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Mashup Score: 3Stercoral Colitis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Review of Presentation, Management, and Outcomes - 1 year(s) ago
Stercoral colitis is inflammation of the bowel wall caused by fecal impaction. Despite reported high morbidity and risk of perforation, little research assessing outcomes is available. This study characterizes the presentation, management, and outcomes of emergency department patients with stercoral colitis.
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1
Survivors of intimate partner violence and their children often seek care in emergency departments (EDs) after intimate partner violence exposure.1 Abusers may interfere with health care by accessing the electronic health records of victims legally, as a proxy, guardian, or duplicitously.2 Discovery of intimate partner violence disclosure through electronic health records may subject victims to…
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1From “A Campfire to a Forest Fire”: The Devastating Effect of Wait Times, Wall Times and Emergency Department Boarding on Treatment Metrics - 1 year(s) ago
As Americans look hopefully toward the end of the pandemic, many aspects of life are returning to normal, including routine health care. Still abnormal, though—and likely to remain so, are wait times for emergency care, which grew perilously long during the pandemic because of staff shortages and patient overload.
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been a core component of emergency medicine practice and residency training for over a decade.1-3 Emergency medicine resident and attending physicians must demonstrate POCUS competency prior to the independent utilization of this skill in clinical practice. Many established guidelines to define proficiency have been primarily based upon a set number of POCUS…
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Managing Pulmonary Embolism - 1 year(s) ago
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is commonly encountered in the emergency department, with an estimated annual incidence of 39 to 115 per 100,000 individuals.1 Classic risk factors include major trauma, lower extremity surgery, prior venous thromboembolism, recent hospitalization, oral contraception, postpartum period, malignancy, and thrombophilias.2-4 However, numerous other risk factors exist.5,6
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1January 2023 - 1 year(s) ago
Rory and Ryan start off the new year discussing telehealth outcomes in patients with sepsis, COVID-19 patients discharged on supplemental O2, documenting social risk factors in the ED, and much more.
Source: SoundCloudCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1
Despite the almost universal administration of supplemental oxygen in patients presenting in the emergency department with severe traumatic brain injury, optimal early oxygenation levels are unknown. Therefore, we aimed to examine the effect of different early oxygenation levels on the clinical outcomes of patients presenting in the emergency department with severe traumatic brain injury.
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Annals of Emergency Medicine - 1 year(s) ago
The American College of Emergency Physicians promotes the highest quality of emergency care and is the leading advocate for emergency physicians, their patients, and the public.
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Mashup Score: 1Effectiveness of Substance Use Navigation for Emergency Department Patients with Substance Use Disorders: An Implementation Study - 1 year(s) ago
We implemented a whole person care-informed intervention delivered by substance use navigators (SUN) for emergency department (ED) patients with substance use disorders.
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Synchronized Cardioversion Performed During Cold Water Immersion of a Heatstroke Patient - 2 year(s) ago
We report a case of cardioversion that was successfully performed on a patient during cold water immersion. The patient deteriorated into unstable ventricular tachycardia while being treated for heatstroke. We elected to perform synchronized cardioversion without first removing the patient from the immersion body bag. The patient survived and was discharged neurologically intact on hospital day…
Source: Annals of Emergency MedicineCategories: Emergency Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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