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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

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All hospitals will have different makeups of trauma teams and possibly different levels of activation) Do I need any additional expertise outside of who would typically be in the trauma team? How common do you think domestic violence is in adolescent relationships, and is this injury mechanism significant?

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Recognition and Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

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1 However, many clinical features are common: more than 60 percent of patients present with a degree of neurological involvement, ranging from confusion to stroke and coma. Even relatively small amounts of anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies can lead to TTP. 1 Pregnant patients are particularly vulnerable to misdiagnosis of TTP in the ED.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids. Undernourished children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study. 2017;3:17067.