In This Case: Traumatic Brain Injury Emily Gudbranson and Esther Choo, MD MPH Case Overview: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States.[i] Each year, approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain a TBI; of these, 50,000 people die, 230,000 people are hospitalized and survive, and 80,000-90,000 people […]
Emergency Medicine, Neurology, TBI, Traumatic Brain InjuryConsiderations for Research and Practice to Provide the Best Emergency Care Peer-reviewed Lecture Series (PeRLs) 2013 Gender-specific Emergency Medicine Research: Overview and Opportunities Alyson J. McGregor MD, Basmah Safdar MD, Marna Rayl Greenberg DO, MPH, Esther K. Choo MD, MPH Video Presentation Gender-specific Emergency Care: Part One Alyson J. McGregor MD, MA, Moira Davenport MD, […]
Emergency MedicineIn This Case: Sex and Gender Challenges in Sepsis By Traci Madsen, MD Overview: Sex and gender affect the epidemiology, treatment, and outcome of sepsis. This caseillustrates some of the known sex differences in sepsis and postulates the influence sex and gender may have on the presentation of patients with sepsis HPI: EL is […]
Emergency Medicine, infections, inflammatory diseasesWomen and Prescription Medications: An Overview About 18 women die every day of a prescription painkiller overdose in the US, more than 6,600 deaths in 2010. Prescription painkiller overdoses are an under-recognized and growing problem for women. Although men are still more likely to die of prescription painkiller overdoses (more than 10,000 deaths in 2010), […]
Emergency Medicine, medication, Mental Health, pain, prescription drugs, Sleep