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The role of emergency medicine in curbing, preventing measles outbreaks
It’s hard to discuss the current measles outbreaks without pointing out what experts see as the primary reason for the recurrence of a disease that had been largely vanquished, at least in this country.
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In Measles Outbreak, EDs Bolster Screening Procedures
Frontline health care personnel need to spot it quickly to prevent potential transmissions to unvaccinated and immunocompromised patients.
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Hospitals Financially Penalized for Readmissions Outside Their Control
A new study says it’s unfair and possibly counter-productive.
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The Quandry Over Preventing Delerium in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
A significantly higher incidence of delirium was found in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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Communicating About Prognosis in the ICU
Effectively communicating a prognosis to a patient’s surrogates in the ICU can be challenging.
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Post Intensive Care Syndrome: Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies
Each year, approximately 800,000 patients in the United States develop an illness that results in admission to an ICU and need for mechanical ventilation.
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Missing Documentation on Evolving High-risk Conditions? It Will Complicate Defense of Medical/Malpractice Suit
Lack of documentation on patients with high-risk-conditions often results in the settlement of otherwise defensible claims against emergency physicians (EPs), according to Douglas Segan, MD, JD, FACEP, a medical-legal consultant based in Woodmere, NY.
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Warning: ED Peer Review Materials Aren’t Always Protected from Discovery
Many emergency physicians (EPs) assume that all aspects of the peer review or quality improvement processes involving emergency department (ED) care are automatically protected from discovery during malpractice litigation. This is not necessarily the case.
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Here Are Plaintiff Attorneys’ Toughest Deposition Questions for Emergency Physicians
Did an emergency physician (EP) come off poorly during a deposition, volunteer some damaging information, or inadvertently complicate the defense of a co-defendant? If so, “it will significantly change the perspective of the defense attorney, the hospital, or the insurance company on whether the case should settle and for how much, in a way that’s going to be adverse to the EP,” warns John Burton, MD, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA.
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Recognizing Human Trafficking Victims in the Emergency Department
You may have seen a case of human trafficking and not recognized it. Emergency physicians can play a role in identifying victims and mobilizing resources for them.