TF15 The “Resus” Elective: Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Resident Elective

Critical care and emergency medicine.

The emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) are the frontlines in the battle against stroke. It has become increasingly clear that the efficacy of stroke therapy depends first and foremost on early intervention. However, this demanding race against time has overwhelmed many hospitals and emergency departments, creating new demands for rapid patient triage, imaging and monitoring...

Early complications of elective and emergency tracheostomy.

BACKGROUND Tracheostomy is a life saving procedure when it is performed for an appropriate indication and surgical technique. The aim of this study was to compare the early complications of elective and emergency tracheostomy in our setup. METHODS This comparative study was conducted at the ENT Department. Hayatabad Medical (Complex (HMC) from March 2009 to March 2010. A total of 100 patients...

Cholecystocutaneous Fistula: Elective Vs Emergency Surgery

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com the last fifty years, 20 cases have been reported in the literature [1]. The decrease incidence of this complication is probably due to the technologic developments in imaging techniques, efficient use of broadspectrum antibiotics and impetuous and rational surgical management of the biliary tract diseases [2]. External fistulas of the biliary tract...

Elective fetal reduction: the ultimate elective surgery.

Emergency medicine and critical care medicine: the collaborative model.

Historiquement, la médecine d’urgence et la médecine de réanimation sont perçues comme deux disciplines distinctes. Selon le modèle traditionnel, le département d’urgence est responsable d’une proportion importante d’hospitalisations aux soins intensifs et les soins du patient passent de l’urgentologue à l’urgence au spécialiste en réanimation aux soins intensifs. Mais une analyse de définition...