Acute intestinal obstruction See Intestinal obstruction, acute Acute life-threatening events (ALTE), 102 , 103 t Acute liver failure, 292 , 737 –739 Acute lymphadenitis, 318 , 1349 , 1349 f Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), 306 Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG), 350 , 1315 –1316 Acute otitis externa, 338 Acute otitis media (AOM), 390 –392 , 1319 antibiotic-resistant organisms, 1321 antibiotic treatment of, 391 –392 , 392 t clinical assessment, 1320 clinical recognition, 1320 complications of, 392 evidences, 1319 –1320 external meatus, 1320 f facial nerve paralysis, 1322 management, 1321 –1322 right tympanic membrane, 1321 f treatment goals, 1319 treatment of, 1319 , 1321 t triage considerations, 1320 tympanic membrane, 1320 tympanostomy tube placement, 392 Acute pericarditis, 613 –614 Acute polyneuritis, 894 –895 Acute postinfectious cerebellar ataxia (APCA), 107 , 896 Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN), 982 –983 Acute radiation syndrome, 702 t Acute respiratory failure, 936 –940 , 937 t–939 t Acute rheumatic fever, 302 , 426 , 528 , 614 Acute salt wasting crisis, 665 Acute spinal cord compression, 894 Acute vesiculobullous diseases, 446 t Acute viral hepatitis clinical recognition, 740 –741 emergency therapy, goals of, 740 hepatitis B virus (HBV), 742