how to cite this article: fallah r, ferdosian f, shajari a. non-parenteral medications for procedural sedation in children- a narrative review article. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):1-8. abstract procedural sedation may be needed in many diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children. to make pediatric procedural sedation as safe as possible, protocols should be developed by institut...

At the time of COVID-19 pandemic, Emergency Center University Clinical Serbia (EC-UCCS), although a non-covid hospital, had to adapt taking care large number critically ill and, at same time, potentially contagious patients. In this paper, we present ways that EC-UCCS has adjusted conditions where no precise protocols previously been established for acting in these types situations. March 2019,...

Emergency and critical care medicine have grown into robust self-supporting disciplines with an increasing demand for dedicated highly-skilled physicians. In the past, "core" specialists were asked to offer bedside advice in acute care wards. In the same regard, critical care medicine and nephrology have been fighting but finally emerged altogether with the concept of critical care nephrology a...

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase protein whose requests have been growing exponentially in several countries, including Brazil. In this study, the use of CRP in several clinical situations was reviewed by a group of physicians comprised by specialists in internal medicine, medical emergencies, intensive care, screening, and laboratory medicine, aiming to analyze the applicable literat...

Becher • Editorial E this year, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) released its first-ever National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine with the intention of bringing the critical issues confronting emergency care in the United States before the public eye. The ACEP Report Card is an assessment of the support that each state provides for its emergency medicine system...

hemodynamic monitoring is needed in up to 58% of patients presented to the emergency department. central venous pressure (cvp) monitoring is generally useful to assess general volume status. there are several methods of cvp measurement, which can be categorized as invasive and non-invasive. cvp manometer and electronic transducer are among the invasive methods and direct observation, ultrasonog...

MEDICINE & HEALTH/RHODE ISLAND Lawrence Proano, MD, DTMH, is Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of International Emergency Medicine. Robert Partridge, MD, MPH, is Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine ,Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of International Emergency Medicine. Both are at the Warren Alpert Medical Schoo...

Dear Editor, Methamphetamine is a potent neurotoxin which can cause dopaminergic degeneration.1 In emergency department settings of hospitals, common presenting symptoms relating to Methamphetamine intoxication include chest pain, hypertension, shortness of breath, and tachycardia.2 In Iran, Methamphetamine intoxication has recently emerged as a crucial health problem in clinical and therapeuti...