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B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: Clinical Utility in the Emergency Department Setting

As experienced physicians understand, heart failure can be a difficult diagnosis to establish in the emergency department setting, especially when there are factors that may complicate a patients presentation. This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports reviews the role and clinical utility of brain natriuretic peptide in the management of patients suspected of having heart failure upon presentation to the ED

Full July 28, 2003, Issue in PDF

Central Nervous System Manifestations of Drug Toxicity

Emergency medicine physicians routinely manage patients with neurologic toxicity due to drugs and chemicals. The causes of these toxicities are diverse. The focus of this article will be on the manifestations of drugs in the CNS, along with management recommendations.

Full June 2, 2003, Issue in PDF

Pediatric Appendicitis

MONOGRAPH: The diagnosis of acute appendicitis remains a challenging conundrum for the emergency physician.

Strong administrative buy-in, firm mandates can push flu vaccination rates up to more than 99% among health care workers

While flu vaccination rates are inching up among health care workers, there is still room for improvement. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that slightly more than 75% of health care workers received the flu vaccination during the 2013-14 season — an increase of roughly 3% over the 2012-13 season.

Researchers: New resources, tools needed to reduce variation in the admissions decisions

New research suggests there is considerable variation in the decisions emergency providers make regarding whether to admit patients with certain common, low-mortality conditions.

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