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. Points of Care– Strategies for .. satisfaction: .. never tell patient no need to return to ED; .. patient much less likely to sue .. if patient thinks physician did his or her best; .. patients would rather have ED physician refer them to specialist (than own FP).. encourage patient to ask questions; effective pain management important; .. let patient speak for at least 1 min; explain your impression (not final diagnosis) to patient; .. family members should agree with plan; .. NSAIDs: most commonly prescribed drugs for low back pain; plethora of literature .. statistically significant improved relative risk for decrease in pain, and that NSAIDs did not produce greater adverse effects than placebo; Opioids: 3 studies of opioids .. better than placebo in relieving back pain and improving function .. Steroids: paucity of data .. only one that used intramuscular (IM) steroids for low back pain in ED; only handful of studies on low back pain in ED; Physical interventions: .. back exercises not helpful in relieving acute low back pain but marginally helpful in chronic low back pain; bed rest detrimental to recovery; good evidence that heat better than other interventions, but no data about cold compared to other interventions. Dr. Klauer at 18th Annual High-Risk Emergency Medicine, Apr 16-17, 2007, in Las Vegas, NV, by the Center for Emergency Medicine Education. Dr. Nguyen at Contemporary Concepts in Clinical Emergency Medicine, June 6-8, 2007, in NY, NY, by the New York Univ Sch of Med, Dept of Em Med. 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.