Abstract Introduction Urologist, gynecologist, surgeons, sexologists, and ER physicians are familiarized with some of the sexual emergencies that called attention everybody. However, broad spectrum those disorders is not well-known. Objective 1. Show magnitude in an important hospital South Florida. 2. nationally internationally. 3. Describe how they can vary according place, culture, societies...

Allergic and hypersensitivity reactions such as anaphylaxis and asthma exacerbations may occur during air travel. Although the exact incidence of in-flight asthma and allergic emergencies is not known, we have concerns that this subject has not received the attention it warrants. There is a need to provide passengers at risk and airlines with the necessary measures to prevent and manage these e...

1. The seven medical units on the E.B.S. rota have already all their patients admitted as "medical emergencies". These units are in the major hospital complexes with a heavy teaching programme and include three professorial units. Their work is dominated by the burden of accepting and disposing of "medical emergencies". 2. The back up hospitals which have approximately a quarter of the availabl...

introduction: although the synergistic effects of opioids and other analgesic drugs such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) have been established in relieving acute pain due to renal calculi, no studies today have evaluated the concomitant administration of opiates and other drugs with analgesic effects, such as serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. considering the high prevalence of r...

WPSAR Vol 6, No 2, 2015 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.008 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a WPSAR Editorial Team, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Offi ce for the Western Pacifi c, Manila, Philippines. b Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Offi ce for the Western ...

The literature from India is conspicuous by paucity of well-planned studies on psychiatric emergencies. Trivedi and Gupta (1982) in a retrospective study found that 2.9 % of the total patients coming to emergency room of a general hospital were diagnosed to be having psychiatric illness. In a prospective study by Kelkar et al (1982) the figure was 5.4%. However, both of these studies have not a...

Besides the individual emergencies that occur on a daily basis, Lebanon has faced several public health emergencies due to the wars the most recent of which was in 2006. Despite proving its efficiency and experience in dealing with such emergencies, there is a need to organize the emergency health system in Lebanon so as to ensure its effective and efficient performance to meet the needs and as...