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FROM THE EDITORS

Making Global Impact

Steven M. Friedman, MD, MPH

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FOCUS ON WOUND CARE

Evidence Based Medicine: Wound Cleaning - Water or Saline?

Comilla Sasson, MD, Adam Kennah, MD, Barry Diner, MD

Initial Management of Minor Burns

Harry S. Soroff, MD, Adam J. Singer, MD

Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections and the Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen

Irving E. Salit, MD

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ENDOCRINOLOGY

Clinical Rounds: An Interesting Case of a Patient with Lethargy

Barry Brenner, MD, PhD, Jonathan Palmer, MD, Ashley Bean, MD

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PEDIATRICS

Supraventricular Tachycardia Associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in a Neonate

Meirav Mor, MD, Yossef Ben-Ari, MD, Tommy Schonfeld, MD, Yehezkel Waisman, MD

Pediatric EM Critical Appraisal: The Swallowed Coin

Itai Shavit, BSc, MD

Selected Pediatric EM Abstracts: July - Sept, 2005

Itai Shavit, BSc, MD

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Thermocameras for Screening Travelers for Fever in the ED: A Pilot Study

Fuad Basis, MD, S Reznikovich, MMHS, A Vilensky DSc*

Volume 5, Number 4

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RADIOLOGY

Introduction to Emergency Ultrasound

Tom Ashar, MD

Radiology Challenge: The Sudden Death

Gelareh Zargaraff, MD, Michael I. Zucker, MD

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CRITICAL CARE

Delayed Administration of Thrombolysis for Cardiac Arrest due to Pulmonary Embolism: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pinchas Halpern, MD, Patrick Sorkine, MD, Adi Nimrod, MD, Sharon Klier, MD Ora Fried,MD, Glen B Gechlik, MD

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CARDIOLOGY

Low Atrial Rhythm as a Complication of buthotus judaicus (black scorpion) Evenomation

Fuad Basis, MD, Michael Kapeliovich MD, PhD, Yedidia Bentur, MD

ECG Challenge: The Tachycardic Dribbler

Michael Drescher, MD, Alan Jon Smally, MD

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HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

Errors, Patient Safety, and Risk Management in Emergency Medicine: Case Report

Emile Hay, MD, Pablo M Boksenbojm MD, Esther Peer RN MA

Commentary: Nesiritide and Lessons Unlearned

Joel Lexchin, MSc, MD

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IMAGES IN MEDICINE

Denial as a Cause for Delayed Presentation

Steven M Friedman, MD, MPH, Jodi Lofchy, MD

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