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Citing a lack of consistency and complete information in ED discharge forms for patients with mild-trauma brain injury (MTBI), researchers at the University of Buffalo (NY) have proposed a new discharge form they say reflects the key risk factors outlined in research literature. Their findings are reported in the August 2006 issue of Brain Injury.
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Noting that only about one-third of hospitals provide emergency care to heart attack patients quickly enough to meet scientific guidelines for saving lives, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has debuted a campaign called "D2B: An Alliance for Quality," aimed at helping EDs and their hospitals cut an average of 30 minutes off their door-to-balloon (D2B) times by adopting six core strategies:
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A new web-based mapping system in Loma Linda, CA, provides EDs and emergency service organizations in a wide geographical area with real-time information that helps ensure that accident and disaster victims will get to the closest available ED in the shortest possible time. Called AEGIS (Advanced Emergency Geographic Information Systems), it was developed by the Redlands, CA-based Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) for the Center for Prehospital Care, Education, and Research at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
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What causes missed diagnoses in the ED? A research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston decided that one of the best places to seek the answer was in actual malpractice cases, so they reviewed 122 closed malpractice claims from four liability insurers in which patients had alleged a missed or delayed diagnosis in the ED. Their findings?
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On January 6, 2006, well-known Washington, DC, journalist David Rosenbaum had wine and dinner with his wife, then picked up his music player and headphones and went out for a walk.
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Physicians believe that most medical malpractice lawsuits are without merit.
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Using bedside ultrasound to detect pneumothoraces was first introduced in a veterinary journal in 1987. In 1989, Wernecke and colleagues published the first report on the ability of ultrasound to diagnose pneumothoraces in humans.
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Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in man, and as seen below, a frequent cause of emergency department (ED) visits. Diabetics now have more treatment options available, better delivery systems for their insulin and greater technology to allow them to self-monitor their glucose levels. We now know that good control of glucose is the best defense against the deadly long-term consequences of diabetesblindness, renal disease, peripheral neuropathy, etc.
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