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Man-made Disaster: In-hospital Management
Man-made disaster directly impacts the emergency department and hospital when a mass casualty situation ensues, and is the focus of this review article. Using contemporary examples and the current literature, what follows is a primer on the causes, injury patterns, resource utilization, triage, and preparation for man-made mass casualty events.
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Interdisciplinary mistrust, communication breakdowns cited in survey of ED handoffs
Emergency physicians point to duplicate orders, other problems related to unclear timing on transfer of care.
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Travel history key to picking up on signs of bubonic plague
Health officials caution that symptoms of plague can mimic other types of infections.
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Poor Planning, Communication Hindered Ebola Patient Care
A panel doles out the blame for misunderstood roles and inadequate drills.
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ECG Review: A 43-Year-Old Man with Atypical Chest Pain
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: reversing the anticoagulant effect of dabigatran; considering the likelihood of occult cancer causing unprovoked deep venous thrombosis; and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy occurs earlier in type 2 diabetes.
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Evolocumab Injection (Repatha)
Evolocumab is indicated as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy for the treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients who require additional lowering of LDL-C.
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Vitamin D and Diabetic Neuropathy
Vitamin D deficiency may exacerbate the clinical manifestations of diabetic neuropathy, and supplementation with vitamin D3 may be beneficial.
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Nutrition Therapy for Hypertension Using the Nitric Oxide Pathway
Daily one-time ingestion of inorganic nitrate from beet juice consistently lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients by an amount comparable to single-drug therapy.
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Intensification of Oral Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: It may not be relevant to primary care physicians. Here's why.