Does patient physiological status at the emergency department-ward interface and emergency call for clinical deterioration during early hospital admission?
The use of physiological status at the emergency department-ward interface to guide care planning and reasons for and outcomes of medical emergency team afferent limb failure are important areas for future research.
In this study, the second primary melanoma in patients with a prior cutaneous melanoma was significantly thinner than the initial primary lesion. This is evidence that careful follow-up and patient education allow earlier diagnosis. All patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma should be counseled regarding the risks of second melanoma and should undergo lifelong follow-up at biannual intervals.