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Celiac disease is a cause of treatable inflammatory myopathy, and is easily diagnosed with serum antibody studies.
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Men with migraine are at increased risk of myocardial infarction. But, risk of ischemic stroke is increased only in younger male migraineurs.
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Sweeping new changes have been made to the guidelines for prevention of endocarditis in patients undergoing dental procedures.
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When Mike Hill, RN, the ED director at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, VA, reported to work at about 7:30 a.m. on April 16, 2007, he noticed a large number of people in the trauma room. Although he didn't know it yet, "They were working the second victim of the first shooting" at Virginia Tech University.
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The availability of group and individual counseling for hospital staff following two shootings within eight months of each other in Blacksburg, VA, was invaluable, says Mike Hill, RN, the ED director at Montgomery Regional Hospital, which treated 17 victims of the recent shootings at Virginia Tech University.
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A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine formally confirms what many ED managers already know: Patients who are admitted to the ED on the weekends do not receive the same level of care as those admitted during the week.
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By laying a strong culture of safety as a foundation, ED leaders at Moses Cone Health System in Greensboro, NC, have achieved impressive process improvements tied to patient safety. For example:
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Emergency health care experts agree that the ideal way to enhance treatment of patients who do not speak English or who are hearing impaired is a live interpreter, and indeed, many EDs do offer such a service.
