal pain who had radiopaque tablets in his gut is described. Investigations showed the diagnosis of lead poisoning from ayurvedic medicines. PMID:21495890

This book features a state-of-the-art report on single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in abdominal imaging, which highlights the emergency of /sup 99m/Tc-red cell imaging as the procedure of choice for diagnosing heptatic hemangioma. In addition, the use of captropril scinitigraphy in the study of suspected renovascular hypertension is ...

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ObjectiveWe sought to determine (1) how often and why emergency medicine resident physicians perform core physical exams in patients with minor peripheral chief complaints (MCCs); and (2) the clinical impact this practice.MethodsThis prospective observational study was conducted at an urban emergency department with a 4?year ...

This is the first in a series of articles dealing with developments in the history of diagnostic pathology and laboratory medicine for the Journal of Clinical Pathology. The pregnancy test kits of today can give an accurate result within 2 min and are as easily available in the laboratory as they are for over-the-counter purchase. Such kits also find a use in the ...

Peptic ulcers may lead to emergency situations. Severe abdominal pain with or without evidence of bleeding may indicate a perforation of the ulcer through the stomach or duodenum. Vomiting of a ...

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18:763-766 � 2011 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine ABSTRACT: Objectives:? Adolescent females are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Although Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) has been declared the most common nonviral STI, TV testing is ...

... Care for Casualties with Penetrating Abdominal Injury, Shock or Inability to Tolerate Oral Agent, Painless Wound Care: Preventive Medicine in the ...

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Evaluation and management of acute abdominal pain in special populations can be challenging for the emergency physician. This article focuses on two specific populations: patients with altered immunologic function and postprocedural patients. Recognition of life-threatening abdominal diseases may be delayed in immunosuppressed patients ...

A 59-year-old woman presents with decreased appetite and abdominal pain. Her symptoms lead to lethargy and weakness. Abdominal pain is a common presentation in the primary care and emergency room setting. She was initially diagnosed with an abscess and treated with antibiotics and drainage. Upon further evaluation and cystoscopy she ...

Patient gender does not influence the management or diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in the elderly, but affects outcome Some 7. ... Research and Quality (HS11416). More details are in "Does gender influence emergency department management and outcomes in ...

Introduction and objectivesAbdominal sonography is regarded as a quick and effective diagnostic tool for acute abdominal pain in emergency medicine. However, final diagnosis is usually based on a combination of various clinical examinations and radiography. The role of sonography in the decision making process at a ...

This survey was designed to clarify the current understanding and clinical management of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH)/abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) among intensive care physicians in tertiary Chinese hospitals. A postal twenty-question questionnaire was sent to 141 physicians in different intensive care units (ICUs). A total of 108 (76.6%) ...

Patients with nonspecific abdominal pain can have any one of many disease processes. The physical examination may not reveal clear abnormalities, making the diagnosis more difficult. Vascular abdominal emergencies are not common but, when present, may be catastrophic, with significant morbidity and, frequently, mortality. Most of the ...

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This clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians is an update of the 2004 clinical policy on the critical issues in the evaluation of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute blunt abdominal trauma. A writing subcommittee reviewed the literature as part of the process to develop ...

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Chest and abdominal pain are the most common reasons that persons aged 15 years and over visit the emergency department (ED). Because EDs provide both emergency and nonemergency care visits for these symptoms may vary in their acuity. Advanced medical ima...

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Abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons pediatric patients seek emergency care. The emergency physician must be able to distinguish diagnoses requiring immediate attention from self-limiting processes. Pediatric patients can be challenging, particularly those who are preverbal, and therefore, the clinician must rely on a ...

This book is designed primarily for the busy emergency physician in search of a practical guide to occupational medicine in the emergency department. Occupational physicians should also find in it a useful perspective on the approach to occupational medic...

