Controversies in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

摘要

Beginning January 1998, we will add a new section to our journal. This new section will deal with common controversies in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. For example, is the use of pulmonary artery catheters justified in critically ill patients? Should a patient with tricyclic antidepressant overdose be treated with bicarbonate? What about the use of steroids in the management of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome?