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Imagine a patient coming to your ED dozens of times with no emergent condition identified always with the same complaint of chest or abdominal pain. Would you be just as vigilant with your assessment on his 49th visit?
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More than 3,200 children have "brain attacks" each year, but these often go unrecognized in the ED, since nurses don't suspect stroke in children, says Lori Jordan, MD, a pediatric neurologist who specializes in stroke at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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Two commonly used tools may underestimate a child's weight in the ED, according to a new study. Researchers obtained weight estimates with the Broselow-Luten tape and the devised weight estimation method (DWEM), and compared them with actual weights of 100 children.
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At Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, AZ, ED nurses often see the life-threatening consequences of heat stroke and hyperthermia, says Diana Platt Lopez, RN, BSN, CCRN, CEN, clinical educator for the emergency center.
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Statin-treated patients who developed symptoms of myopathy should be treated with at least 100 mg daily of coenzyme Q10 for a minimum of 30 days (assuming CPK values and/or other liver function tests are not abnormal) before discontinuing statin therapy.
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The FDA has approved the first continuous, low dose, oral contraceptive for the prevention of pregnancy.
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Almost 90% of persons with type 2 diabetes (DM2) are overweight. Weight loss in DM2 consistently results in meaningful favorable changes in lipids, glucose, and insulin resistance, so the clinical community embraces tools to enhance weight loss in this population.
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In this article, the ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 33-year old man who was admitted to the hospital with atypical chest pain.
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Limiting dietary sodium can reduce blood pressure and morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease.
