Jaundice in the emergency department: meeting the challenges of diagnosis and treatment [digest].
Emerg Med Pract
; 20(Suppl 4): 1-2, 2018 04 02.
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ABSTRACT
There are approximately 52,000 visits a year to emergency departments for patients presenting with jaundice. While many of these patients will not have immediately life-threatening pathology, it is essential that the emergency clinician understands the pathophysiology of jaundice, as this will guide the appropriate workup to detect critical diagnoses. Patients who present with jaundice could require intravenous antibiotics, emergent surgery, and, in severe cases, organ transplantation. This issue will focus on the challenge of evaluating and treating the jaundiced patient in the ED using the best available evidence from the literature. [Points & Pearls is a digest of Emergency Medicine Practice.].
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MEDLINE
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Icterícia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article