Drs. John C. Perkins and Michael E. Winters have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Sepsis in the Emergency Department. Article topics include: Defining and Diagnosing Sepsis; Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy; Severe Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource Limited Settings; Source Control in Severe Sepsis; Considerations in Special Populations with Severe Sepsis; Pediatric Severe Sepsis Resuscitation; The New Usual Care; Prehospital Sepsis Care; Endpoints of Sepsis Resuscitation; Pitfalls in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Disposition of Severe Sepsis; Biomarkers in Sepsis; Vasopressors and Inotropes in Sepsis; and Sepsis Quality Measures and Performance Improvement.

Drs. Evie Marcolini and Haney Mallemat have assembled an expert panel of authors focusing on: Sepsis, Shock, Assessment and Treatment of the Trauma Patient in Shock, Coagulopathy and Hemorrhage, Vasopressors & Inotropes, Assessing Volume Status, Neurotrauma, Mechanical Circulatory Support, End of life, and more!

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Mike Winters and Susan R. Wilcox, focuses on Emergency Department Resuscitation. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Topics include: Mindset of the Resuscitationist; Updates in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation; Post-Arrest Interventions That Save Lives; Current Concepts and Controversies in Fluid Resuscitation; Emergency Transfusions; Updates in Sepsis Resuscitation; Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation; The Crashing Toxicology Patient; The Crashing Obese Patient; Massive GI Hemorrhage; Updates in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest; Resuscitating the Crashing Pregnant Patient; Pearls & Pitfalls in the Crashing Geriatric Patient; Current Controversies in Caring for the Critically Ill PE Patient; and ECMO in the ED.

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs.John Greenwood and Tsuyoshi Mitarai in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. Amal Mattu, is dedicated to Critical Care in the Emergency Department. Topics include:Cutting edge acute ischemic CVA management;The current status of TTM post-cardiac arrest and early post-cardiac arrest optimization;Beyond MAP and lactate: Perfusion endpoints for managing the shocked patient;Resuscitative Ultrasound ; TEE;Mechanical ventilation for hypoxemic respiratory failure;Mechanical ventilation strategies for the patient with severe obstructive lung disease;Acute Renal Failure and electrolyte management in the critically ill;Advances in emergent airway management in paediatrics;Non-ischemic causes of cardiogenic shock;Critically ill patients with End-Stage Liver Disease;Intracranial Hemorrhage and intracranial hypertension;Sedation ; Analgesia in the Critically Ill;Extubating in the ED; and Geriatric Critical Care.

In Collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Jan Foster, Drs. Martin and Badeaux have created an issue where top authors in critical care nursing provide current updates on sepsis care and management. Authors have written clinical reviews on the following topics: International Sepsis Guidelines 2016; Pros and Cons of Early Administration of Intravenous Fluids; PTSD After ICU Stay; Role of Vitamin C and Carbon Monoxide in Sepsis; Neonatal Sepsis; Use of Etomidate in the Septic Patient; Simulation to Manage the Septic Patient in the ICU; Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Sepsis management; Hospital Costs associated with Sepsis Compared to other Medical Conditions; Special Considerations for the Septic Patient Going to the Operating Room; Management of the Septic Patient in the Emergency Room; and Management of Sepsis in the Obstetrical Patient. Reader will come away with the information they need to improve patient outcomes.

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Dr. Stephen Liang and Rachel Chin, focuses on Infectious Disease Emergencies, with topics including: Cardiovascular and Bloodstream Infections; Pneumonia and Respiratory Tract Infections; Urinary Tract Infections; CNS Infections; Skin and Soft Tissue Infections; MSK infections; Sexually Transmitted Infections; HIV Emergencies; Oncology Infectious Disease Emergencies; Transplant Infectious Disease Emergencies; Emerging Infections in the Emergency Department, Trauma/disaster-related infections; Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Emergency Department; and Infection Prevention in the Emergency Department.

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Geriatric Emergencies. Articles include: Recent Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Resuscitation of the Elderly, Pharmacology in the Geriatric Patient, Trauma and Falls in the Elderly, Sepsis and Infectious Emergencies in the Elderly, Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient with Chest Pain, Evaluation of Dyspnea in the Elderly, Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient, Neurologic Emergencies in the Elderly, Evaluation of Syncope, Altered Mental Status and Delirium, and more!