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New Tool Improves Processes, Streamlines Operations
A one-page aid facilitates shared decision-making, improves patient knowledge, and leads to more efficient use of resources in low-risk chest pain patients.
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Targeting Common Pain Syndromes With Non-Opioid Alternatives
It takes a hospital to prevent acute pain from becoming chronic.
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CDC Says One-third of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Pointless
Study is part of broad effort to cut inappropriate antibiotic use in half by 2020.
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ED Push - May 2016 First Issue
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Data: Medical Errors Third Leading Cause of U.S. Deaths
Researchers find medical error deaths outpace several other causes, call for reporting reforms.
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ECG Review: SVT in a 13-Year-Old Patient
The ECG in the figure below was obtained from an otherwise healthy 13-year-old boy. He was alert and hemodynamically stable at the time this ECG was recorded. How should one interpret this tracing?
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: comparing blood pressure monitoring techniques; DPP4 agents and heart failure; identifying at-risk groups for hypoglycemia.
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Infliximab-dyyb for Injection (Inflectra)
Infliximab-dyyb offers another, possibly less expensive, option for treatment of a number of autoimmune conditions.
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Early Chest CT Can Improve Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia
In patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, early chest CT significantly changed management decisions.
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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. Placebo for Skin Abscesses After Incision and Drainage
A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, clinical trial found that a seven-day course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole following incision and drainage (I&D) resulted in a higher rate of cure for skin abscesses compared to I&D and placebo.