Selections from Endocrine, Metabolic, and Nutritional Disorders, Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat Disorders, and Renal and Renal and Urogenital Disorders

Content Area 5. Endocrine, Metabolic, and Nutritional Disorders

• Metabolic emergencies

Content Area 7. Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat Disorders

• Diagnosis and management of the acute red eye
• Epistaxis

Content Area 15. Renal and Urogenital Disorders

• Rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury. (Note: The content of this reading also relates to Content Area 11, Musculoskeletal Disorders [Nontraumatic])

• A Systematic review of medical therapy to facilitate passage of ureteral calculi
• Evaluation and treatment of acute urinary retention
  

Selections from the Remainder of the Listings of Conditions and Components. The Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine

Content Area 3. Cardiovascular Disorders

• Myocarditis
• Management of cocaine-assosiated chest pain and myocardial infarction. (Note: The content of this reading also relates to Content Area 17, Toxicologic Disorders

Content Area 8. Hematologic Disorders

• Venous thromboembolic disease and pregnancy. (Note: The content of this reading also relates to Content Area 13, Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Content Area 10. Systemic Infectious Disorders

• Clostridium difficile - more difficult than ever. (Note: The content of this reading also relates to Content Area 2, Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders)

Content Area 12. Nervous System Disorders

• Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: update for emergency physicians.