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Intravenous (IV) drug errors are twice as likely to cause harm to patients as drugs given orally, according to new research from the American Society of Health- System Pharmacists (ASHP).
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Triage nurses at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Houston ordered a chest X-ray for a patient who reported chest pain but had stable vitals and a normal EKG. As a result, the patient's pneumothorax was identified quickly.
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When a young man came to an ED, he appeared to be developmentally delayed, but this was not the case.
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Your patient's serum creatinine, the current diagnostic test for renal failure, is elevated to 2.0. This could be due to volume depletion, chronic kidney disease that the patient has had for years, or acute kidney injury.
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Stroke has evolved into brain attack. Now more than ever, the emergency physician must diagnose stroke rapidly and correctly.
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While ICU clinicians understand that prognostic uncertainty is a normal part of critical care, it is unclear if surrogates hold similar views. In this study, Evans et al conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 179 surrogates who had an adult patient in the ICU.
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Editor's Note: The alpha2-receptor agonist dexmedetomidine (Precedex®), introduced for perioperative and procedural sedation and other short-term applications, is approved by the FDA for use in the ICU, although the package insert emphasizes that this approved use is for not more than 24 hours.
