Practical Emergency Medicine

La hiperpotasemia severa es un trastorno electrolitico de posibles consecuencias letales en rugencias. Es importante su sospecha diagnostica para tratar la emergencia. Esta es una quia rapida de actuacion.

¿Síncope o arritmia fatal? Tras 25 años en Urgencias y el HEMS, sé que el Magnesio es el "catión fugitivo" que decide el ritmo. Analizamos un caso real: del ABCDE al ECG, detectando la hipomagnesemia antes de que el monitor dibuje una Torsade de Pointes.

Abdominal trauma accounts for approximately 10% of all trauma-related deaths and represents the largest proportion of potentially preventable fatalities. Blunt trauma is the most common mechanism in Europe (80% of cases), often presenting with associated injuries (polytrauma).

Trauma burns require urgent ABCDE assessment, fluid resuscitation, and airway protection for inhalation injury. Rapid stabilization is key. This is a brief review of the protocols for assessment and treatment

Hypothermia presents a critical challenge in emergency medicine, demanding prompt recognition and intervention to prevent severe complications. For emergency physicians and medical students alike, understanding the risks associated with hypothermia is essential to improving patient outcomes and advancing clinical proficiency in acute care settings.

Explore Chagas disease: a stealthy parasite driving cardiac and digestive complications. This is an overview of the illness, the diagnose the approach and treatment

a set of guidelines and an associated training course for healthcare professionals who manage critically ill infants and children experiencing life-threatening emergencies such as respiratory failure, shock, arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest. This is a summary of the latest AHA protocols

Vasculitis is defined as inflammation of blood vessels. Vasculitis can involve vessels of any size and can affect any organ system. This article focuses on the primary systemic vasculitides of childhood.

Practice Essentials In 1970, when smallpox was nearly eradicated, a previously unrecognized orthopoxvirus named monkeypox (mpox) was...

The incidence of viral pneumonia has increased during this decade. This is a review on these pneumonias which can cause severe complication