Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2012
Case ReportsAcute paraspinal compartment syndrome as an unusual cause of severe low back pain.
This report describes a case of acute paraspinal compartment syndrome in a 25-year-old man. The diagnosis was significantly delayed, perhaps to some extent because of the rarity of the condition. ⋯ The discussion addresses an unusual site for compartment syndrome and a diagnosis not commonly considered in the differential of low back pain. Treatment options are discussed and we review previous published case reports.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2012
Impact of a government triple zero awareness campaign on emergency department patient characteristics.
To evaluate the impact of a government triple zero community awareness campaign on the characteristics of patients attending an ED. ⋯ The campaign had no significant impact on the arrival mode of the patients. After the campaign, the illness acuity of the patients decreased, whereas the illness severity of the patients increased.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2012
Case ReportsTerson's syndrome: subarachnoid haemorrhage presenting as sudden visual loss.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage is a condition that usually presents with headache and altered mental state. We report the case of a 50-year-old man with subarachnoid haemorrhage who presented with Terson's syndrome. This is a condition where there is retinal or vitreous haemorrhage secondary to subarachnoid or subdural haemorrhage.