Rama B. Rao, MD

The New Opioid Epidemic: Prescriptions, Synthetics, and Street Drugs

Opioid users are turning to illicit, ultra-potent synthetic opioids, and those who overdose may not respond to typical doses of naloxone....

After experiencing a fall, a 53-year-old woman with a history of intravenous drug use was referred by her methadone clinic for evaluation.

Patients with pseudoporphyria often initially present to the ED with symptoms due to the often acute onset of this condition.

Author:: Antonio J. Dajer, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP; Todd Baker, MD, FACEP; Joseph D. Toscano, MD; Thomas M. Scalea, MD, FACS; Fccm; Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH; Rama B. Rao, MD; Douglas Rund, MD; Nicholas E. Kman, MD; Corey M. Slovis, MD, FACP, FACEP; Faaem; Alexander P. Isakov, MD, MPH; Samuel Shartar, RN; Cen; Katherine L. Heilpern, MD; Carlyn M. Christensen-Szalanski, MD, FAAP; Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPH; Debra G. Perina, MD; Mark A. Graber, MD, FACEP

Personal accounts of an ED in Lower Manhattan on 9/11, a Baghdad ED, and a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina offer practical lessons...