Emergency Medicine Alert articles from September 2005

Emergency Medicine Alert archives from September 2005

Etomidate Again Linked to Adrenal Suppression.
September 1, 2005... Etomidate Again Linked to Adrenal Suppression By Nathan Shapiro, MD, MPH, Research Director, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA. Dr. Shapiro is on the speaker's bureaus...

PCI: Better Late than Never!
September 1, 2005... PCI: Better Late than Never! By: Andrew Perron, MD, FACEP, FACSM, Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME Dr. Perron reports no relationships with companies having ties to the field...

Head Positioning in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Does it Matter?
September 1, 2005... Head Positioning in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Does it Matter? By Stephanie Abbuhl, MD, FACEP, Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Associate Professor of Emergency...

Special Feature: Heat Stroke.
September 1, 2005... Special Feature Heat Stroke By William Brady, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, Vice Chair, Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Heat illness includes several distinct...

ECG Review: Class IV Symptoms Post-MI.
September 1, 2005... ECG Review: Class IV Symptoms Post-MI By Ken Grauer, MD, Professor and Associate Director, Family Practice Residency Program, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville. Dr. Grauer is the sole proprietor of KG/EKG Press....

Pharmacology Watch: Beta-Blockers May Be Useful for Noncardiac Surgery.
September 1, 2005... Beta-Blockers May Be Useful for Noncardiac Surgery Pharmacology Watch High risk patients benefit from perioperative beta-blockers when undergoing major noncardiac surgery according to new study. Researchers from Tufts University reviewed...

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement.
September 1, 2005... Click here for the September 2005 Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement SOURCE-Emergency Medicine Alert

CME questions.(continuing medical education on emergency medicine)
September 1, 2005... CME Objectives To help physicians: * Summarize the most recent significant emergency medicine- related studies; *Discuss up-to-date information on all aspects of emergency medicine, including new drugs, techniques, equipment,...