GEMC:Thoracic & Respiratory Disorders

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Thoracic & Respiratory Disorders section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Chief Complaint: Cough / Hemoptysis / Hiccups

Book Chapters - Not Open Access

Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 7th ed

• Chapter 24 - Hemoptysis
• Chapter 26 - Chest Pain

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 7th ed.'

• Chapter 33 - Hemoptysis
• Chapter 29 - Respiratory Distress

Blogs and Websites

Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

• Lin, M. Paucis Verbis card: Algorithm for suspected pertussis in pediatrics 2010

Pulmonary Embolism / Infarct

• Moderate pulmonary embolism treated with thrombolysis trial
• Pulmonary Embolism Thrombolysis Trial
• Tenecteplase or Placebo: Cardio- pulmonary Outcomes at Three months

Policies and Guidelines

• American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Clinical-Policy--Critical-Issues-in-the-Evaluation-and-Management-of-Adult-Patients-Presenting-to-the-Emergency-Department-with-Suspected-Pulmonary-Embolism/

Podcasts

• EMCrit - Fibrinolysis in PE]

Pulmonary Infections: Pneumonia / Abscess / Tuberculosis

Journal Articles - Open Access

• Waterer GW, Rello J, Wunderink RG. Management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan 15;183(2):157-64. http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.201002-0272CI
• Metersky ML. Should management of pneumonia be an indicator of quality of care? Clin Chest Med. 2011 Sep;32(3):575-89.
• Yahav D, Leibovici L, Goldberg E, Bishara J, Paul M. Time to first antibiotic dose for patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2013 May;41(5):410-3.
• Moran GJ, Rothman RE, Volturo GA. Emergency management of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia: what is new since the 2007 Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society guidelines? Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Mar;31(3):602-12. (not open access) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735675712006171

Policies and Guidelines

• American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Community-Acquired Pneumonia https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Clinical-Policy--Critical-Issues-in-the-Management-of-Adult-Patients-Presenting-to-the-Emergency-Department-With-Community-Acquired-Pneumonia/

See Also

• GEMC: Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum (Main)

Authors

Joe Lex, Anand Swaminathan, Daniel Ostermayer, Michael Holtz