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Pattern of Neurological Disorders among Patients Evaluated in the Emergency Department; Cross-Sectional Study
CONCLUSION: In our study, neurologic emergencies accounted for 3.7% of all emergency admissions. Stroke, epileptic seizures, cerebral venous thrombosis, encephalopathies, and acute spinal cord diseases were the most common neurological disorders. The admission rate was very high following neurologic assessment by neurologists.PMID:36743701 | PMC:PMC9887228 | DOI:10.22037/aaem.v11i1.1813
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - February 6, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Nor Osman Sidow Alper G ökgül Bakar Ali Adam Mohamed Farah Osman Hussein Hassan Mohamed Ismail Gedi Ibrahim Ishak Ahmed Abdi Source Type: research

Not as Simple as Canker Sores
BY ​NANA P. MATSUMOTO, & DEREK MEEKS, DO​​A 16-year-old boy presented to a rural ED with a swollen jaw, painful blisters in the mouth, and earache for the past day. One week before, he had a fever with chills, sore throat, and dry coughs. He was not taking any medications, and his immunizations were up-to-date. He had a mild learning disorder but no significant past medical or surgical history.​An apthous ulcer, the most common and one of the earliest signs of Behçet's disease.The patient's vital signs were within normal limits, and his physical examination revealed anterior cervical lymphadenopathy, sinus con...
Source: The Case Files - October 11, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research