Background: Hypercholesterolemia (HCL) affects nearly half of Emergency Department (ED)
patients who present with possible acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, it is unknown …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether emergency medical services (EMS) 911 frequent users
would benefit from social services intervention. METHODS: The design was a descriptive …

Emergency medicine (EM) has an important role in public health, but the ideal approach for
teaching public health to EM residents is unclear. As part of the national Regional Public …

Emergency departments (ED) are a point of care for many young adults and may provide a
teachable moment leading to behavioral change. We determined the descriptive …

Mental illness is a significant and often underappreciated fact of life for emergency
department (ED) patients. In this issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, we learn that …

Nurse-led hypertension referral system in an emergency department for asymptomatic elevated
blood pressure Page 1 Hong Kong Med J Vol 18 No 3 # June 2012 # www.hkmj.org 201 …

Cuando se plantean cuestiones de forma y fondo sobre el consumo de drogas se suele
abarcar un amplio espectro de posibilidades, todas ellas encuadradas en diferentes formas …

Update on emerging infections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Revised
recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health-care …

BACKGROUND: Dyslipidemia is common metabolic abnormality in thyroid disorders overt or
subclinical and diabetes mellitus (DM) with a marked increase in circulating low-density …

Abstract Background Emergency Department Observation Unit (EDOU) patients with chest
pain have a high prevalence of smoking, a key cardiovascular disease risk factor. While in …