Publications by authors named "Amel Maaref"

Introduction: Severe trauma is a frequent condition encountered in Emergency department (ED) in which vital prognosis can easily be engaged. This condition could be responsible for unusual injuries occurrence. Emergency physician must be aware of these situations where adequate management is urgently required.

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Background: Trauma is a leading cause of death in young people and hemorrhagic shock is a leading mechanism of this mortality. Hypoperfusion can be difficult to diagnose clinically, especially in younger patients. Arterial Base Excess (BE) has been used as an early indicator of hypoperfusion.

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Introduction: The severity of cardiotropic agents overuse is related to the risk of cardiac and hemodynamic life-threatening situations. Toxicity is attributed to their narrow therapeutic spectrum and pharmacodynamic properties. The clinical presentation, however, remains polymorphic and represents a challenge for the emergency physician to relate accountability to the exact agent.

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Background: Severe Trauma is a misleading cause of death in young people. Early assessment of prognosis is the cornerstone in the management of such patients. Several prognostic scores have been proposed during the last decade.

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Introduction: Adverse-drug events (ADe) are frequent in emergency medicine and remain misdiagnosed depending on the clinical polymorphism and the underlying comorbidities. Older patients with multiple comorbidities and polypharmacy are more frequently affected and makes poor prognosis.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of ADe in the emergency department (ED) visits and to identify the prognostic value mortality within 30 days.

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