Infectious Disease Emergencies

Airway infectious disease emergencies.

Upper and lower respiratory infections are encountered commonly in the emergency department. Visits resulting from occurrences of respiratory disease account for 10% of all pediatric emergency department visits and 20% of all pediatric hospital admissions. Causes of upper airway infections include croup, epiglottitis, retropharyngeal abscess, cellulitis, pharyngitis, and peritonsillar abscesses...

Neurologic infectious disease emergencies.

Nearly 70 years after the discovery of penicillin, neurologic infectious diseases (NIDs) remain an important worldwide source of morbidity and mortality. The clinician faced with a potential NID must urgently consider patient demographics, pace of illness and clinical syndrome, and laboratory data. In keeping with the topics of this issue, initial emergency diagnosis and management are emphasiz...

EMPIRICAL TREATMENT FOR COMMON INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES a Clinical Syndrome Possible

Infectious disease emergencies in returning travelers: special reference to malaria, dengue fever, and chikungunya.

This review article discusses important infectious illnesses, namely malaria, dengue, and chikungunya, in travelers returning from endemic areas. Malaria and dengue are two of the most common systemic illnesses reported in returning travelers. Because chikungunya is gaining importance, it is also briefly discussed. The clinical significance of these diseases is mainly due to the possibility of ...

ADVANCING THE STANDARD OF CARE: Cardiovascular, Neurovascular and Infectious Emergencies

Since the recognition of the role of an acute atherothrombotic coronary occlusion in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the major therapeutic goal has been reopening the occluded coronary artery. American, Canadian and European guidelines for the management of patients with STEMI emphasize the restoration of blood flow through reperfusion therapy as rapidly as possible. 1...