Emergency physicians are well prepared to diagnose and manage the majority of visits requiring emergency ophthalmology consultation. However, deciding which cases require the expertise of an ophthalmologist and in what time frame can be a challenge. This article attempts to provide guidelines to the emergency physician regarding when to call for emergency ophthalmology consultation.

BACKGROUND Hospital physicians' time is a critical resource in medical care. Two aspects are of interest. First, the time spent in direct patient contact - a key principle of effective medical care. Second, simultaneous task performance ('multitasking') which may contribute to medical error, impaired safety behaviour, and stress. There is a call for instruments to assess these aspects. A prelim...

BACKGROUND The National Service Framework for coronary heart disease established clear standards for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction in March 2000. This study evaluates an emergency department's thrombolysis performance in light of these standards. SETTING Inner city teaching hospital emergency department. METHODS The data were prospectively collected using a for...

On March 11, 2020, the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, was declared a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO).1 The evolved rapidly, forcing providers to face previously unconsidered health care delivery scenarios. Medical and dental professionals sought guidance. This article presents an overview of questions, concerns, requests physicians dentists shared with patient safety risk mana...

conclusions primary extracranial meningiomas (pems) without intracranial origin are very rare and because of their slow growing nature are initially managed by primary care physicians. case presentation we report a case of slowly progressing extracranial meningioma that was presented in a young adult woman. the tumor was asymptomatic but large enough to cause cosmetic discomfort. patient underw...

conclusions the results of the present study revealed that patients are not highly satisfied with the communication skills of physicians and they were least satisfied only with the quality of examination processes by the physicians. in addition, patients with lower education showed lower satisfaction as well. thus, a higher quality and elaboration of examination, more patience and better commun...

results there was a negative significant relationship between moral sensitivity and moral distress frequency; there was a positive significant relationship between moral sensitivity and moral distress intensity. participating in medical ethics courses increased moral sensitivity and decreased the frequency of moral distress. conclusions participating in medical ethics courses increased moral se...

objective: to compare the awareness of provisions of consumer protection act among dental and medical professionals in udaipur city, rajasthan, india. materials and methods: in a cross sectional study, a total of 448 professionals (253 males, 195 females) belonging to dental (222) and medical (226) categories were surveyed using a self administered structured questionnaire. the questionnaire co...