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Mass Casualty Incidents
Mass casualty incidents are frightening and challenging for both victims and the healthcare professionals who must provide the highest level of care to the most individuals possible, often in uncertain environments. The authors review critical aspects of mass casualty incidents and the latest evidence regarding optimal care and management for patients and staff.
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Could Use of Oral Contraceptive Pill Help Asthma Symptoms?
A noncontraceptive benefit of people using oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) could be that these may help modulate asthma severity, new research suggests.
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Breastfeeding and Postpartum Contraception
Adequate birth spacing is an important way to reduce the risk of preterm births. For it to succeed, providers need to include contraception counseling when meeting with pregnant patients and also discuss patients’ contraception plans after delivery.
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Is Childbirth History Associated with Pain Level During Medication Abortion?
Patients who had painful childbirth experiences or a prior cesarean delivery reported more severe pain after receiving medication abortion, a new study shows.
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Contraceptive Access Initiative Can Help People in Suburban, Rural Areas
Indiana has a statewide contraceptive access initiative that works to improve contraceptive access over a large geographic area.
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Solutions to Ending Barriers to Permanent Contraception
Among various barriers to permanent contraception, the Medicaid waiting period is one of the chief challenges for the many pregnant women who are receiving Medicaid during their pregnancy. It is a 30-day waiting period that begins when a person signs the Medicaid sterilization form.
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Bilateral Salpingectomy: The Preferred Method of Permanent Contraception
Permanent contraception, specifically fallopian tube surgery, is the most common contraception method used both in the United States and throughout the world, and its popularity is growing as more people are choosing this method in the wake of the safe and effective use of bilateral tubal salpingectomy.
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Managing Pediatric Wounds
Wounds are a common and critical aspect of emergency medicine practice. Children pose unique challenges, which are comprehensively reviewed by the authors with strategies for optimal management.
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Tracheostomy Patients in the Emergency Department
Tracheostomies are prone to complications. Most complications are minor and can be readily treated. Serious and life-threatening complications require prompt recognition and expeditious management.
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Arrhythmia Recurrence After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
An integrated nationwide medical and pharmacy claims database analysis of patients with new atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation as first-line therapy has shown that 17% of patients required repeat ablation for recurrent atrial fibrillation despite the frequent use of antiarrhythmic drugs.