Ebola: a review for emergency providers.

Filoviruses, including Ebola virus, are associated with outbreaks of severe febrile illness with high fatality rates in humans. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa is by far the largest outbreak in history and the first to spread to highly populated urban areas. The potential for such an epidemic to spread beyond Africa through international travel has raised concern in the world community as well as in American and international health agencies.

Thyroid disease in the emergency department: a clinical and laboratory review.

Emergency physicians regularly treat patients with thyroid disorders. Until the 1950s, clinical evaluation was the only available diagnostic tool. Since then, increasingly sophisticated laboratory assays have been developed to confirm thyroid pathology.