Two patients with splenic epidermoid cysts who presented as acute abdominal emergencies are reported. ImagesFigure 1

or cancers that spread to the lymph nodes near the ureters Kidney stone disease Radiation or chemotherapy Trauma Symptoms Acute or emergency symptoms may include: Abdominal...

... an organ, usually bowel, protruding through a weak point or tear in the thin muscular abdominal wall. Inguinal hernias can restrict blood supply to the bowel herniated through the defect, creating a medical emergency.

There is a critical and growing need for emergency physicians and emergency medicine resources worldwide. To meet this need, physicians must be trained to deliver time-sensitive interventions and life-saving emergency care. Currently, there is no internationally recognized, standard curriculum that defines the ...

With a bank of data collected locally and a probability program of diagnostic aid, the computer is capable of making the correct diagnosis in 79% of acute abdominal pain syndromes. Its performance in this respect is somewhat superior to that of clinicians (73.5%). Including a computer program in diagnostic procedures would reduce the number of errors by excess or omission. In ...

A patient who presented to the emergency department with severe, recurrent abdominal pain demonstrated Chilaiditi's sign, a radiographic term for interposition of the hepatic flexure of the colon between the liver and right hemidiaphragm. Workup of this clinical case revealed anomalous colonic anatomy, which led to successful laparoscopic corrective ...

Malrotation in children is due to either an incomplete or non-rotation of the foetal mid-gut during perinatal development. Presentation is usually in the first few weeks of life, often with life-threatening volvulus and ischaemia. However, it can be a rare cause of abdominal pain in older children and young adults. We present such a case, as a reminder to ...

The charts of 115 patients presenting to the Ottawa Civic Hospital Emergency Department with abdominal pain were examined for objective signs, laboratory investigations, cost of investigations, and disposition of the patients. After the initial visit, 85 patients were contacted for followup. Of these, 67 percent had no abdominal pain ...

With increasing demands for blood transfusions, the costs and shortages, clinically relevant risks and doubts on the efficacy, blood conservation is an important issues. Among the available methods cell salvage is of great importance as it has proven effective and safe. The high availability and cost efficacy allows fast processing of at least half of the lost red blood cells. The method has wide ...

This manual serves as a guide to basic radiologic procedures such as chest, abdominal, and skeletal examinations as well as simple nonfluoroscopic studies using contrast material. The book concentrates on the more common diagnostic problems encountered in medicine, as the services of a radiologist would be required for the more complicated techniques. The ...

Barotrauma Author: Randel, H. W.. Abstract: Barotrauma from aerospace medicine viewpoint, discussing oxygen absorption, barosinusitis, abdominal hide ...

... oil to run out. This oil is then bottled and ready for use and has always been ... medicines. The inner, living bark is immersed in water and a tea prepared to treat severe abdominal ... ...

medicinal plant for jamu. All parts of the plant are used, among others to treat gonorrhea, syphilis. The berries of this plant are used to treat gonorrhea, dysentery, syphilis, abdominal pain, diarrhea

... infection, enuresis, Asthma (management of the child who wheezes), Goiter (diagnosis and treatment of goiter in children), Abdominal pain ...

... on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, July 8 ... blast wave was translated into a loading distribution based ... When multiple blasts were involved, the ...

The abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) was first described in surgical patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, trauma, bleeding, or infection, but in recent years it has also been described in patients with other pathologies such as burn injury and sepsis and in medical patients. This F1000 Medicine Report is intended to ...

When discussing which laboratory tests or imaging to order in the setting of acute abdominal pain, it is practical to organize information by disease process (eg, acute appendicitis, cholecystitis). Because studies on the accuracy of diagnostic tests are of necessity related to the presence or absence of specific diagnoses, and because clinicians frequently look to tests to ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a grave complication of ascending omphalitis in the neonate, but because it is rare some of the signs are not well documented. Rapidly progressive anterior abdominal wall edema and cellulitis were noted in 16 patients who were clinically diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis. Fifteen of these patients died soon after emergence of ...

