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Study: Emergency providers often lack consensus on what patients intend when end-of-life forms come into play
A new study suggests there is a lack of consensus or understanding about what patients intend when they fill out Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment forms, and that this likely leads to patients either receiving or not receiving treatment contrary to their wishes.
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ED-based interventions to break cycle among patients presenting with violence-related injuries
Emergency providers have so much to do it is hard to justify adding one more task to their already full plates. However, when the right resources are in place, there is increasing evidence that EDs can play a pivotal role in preventing victims of violence from becoming enmeshed in a cycle that brings them or associates back to the ED with similar injuries again and again.
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Emergency Medicine Reports Summit 2015
Register now to attend AHC Media’s Emergency Medicine Reports Summit 2015 in Las Vegas on Aug. 28-29 to learn about the top 10 issues in the ED.
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Asthma Oversharing Helps EDs Predict Daily Traffic
Tweets and air quality sensors can help predict how many asthma patients will seek emergency care on a specific day.
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No Link Between MMR and Autism
In this issue: Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes in Children; Early Initiation of HPV Vaccine; Effects of Antibiotic Exposure Early in Life; ED-initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid-dependent Patients; and FDA Actions.
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Roflumilast for Acute Exacerbations in COPD
Acute exacerbations of COPD are potentially highly consequential: in-hospital mortality is approximately 10%, and up to 25% of patients admitted to the ICU die.
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Clindamycin vs TMP-SMX for Skin Infections
The treatment of cellulitis, with or without a local abscess, has become more complicated since MRSA has assumed the causal role of “guilty until proven otherwise” in such settings.
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Ongoing Saga of Homocysteine and Vasculopathy
The relationship between homocysteine and vascular disease has been recognized for at least two decades. Indeed, the strength of the association between plasma hCYS levels and coronary atherosclerosis surpasses that of cholesterol.
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Treatment of OSA Reduces Risk of Repeat Revascularization After PCI
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with numerous comorbidities and downstream consequences, not the least of which are increased cardiovascular events, hypertension, and arrhythmias.
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Difficult Questions About Testosterone and Mortality
The number of men receiving treatment for hypogonadism has increased dramatically over the past decade. At the same time, some clinical trials have suggested that there are safety issues with testosterone.