Popular Antiobesity Medications Bring New Challenges to Emergency Physicians
On a busy emergency shift, you have a series of patients with atypical presentations. Your first patient,…
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Popular Antiobesity Medications Bring New Challenges to Emergency Physicians
On a busy emergency shift, you have a series of patients with atypical presentations. Your first patient,... -
Is There a Link Between Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Obesity in Kids?
Question: In children with idiopathic (or primary) intracranial hypertension (IIH)—previously called pseudotumor cerebri syndrome—are the typical patients... -
Stroke Hospitalizations on the Rise in Younger U.S. Adults
A growing number of younger U.S. adults are being hospitalized for stroke, and a new study suggests...
Is There a Link Between Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Obesity in Kids?
Question: In children with idiopathic (or primary) intracranial hypertension (IIH)—previously called pseudotumor cerebri syndrome—are the typical patients…
Stroke Hospitalizations on the Rise in Younger U.S. Adults
A growing number of younger U.S. adults are being hospitalized for stroke, and a new study suggests…
Obese Women May Need Double Dose of LNG-based Emergency Contraception
Obese women may need a double dose of levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception (LNG EC), a new study hints….
Four Techniques for Handling the Omega-Shaped Epiglottis
Curved blade laryngoscopy, whether with a conventional direct blade or video laryngoscope (with a Macintosh design or…
Obesity is a Disease?
The question mark at the end of the title is there not so much because I’m questioning…
The Moral Challenge of Morbidly Obese ED Patients
More than a-third of all Americans are obese.1 Morbid obesity, variously defined as either BMI > 40kg/m2…
Acute Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis remains an important diagnosis in emergency medicine, accounting for more than 220,000 hospital admissions a…
Weightism in Health Care
More than 30% of the American population is obese.1 Studies have repeatedly demonstrated a bias against obese…