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Evaluation of emergency department patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) would be much improved if there was a reliable decision tool that accurately could predict which patients are at risk for recurrent bleeding, death, and need for therapeutic interventions to control hemorrhage.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 62-year-old woman who was admitted for chest pain. She was doing poorly from a clinical standpoint at the time this tracing was obtained, and suffered a cardiac arrest shortly thereafter. How would you interpret her precode ECG that is shown in the Figure?
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Emergency department physicians must be vigilant to accurately assess,
rapidly stabilize, and appropriately transport a severely injured
patient to the level of trauma care the patient requires. Instead of
viewing missed injuries as occurrences that result from inexperience or
incompetence, strategies to minimize the occurrence of missed injuries
and the resulting consequences are needed. All aspects of a trauma
system must work together to improve patient care.
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The 2003 meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA, Dallas, Texas), held here in early November, provided a window on the most recent developments in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, and on key new technologies that are expected to drive market trends in the future.
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The frenzied pace of discovery in the cardiovascular sector was reflected at the American Heart Associations (AHA; Dallas, Texas) annual scientific sessions with a flurry of significant new data presented at the cavernous Orange County Convention Center during the November meeting.
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In the wake of late-October reports of adverse events with Cordis (Miami Lakes, Florida) Cypher drug-eluting stent, the Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, New Jersey) unit sponsored a webcast in early December that included prominent interventional cardiologists as well as a top executive from the company.
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GE Medical Systems (Waukesha, Wisconsin) and Guidant (Indianapolis, Indiana) have entered into a long-term relationship to advance and improve patient care.
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Physical examinations can provide critical information unavailable by other means to help patients experiencing urgent cardiac care issues, such as heart attack or unstable chest pain, according to research conducted at the Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio).
