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===Life Threatening Causes===
===Life Threatening Causes===
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
* <nowiki>[[Life threatening cause 1]]</nowiki>
* [[Life threatening cause 1]]
* <nowiki>[[Life threatening cause 2]]</nowiki>
* [[Life threatening cause 2]]
* <nowiki>[[Life threatening cause 3]]</nowiki>
* [[Life threatening cause 3]]


===Common Causes===
===Common Causes===
* <nowiki>[[Common cause 1]]</nowiki>
* [[Common cause 1]]
* <nowiki>[[Common cause 2]]</nowiki>
* [[Common cause 2]]
* <nowiki>[[Common cause 3]]</nowiki>
* [[Common cause 3]]
* <nowiki>[[Common cause 4]]</nowiki>
* [[Common cause 4]]
* <nowiki>[[Common cause 5]]</nowiki>
* [[Common cause 5]]


==Management==
==Management==
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==References==
==References==
<nowiki>{{Reflist|2}}</nowiki>
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Emergency medicine]]
[[Category:Emergency medicine]]

Revision as of 23:34, 14 August 2013

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Definition

This section provides a short and straight to the point definition of the disease or symptom in one sentence.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Management

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the approach to [[disease name]].

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References


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