In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Anand Swaminathan and Kenneth Milne bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Myths and Misconceptions in Emergency Medicine. Top experts explore topics and statements such as: orthostatics are useful in assessing volume status; antibiotics in epistaxis with packing; pretreatment prevents IV contrast reactions; IV contrast causes nephropathy; antibiotics in strep throat; and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Foreword - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xiii 9. Orthostatics Are Useful in Assessing Volume Status: Myth or Reality? - p. 447 10. Topical Anesthetics for Simple Corneal Abrasions - p. 459 11. Myth Busting–Casting Buckle or Greenstick Fractures - p. 471 12. Intravenous Contrast Causes Nephropathy - p. 483 13. Antivirals Improve Outcomes in Influenza - p. 495 14. Cephalosporins Should be Avoided in Patients with Penicillin Allergy - p. 507 15. Ketamine Use in Acute Brain Injury: Debunking the Myth - p. 523 16. Myth: Pretreatment Prevents Intravenous Contrast Reactions in the Emergency Department - p. 533 17. Epinephrine Improves Outcomes in Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests - p. 547 18. Hot or Not? Myths and Misconceptions About Antipyretics for Pediatric Fever - p. 555 19. Acute Otitis Media—Watch and Wait Is Not a Myth - p. 567
In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Anand Swaminathan and Kenneth Milne bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Myths and Misconceptions in Emergency Medicine. Top experts explore topics and statements such as: orthostatics are useful in assessing volume status; antibiotics in epistaxis with packing; pretreatment prevents IV contrast reactions; IV contrast causes nephropathy; antibiotics in strep throat; and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Foreword - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xiii 9. Orthostatics Are Useful in Assessing Volume Status: Myth or Reality? - p. 447 10. Topical Anesthetics for Simple Corneal Abrasions - p. 459 11. Myth Busting–Casting Buckle or Greenstick Fractures - p. 471 12. Intravenous Contrast Causes Nephropathy - p. 483 13. Antivirals Improve Outcomes in Influenza - p. 495 14. Cephalosporins Should be Avoided in Patients with Penicillin Allergy - p. 507 15. Ketamine Use in Acute Brain Injury: Debunking the Myth - p. 523 16. Myth: Pretreatment Prevents Intravenous Contrast Reactions in the Emergency Department - p. 533 17. Epinephrine Improves Outcomes in Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests - p. 547 18. Hot or Not? Myths and Misconceptions About Antipyretics for Pediatric Fever - p. 555 19. Acute Otitis Media—Watch and Wait Is Not a Myth - p. 567
