BACKGROUND Children's exposure to secondhand smoke is associated with increased morbidity. We estimated Medicaid expenditures for children living with smokers compared to those living with no smokers in the United States. METHODS Data were overall and service-specific (i.e., inpatient, ambulatory, emergency department, prescription drug, and dental) annual Medicaid expenditures for children 0...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of individual, system, and interpersonal factors on emergency contraception practices. We hypothesized that abortion attitudes and attitudes toward teen sex would be significant individual factors influencing emergency contraception practices. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional, anonymous Internet survey. SETTING Four pediatric residency programs in the Balti...

Background : Health care workers, as their profession require, are constantly exposed to patients, infected blood and body fluids. The main objective of this study was to determine the epidemiologic and clinical aspects of occupational exposure to patients, blood and body fluids and related factors in health care workers of Shohada Ashayer hospital. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectio...

background: potassium permanganate (pp) is a highly corrosive and deadly agent with a reported lethal dose of 10 g in adults. in this report, successful treatment of a patient poisoned with three times the lethal dose of pp is presented, and effective and early approach to such emergency toxicologic condition is discussed. case presentation:a 24-year-old woman presented to emergency room of our...

Forty-year-old man was admitted to emergency department with complains of chest pain and dispnea after exposure the pepper gas that sprayed to environment during a social event. Physical examination and electrocardiogram was revealed acute myocardial infarction.

background:  emergency  medical  services  (ems)  staff  can  play  an  important  role  in  the survival and prevention of serious injuries to patients if they are in good physical and mental health and focus on doing their jobs with sufficient attention. therefore, a study was conducted to  investigate  attention  level  and  its  related  factors  in  night  shift  prehospital  emergency per...

an electrocardiogram (ecg) leads physicians to diagnose many potentially life-threatening cardiac, metabolic, electrolyte, and toxicological conditions. this study was designed to evaluate the competency of emergency medicine residents (emrs) in comparison with cardiologists in the interpretation of ecg when an interpretation checklist is used. this clinical trial was done in the emergency ward...

Eye exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) acid can cause blindness. A 42-year-old man working in a plating operation presented the emergency department following workplace incident. He had unintentionally fallen into tank containing mixture of 25% Cr(VI) and sulfuric (2.0 g/L) at temperature approximately 40 °C. The dimensions were 8 (depth) × 4 (width) 3 (length) meters. colleague rescued h...

myxomas, the most common primary cardiac tumors, are known as a source of cardiogenic emboli. the possibility of their early detection has made them of great importance for emergency medicines. detection of the disease is probable at early stages using echocardiography and associate complications such as syncope, cerebral embolic ischemic strokes, and sudden death. we report experience of a rar...

Traditionally, during a disaster response, primary reliance is on voice over radio communication along with pen and paper notes for situational awareness. This paper explores our research regarding emergency data interoperability, seeks to connect decision makers, operators/responders, and additional stakeholders through the development and application of standardized data messaging formats. In...