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A sickle cell patient is in excruciating pain. A man who comes to your ED frequently always complains of different illnesses to obtain narcotic analgesics. These two patients have completely different needs, but youll need strategies to improve care for both. To improve management of chronic pain patients, follow these steps proven to work.
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When performing a transfer, is it necessary to have an interpreter along for the transfer of a non-English-speaking patient, assuming that an interpreter was available for performing the medical screening examination?
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Only half of ED staff would report a near-miss drug error if the patient was not harmed, according to this study from the Naval Hospital Jacksonville (FL).
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Every month, up to 20 hours of overtime are saved in the ED at Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, CA, by videotaping staff meetings and
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HEC, as delivered in this trial, cannot be recommended in clinical practice because of the lack of superiority over classic CMF and because of the increased risk of AML observed in this arm. Prolongation of conventional anthracycline-based treatment beyond the current standard of 4-6 cycles is not recommended in clinical practice.
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In the current report, histological and biological features of ovarian cancer occurring in Jewish women were compared in the context of the presence or absence of BRCA mutations.
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In this randomized outpatient clinical trial of anticoagulation nomograms for patients with acute deep-vein thrombosis, a 10-mg initial dose of warfarin (coumadin) proved superior to an initial 5-mg dose with regard to time reaching therapeutic INR.
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In the current report, fairly impressive results with carboplatin-gemcitabine chemotherapy used in patients with advanced transitional cell carcinoma are described.
