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Lamotrigine is a newer anti-epileptic drug for adjunctive treatment of refractory epilepsy, partial seizures, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and bipolar disorder. Lamotrigine overdose causes serious central nervous and cardiovascular problems, but...
PURPOSE: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of mortality and serious morbidity. Regardless of the condition of the patients, almost all are hospitalized. And it seems to be a...
Opioids are the one of the most commonly used drugs to control cancer pain all over the world. But, we should not overlook the potential risk of opioid intoxication because...
PURPOSE: The overcrowding of the ECC (Emergency Care Center) is a significant problem for most general hospitals. This overcrowding can be a potential cause of undesirable outcomes in critically ill...
PURPOSE: In 2000, the American Heart Association and International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation published guidelines for CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), and these guidelines were revised in 2005. Many physicians perform CPR...
PURPOSE: We measured the inter-rater reliability and validity of the modified Emergency Severity Index-2 ((m)ESI-2) as a triage tool in the emergency department (ED).
METHODS: We applied (m)ESI-2 to 2,724 patients...
Meralgia paresthetica (MP), first described in 1878, is a sensory mononeuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) characterized by pain, tingling, numbness, and paresthesias localized to the anterolateral thigh....