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Alarming Rates of Mortality in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Should Spur Action
Experts note only a small percentage of patients with this disorder are treated by addiction specialists or specialty clinics, and that other medical settings must develop innovative solutions.
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Non-Traumatic Ocular Emergencies
Evaluating eye-related complaints in the ED requires a good understanding of the anatomy and potential implications of failure to treat. Although most ED presentations are nonemergent, it is important that the emergency physician identify the emergent presentations and manage them promptly to prevent potential vision loss.
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Infantile Vomiting
Every viral season, something gets missed. All vomiting is not acute gastroenteritis! The clinician needs to have a thorough understanding of the process of vomiting to formulate a complete differential accurately and in a timely manner. A complete history, physical exam, and targeted diagnostic testing are used to ensure an accurate diagnosis with effective management is instituted.
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Studying Surrogate Responses Can Improve Communication in Chronic Critical Illness
Qualitative analysis of audio-recorded structured meetings for patients with chronic critical illness revealed six categories of responses that clinicians can use to guide communication.
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Muscle Weakness and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: What Happens After the ICU?
Although increased strength at hospital discharge is associated with improved five-year survival in acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors, weakness at discharge, whether resolving or persistent, is associated with worse subsequent survival.
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2016 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines Update
All ICU clinicians need to review these guidelines, compare them with their current practices, and develop plans for implementation in the near future.
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Is Everything in ED’s EMR Admissible? Court Rulings Vary
Issues relating to admissibility of EMRs have occurred 'with increasing frequency,' both during the discovery phase of litigation and at trial.
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EP’s Unlikely Defense: ‘I Couldn’t Find It in the EMR’
In reviewing EMR documentation, 'it’s easy for EPs to miss the forest for the trees.'
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EDs Expect ‘Explosion’ in EMR-related Malpractice Litigation
Experts warn cases soon will become routine.
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EP Defendants Admit EMR Template Didn’t Fit Patient
Limited choices offered by EMRs have triggered litigation.