Evaluation of the emergency department patient with acute abdominal pain may be challenging. Many factors can obscure the clinical findings leading to incorrect diagnosis and subsequent adverse outcomes. Clinicians must consider multiple diagnoses with limited time and information, giving priority to life-threatening conditions that require expeditious ...

From January 1991 to June 1993 we performed 106 emergency laparoscopies. The patients' mean age was 31 years (17-90). There were 73 females (69%) and 33 males (31%). 8 (8%) laparoscopic evaluations of abdominal traumas were performed. Laparoscopy yielded a diagnosis in 89% of the cases. In 12 cases (11%) the laparoscopy was negative. Morbidity was 2% and ...

In a clinical series, 10 consecutive female patients with intra-abdominal infections were successfully treated with natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) performed transvaginally. The surgery, which consisted of a hybrid NOTES procedure using a transvaginal approach, was performed on an emergency basis by the surgical team on call. The ...

Microgrants are a novel concept where small grants are used to facilitate research. The concept might have a place in developing emergency medicine research, especially in countries where emergency medicine is not established or in new areas of research. Two examples of the beneficial effects of microgrants in ...

Rupture into the abdominal cavity is a rare but serious complication of hydatid disease that necessitates emergency surgical intervention. We present herein a case with mild abdominal symptoms due to hydatid cyst rupture into the peritoneum after trauma. A 24-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room with ...

In a prospective study of 1112 patients presenting to the Accident and Emergency Department with abdominal pain; the SG10 Ames Urine Dipsticks were shown to be a valuable screening test for the detection of infected urine. Introducing this technique would reduce by at least 37% the number of urgent requests for microscopy of midstream urines (MSUs). ...

For patients with acute abdominal pain, bedside ultrasound examination is related to higher satisfaction and decreased short-term health care consumption. No major effects were revealed when evaluating effects on a long-term basis, including mortality. The previously proven benefit together with the lack of adverse effects from the method makes ultrasound well worth ...

The possible future role of the family physician in the emergency room is discussed in the light of the rapidly changing system of delivery of emergency medical services and the establishment of a specialty of emergency medicine. It is pointed out that the family physician will play a most important role in smaller ...

This training manual for emergency medical technicians, one of 14 modules that comprise the Emergency Victim Care textbook, covers medical emergencies. The objectives for the chapter are for students to be able to describe the causes, signs, and symptoms for specified medical emergencies and to describe ...

In 2009 emergency medicine had not been officially established as a specialty in Vietnam. As a result of a non-government organization identifying the need to improve the delivery of emergency care, the Vietnam2010 Symposium in Emergency Medicine was held in Hue in March 2010. This involved 1 ...

The emergency medicine and pre-hospital environments are unlike any other clinical environments and require special consideration to allow the successful implementation of clinical trials. This article reviews the specific issues involved in Emergency Medicine Clinical Trials (EMCT), and provides strategies from ...

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Adrenocortical carcinomas are rare aggressive tumors. Their annual incidence is approximately one to two per million among the population of the United States of America. Patients with active endocrine tumors often present with Cushing's syndrome accompanied by virilizing features. Conversely, patients with non-functioning tumors may present with symptoms related to a ...

IntroductionAdrenocortical carcinomas are rare aggressive tumors. Their annual incidence is approximately one to two per million among the population of the United States of America. Patients with active endocrine tumors often present with Cushing's syndrome accompanied by virilizing features. Conversely, patients with non-functioning tumors may present with symptoms related to a mass-occupying ...

Hypercalcemia is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain and may be overlooked in the Emergency Department. In this case report, we describe the case of a 48-year-old woman with a prior history of urolithiasis who presented to the Emergency Department with diffuse abdominal pain. She had taken Trichlormethiazide 1 mg ...

The second edition, a complete revision, incorporates examples of the newer modalities (CT, nuclear medicine) which are being used more routinely in the emergency room.

Research article Undergraduate medical education in emergency medical care: A nationwide survey at German medical schools