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Apology Laws: Better Read the Fine Print
Not all apologies are equal. Many statutes don't offer protection from admission of fault and are merely expressions of sympathy.
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Pediatric Stroke
MONOGRAPH: Pediatric stroke presents a diagnostic challenge to the emergency physician. Here is what to look for and how to best proceed.
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Stroke Mimics: A Clinical Dilemma
MONOGRAPH: A quarter of patients with symptoms apparently due to an acute ischemic stroke have another condition that mimics it.
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Brief motivational interventions to reduce excessive drinking, intimate partner violence fail to positively impact outcomes
Investigators say results clarify the need for more intensive, long-term solutions for patients with multiple risk factors.
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Challenges remain for ED-based screening program adept at identifying hepatitis C
Experts suggest EDs with effective HIV screening programs in place are likely best positioned to offer hepatitis C screening, although frontline staff may resist additional tasks.
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Hourly rounding is key contributor to patient-centered care at high-performing hospitals
ED experts are big proponents of rounding, but note the practice must be done effectively and consistently to get results.
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Evaluating Dementia and Delirium in the Emergency Department
The term dementia is derived from the Latin word for “out of one’s mind.” It describes a deterioration of intellectual faculties, which may include memory, attention, learning, and judgment, and can be accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. It is most often a result of a neurodegenerative process, such as Alzheimer’s disease, but also can be caused by more than 50 different diseases and disorders, including strokes, trauma, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Emergencies
MONOGRAPH: The prompt recognition and treatment of shunt failure in the emergency department is of the utmost importance to limit morbidity and mortality.
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Using Critical Care Ultrasonography to Diagnose the Etiology of Acute Respiratory Failure
Thoracic ultrasound and limited echocardiography may be useful to help differentiate the causes of acute hypoxic respiratory failure in the ICU.
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Optimal Duration of Anticoagulation for Unprovoked Pulmonary Embolism
Treatment for 24 months with oral anticoagulation for unprovoked, first-time pulmonary embolism was superior to treatment for 6 months only.