Ophthalmologic Procedures in the Emergency Department-Part I: Immediate Sight-saving Procedures

Ophthalmologic procedures in the emergency department.

Ophthalmologic emergencies account for up to 3% of visits to emergency departments in the United States. Although isolated ocular complaints are rarely life-threatening, they can lead to significant short- and long-term morbidity, including permanent visual loss. The role of the emergency physician in management of ocular emergencies is similar to that for other chief complaints: to recognize a...

Critical urologic skills and procedures in the emergency department.

The evaluation and management of genitourinary emergencies is a fundamental component of the training and practice of emergency physicians. Urologic procedures are common in the emergency room. Emergency physicians play a vital role in the initial evaluation and treatment because delays in management can lead to permanent damage. This article discusses the most common urologic procedures in whi...

Emergency Procedures

National audit of emergency department child protection procedures.

OBJECTIVE To assess the compliance with national guidelines on child protection procedures and provision of paediatric services in major English emergency departments. BACKGROUND Victims of child abuse may present to emergency departments, and successful detection and management depends on adequate child protection procedures being in place. Two official documents published in 1999 provide re...

Self–critical Procedures in Signal Detection Part I: Structural Characterization

This paper presents a set of new receiver structures for the detection of weak signals in nonGaussian noise. The receiver structures result from an extension of the likelihood ratio based on the information generating function of a density. These detectors are termed self-critical in that the assumed noise probability density function serves as an adaptive factor in the information processing a...