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Approximately one in five of children evaluated in EDs are physically abused, emergency physicians (EPs) have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential of every injured child.
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This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports is devoted to increasing your understanding of these measures and the role they will play in your practice.
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Several years ago, the PROWESS trial demonstrated a mortality benefit for drotrecogin alfa [activated] (DrotAA; APC) in patients with severe sepsis, and that this benefit was most pronounced in those at high risk of death (ie, APACHE score > 25 or multi-organ dysfunction).
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The sample for this study comprised 15,846 patients admitted to 51 adult ICUs in 31 hospitals participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Nosocomial Infection Surveillance system.
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The population of the United States is aging and by 2020, there will be 51 million Americans over the age of 65 years.
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High-Dose Statin Therapy, Value for Older Adults; Simvastatin, Best for
Parkinson's Disease; Polyethylene Glycol for Chronic Constipation; FDA
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Emergency medicine practitioners have little control over the flow of patients into their facilities. Federal law requires them to examine and treat virtually everyone who comes through the door.
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Physicians should not purchase medical malpractice insurance from the surplus lines insurance markets unless there is no coverage available to them from the admitted markets.
