Emergency medicine clinics of North America
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Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · Aug 2013
ReviewChildhood asthma: a guide for pediatric emergency medicine providers.
Pediatric asthma is a disease that is managed across outpatient physicians, hospitalists, critical care physicians, and emergency department (ED) physicians. Scoring systems may facilitate a rapid assessment of the child with asthma in the ED. ⋯ ED providers must also know the indications for noninvasive ventilation and intubation. Most patients can be treated and discharged from the ED after acute exacerbation, and should be given a plan for going home that provides educational material and emergency scenarios to help prevent future acute incidents.
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This article presents an overview of facial wound management, beginning with a brief review of basic anatomy of the head and face as it relates to wound care. Basic wound management is discussed, and techniques for repairing specific cosmetically high-risk areas of the face, particularly the eyes, lips, and ears, are reviewed. Also described are the proper techniques for the management of an auricular hematoma.
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This article presents up-to-date information for the emergency medicine community on several patterns of facial fractures and their associated injuries. The article contains information about the anatomic structure and pathologic injuries that occur in the setting of facial trauma and guides the emergency medicine community in the thorough physical and diagnostic evaluation, emergent treatment, and proper surgical or outpatient treatment.