True emergencies of the urinary tract center on three major issues, including uncontrolled renal hemorrhage, accumulation of urine within the peritoneal cavity or retroperitoneal space, and obstruction to urine outflow. Successful management of urinary tract emergencies in small animal patients is based not only on the severity of the injury or obstruction but on the condition of the patient at...

Medical emergencies are part of the common daily lives of people in developing and under-developed economies. Frequently, some of these medical emergencies end up tragically for many people in these countries due to many reasons, one of which depends on the delivery of the medical treatment especially when the patient is uncommunicative or unresponsive. The ability of the attending medical pers...

These causes are age related and can broadly be divided into those that occur in the neonatal period, the infant and toddler, and the child aged 3 years to teenager (Table 1). It must be always kept in mind that, inevitably, there is some overlap and common entities can present atypically. The presenting symptoms of an abdominal emergency in childhood are mainly vomiting, abdominal distension, ...

OBJECTIVE Although the frequency of pediatric office medical emergencies has been investigated in a retrospective manner, there have been no prospective studies. We examined how often pediatricians in a small rural state encountered medical emergencies in the office setting. This study included an in-office educational program and the donation of resuscitation equipment to study participants. ...

A review of the literature on medical emergencies in the dental office revealed that the majority of recommendations for treating medical emergencies are oriented towards the adult patient, and recommendations for the management of medical emergencies in the child patient are not available. The potential emergencies that may be encountered by the pedodontist are discussed with respect to their ...

introduction: pre-operative investigations for emergency surgical patients differ between centers. following established guidelines can reduce unnecessary investigation, cost of treatment and hospital stay. the present audit was carried out to evaluate the condition of doing pre-operative investigations for three common surgical emergencies compared to national institute for health and care exc...

introduction: most of iran’s health budget goes to hospitals as the largest care providing unit in the community. more than 60% of hospital resources are allocated for staffing. one of the problems facing hospitals especially in critical and sensitive parts such as in emergency room is appropriate staffing. this research was designed to investigate and improve nursing staffing and human resourc...

INTRODUCTION Medical emergencies can occur frequently in dental setting. Effective management of an emergency situation in the dental office is ultimately the dentist's responsibility. The lack of training and inability to cope with medical emergencies can lead to tragic consequences and sometimes legal action. For this reason, all health professionals including dentists must be well prepared t...