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Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Emergency Medicine: 2007


RISK MANAGEMENT AND PATIENT SATISFACTION
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 24
December 21, 2007

Risk, errors, and patient satisfaction – Kevin M. Klauer, DO
What is the best evidence for the management of acute back pain? – Ann P. Nguyen, MD



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EMERGENCY TIPS & TRICKS
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 23
December 7, 2007

Emergency department tips and tricks: Sobering the intoxicated patient; Poison management pearls; Radiographs: what shows, what doesn't; Unusual use for cola; Removing foreign bodies; Fractures and reductions; Stuff they don't teach in medical school; Pain management – Loren Crown, MD
Medicolegal infectious disease case – Gregory J. Moran, MD, and David A. Talan, MD



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NEW PHARMACEUTICALS
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 22
November 21, 2007

New psychiatric pharmacology – Sam S. Torbati, MD
New cardiac drugs – Eric R. Snoey, MD



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APPENDIX AND RENAL TROUBLE
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 21
November 7, 2007

Appendicitis – Kevin M. Klauer, DO
Renal failure in the ED – William K. Mallon, MD



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TRAUMATIC HEAD, NECK, AND SPINE INJURIES
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 20
October 21, 2007

Head injuries; Pediatric head injuries; Spine injuries; Pediatric spine injuries; Cases – Kevin M. Klauer, DO


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From High Risk Emergency Medicine, sponsored by the Center for Emergency Medical Education



DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 19
October 7, 2007

Katrina lessons in joint incident command – Kenneth L. Mattox, MD
Pediatric aspects of chemical/biological terrorism – Michael Shannon, MD, MPH



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ENCEPHALITIS AND MENINGITIS
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 18
September 21, 2007

Encephalitis – Marianne Gausche–Hill, MD
Meningitis – Marianne Gausche–Hill, MD



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From The 36th Annual Scientific Assembly, Sponsored By The American College Of Emergency Physicians, State Chapter Of California, Inc



PEDIATRIC UPDATE 2007
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 17
September 7, 2007

Asthma; Fever without a source; Corticosteroids for meningitis; The dehydrated child; Imaging for head injury in children less than 2 years of age – Andrea Marmor, MD


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From Topics In Emergency Medicine, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine, Division Of Emergency Medicine



INFECTION SPREAD, PART 2: COMMUNITY
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 16
August 21, 2007

Hot topics in infectious disease – Gregory J. Moran, MD
Health issues of immigrants – Patricia F. Walker, MD



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INFECTION SPREAD, PART 1: PREVENTION
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 15
August 7, 2007

Preventing infections in your patients and yourself – Gregory J. Moran, MD
Infections from pets – Jeffrey Bender, DVM



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PAPER REVIEW
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 14
July 21, 2007

Articles that have changed my practice – Christian Tomaszewski, MD, Charlotte, NC
Review of recent emergency medicine literature – Diane M. Birnbaumer, MD, Los Angeles, CA



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ERRORS AND PATIENT SAFETY
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 13
July 7, 2007

A cognitive autopsy of thinking errors – James R. Hubler, MD
Living wills and DNR orders: is patient safety compromised? – Ferdinando L. Mirarchi, DO



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EMERGENCY UROLOGY
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 12
June 21, 2007

Managing urinary retention – Lori Lerner, MD
Testing and torsion – Dennis Heon, MD



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PROCEDURES IN THE ED
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 11
June 7, 2007

Common problems in the ED – Joseph R. Lex, Jr., MD
Simple procedures that can change your practice – Gregory S. Johnston, MD
Procedural sedation and analgesia – Luis M. Lovato, MD



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CARDIAC CONCERNS
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 10
May 21, 2007

Atrial fibrillation in the ED – Gary F. Pollock
Which patients with acute pericarditis can be discharged? – Jeffrey Manko, MD



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CONTROVERSIES IN TRAUMA
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 09
May 7, 2007

Central nervous system trauma: should we always use steroids? – Michael T. Fitch, MD, PhD
Screening for blunt cardiac trauma: should we or shouldn't we? – Kenji Inaba, MD



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TOXIC EMERGENCIES
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 08
April 21, 2007

Common toxidromes – Frank LoVecchio, DO, MPH
Challenging toxicology cases – Jeffrey R. Suchard, MD



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BABY BLUES
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 07
April 7, 2007

My baby turned blue! – Raymond D. Pitetti, MD, MPH
Ectopic pregnancy – Elliot S. Nipomnick, MD



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THE ABDOMEN REVEALED
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 06
March 21, 2007

Abdominal ultrasonography and focused abdominal sonography in trauma – Joseph P. Wood, MD
Right lower quadrant pain in women – Pamela L. Dyne, MD



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ABUSE
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 05
March 7, 2007

Pediatric abuse – Gwendolyn Gladstone, MD
Elder abuse – Michael Klevens, MD



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PEDIATRIC LITERATURE UPDATE
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 04
February 21, 2007

Infectious diseases; Respiratory; Trauma – Richard M. Cantor, MD


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From The 16th Annual Emergency Medicine Conference Sponsored By Kaiser Permanente



DRUGS AND DEVICES UPDATE
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 03
February 7, 2007

Symlin/Byetta; Menactra; Campral; Tygacil; BiDil ; Lunesta; Rozerem; Lyrica; Zmax; AmpliChip ; YP450 genotyping system; Anti–viral Kleenex – Joseph R. Lex, Jr, MD


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TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 02
January 21, 2007

Pitfalls in trauma management – Robert C. Mackersie, MD
Violence prevention programs: are they doing their job? – Edward E. Cornwell III, MD



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THE HEART
Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 01
January 7, 2007

Chest pain – David Slattery, MD
Unrecognized killers on the ECG – Amal Mattu, MD



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