Right Ventricular Failure Joshua Sternbach, Francois Haddad, John E. Arbo, and Anne-Sophie Beraud BACKGROUND Accurate and rapid assessment of right ventricular failure (RVF) is challenging. The thin-walled right ventricle (RV),…
Indications for Contact and Respiratory Isolation Chanu Rhee and Michael Klompas BACKGROUND Emergency and intensive care department health care providers often encounter patients with suspected or confirmed infections due to…
Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma James Lantry III, John E. Arbo, and Geoffrey K. Lighthall BACKGROUND Thyrotoxicosis and myxedema coma are life-threatening syndromes representing the extremes of thyroid dysfunction. The…
Toxicologic Hyperthermic Syndromes Mai Takematsu and Rama B. Rao BACKGROUND Elevations in body temperature may be caused by behavioral factors, exertion, infections, endocrinologic conditions, and environmental exposures; as well as…
Seizure and Status Epilepticus Brandon Foreman and Anil Mendiratta BACKGROUND Seizure is a common emergency department (ED) presentation. Seizing patients may arrive actively convulsing, with a depressed level of consciousness,…
Induction of Intubation and Sedation of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient Jin H. Han and Pratik Pandharipande BACKGROUND Sedation is the pharmacologic reduction of agitation and anxiety, and it is an…
Hypothermia Morgan Eutermoser and Jay Lemery BACKGROUND In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report disclosed that 689 deaths per year in the…
Altitude Emergencies Christopher Davis, Zina Semenovskaya, and Jay Lemery BACKGROUND Altitude illness encompasses a spectrum of clinical entities that occur at elevation as a result of hypobaric hypoxia. While a…
