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... INJURIES 483 – FIGURE 1 9-3 — Lund and Browder chart for adults. Moderate burns: (1) partial-thickness burns of 15–25% BSA in low-risk patients, (2) 10–20% BSA in high-risk patients, (3) full-thickness ... 1 9-1 5. INDICATIONS FOR MANNITOL ADMINISTRATION FOR HEAD TRAUMA PATIENTS TABLE 1 9-1 6. INDICATIONS FOR INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING IN HEAD TRAUMA PATIENTS CUTANEOUS INJURIES...

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... Clinical Operations Department of Emergency Medicine Case School of Medicine\ University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine Case Western ... pain suggests perihepatitis or the Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome. LASTMINUTEEMERGENCY MEDICINE Edited By: Mary Jo Wagner, MD, FACEP Program Director Emergency Medicine Residency Program...

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... Internal Medicine. 16th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005, p. 182 5, Figure 28 5-4 . 0 ALT 12345 HBsAg HBeAg Anti-HBe HBV DNA 6 12 24 36 48 60 120 Months after exposure Anti-HBc IgM anti-HBc –FIGURE 2-4 — ... hemodynamically unstable, cardiovert Figure 3-1 4 Figure 3-1 5 (Continued ) DISORDERS OF CARDIAC RHYTHM 89 –FIGURE 3-2 4 — Prolonged QT-interval –FIGURE 3-2 5— Wolff-Parki...

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... Written Board Exam in Emergency Medicine. Ohio: Emergency Medicine Educational Enterprises, Inc., 2001. Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM, et al. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia: ... Acid-base Disorders. J Emerg Med 19 98; 16(1):97–109. Gluck SL. Acid–Base. The Lancet 19 98; 352:474–479. Isselbacher K, et al. Harrison’s: Principle’s of Internal Medicine. New...

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... of anticoagulant therapy INR 2-3 for DVT, A-fib, PE, and TIAs INR 3-4 .5 for recurrent DVTs and mechanical heart valves Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) 27– 38 s Intrinsic and common pathway, factors ... glaucoma, cataract Eyelid laceration Higher-risk lacerations involve the eyelid margin and lacrimal duct Superficial, partial-thickness lacerations, sparing the lid margin and...

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... therapy, hormonal ther- apy, or chemotherapy. REFERENCES Rosen’s Emergency Med, 5th ED, vol 2 2002 pp 136 0-1 432 Emergency Medicine 5th Ed, Tintanalli, JE 2000 pp 611–6 68, 939–946, 1 389 –1390. Lewis AG, ... a fever lasting less than 15 minutes occurring only once in a 24-hour period. A complex febrile seizure is a seizure lasting longer than 15 minutes or occurring more than once i...

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... 357 mediastinitis, 44, 186 , 188 , 255, 405–406 medical clearance, 379– 380 medulloblastoma, 356 meningitis, 246–253, 355, 371 aseptic, 285 – 288 bacterial, 284 – 286 meningococcemia, 15, 1 28, 130–131, 2 48, 251 meniscus ... 79, 88 , 452 priapism, 215, 2 18, 396 procedural sedation, 536–537 prochlorperazine, 160, 166, 288 , 312, 450 proctitis, 68, 2 48 249 prolonged-QT interval, 80 , 8...

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... 43-year-old men and women increased life expectancy by 5.5 days and cost $194 per subject screened. The cost-effectiveness ratio for screening relative to usual care was $15,0 78 per quality-adjusted ... specifying the alternatives being considered, their relevant Chapter 003. Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine (Part 8) Statistical Prediction Models Bayes' theorem, as pr...

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