Respiratory tract injuries caused by inhalation of smoke or chemical products are related to significant morbidity and mortality. While many strategies have been built up to manage cutaneous burn injuries, few logical diagnostic strategies for patients with inhalation injuries exist and almost all treatment is supportive. The goals of initial management are to ensure that the airway allows adeq...

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is the most common tachyarrhythmia in children. There are a few studies on the epidemiology, clinical characteristic and treatment of this condition in Asian children presented at the Emergency Room (ER). This study aims to determine the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, medications use for SVT and responses in children in the ER. Data were collected via...

CONTEXT When experiencing a headache attack, Brazilian patients usually look for a primary care service, where they are seen by general clinicians. In the town of Ribeirão Preto, these clinicians routinely refer patients to the Emergency Room of the University Hospital. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of primary care by analyzing retrospectively the medical r...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the inventory for initial treatment of critically ill children. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Paediatric emergency settings in 15 major district general hospitals. METHODS Using an "expert opinion" created by paediatric intensivists, all hospitals were visited twice to check the inventory. Firstly, to examine the initial site of emergency care for children coming...

The cause of dizziness in patients seen in the emergency room can usually be determined by a focused evaluation that consists of identifying three key features in the history and five key elements of the clinical examination. This article discusses the most common causes of dizziness, how to use this approach, and management of these cases in the emergency room.

AIM The aim of the study was to evaluate efficiency of hypertensive urgency treatment using inhibitors of α1-adrenergic receptors and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors-ACE inhibitors in the Emergency Room of Outpatient Hospital and Polyclinic "dr Mustafa Šehovic" Tuzla in relation to age, duration and severity of hypertension. METHODS The study was conducted from June 2011 to May 2012 ...

T his section of Focus on Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health includes timely articles related to the effect of trauma on children, characterization of pediatric psychiatry emergency room visits, and cognitive side effects of mood stabilizers in children and adolescents. Do children who are directly or indirectly exposed to a single incident of trauma develop posttraumatic stress disorder (P...

Quality assurance programmes have become an accepted part of health care delivery in hospitals in a number of countries. In addition to their value as management and clerical systems designed to ensure that clinical care is of an acceptable standard,' they have also become popular among administrators who see the implementations of quality assurance programmes as a measure of the efficient and ...

Recent findings In the emergency department, patients may experience significant pain, and adequate analgesia is not always provided. Regional analgesia is effective and indicated for many trauma situations including hip fracture, reduction of shoulder dislocation, treatment of upper limb fractures and multiple rib fractures. Ultrasound guidance makes the performance of regional blocks more acc...