Main Written Summaries Listing 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ENCEPHALITIS AND MENINGITIS Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 24, Issue 18 September 21, 2007 Encephalitis – Marianne Gausche–Hill, MD Meningitis – Marianne Gausche–Hill, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ABUSE Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 24, Issue 05 March 7, 2007 Pediatric abuse – Gwendolyn Gladstone, MD Elder abuse – Michael Klevens, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PEDIATRIC LITERATURE UPDATE Audio-Digest Emergency Medicine Volume 24, Issue 04 February 21, 2007 Infectious diseases; Respiratory; Trauma – Richard M. Cantor, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.