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“Is There a Doctor in the House?” Responding to Medical Emergencies Outside of the Hospital
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PHM 2024 Sesson Recap For hospitalists who are accustomed to caring for sick patients, encountering emergencies outside of the hospital is far beyond our comfort zones. To quell anxieties and...
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Most patients meeting sepsis criteria in the emergency department do not have a sepsis diagnosis
February 3, 2022
Dr. Taghvaei Clinical question: What percentage of patients treated for sepsis in the ED are diagnosed with sepsis at discharge? Background: Sepsis is a leading cause of death around the world...
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ERs are swamped with seriously ill patients, although many don’t have COVID
November 1, 2021
“It’s an early indicator that what’s happening in the ED is that we’re seeing more acute cases than we were pre-pandemic.”
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Child abuse visits to EDs declined in 2020, but not admissions
December 23, 2020
Proportion of visits related to child abuse and neglect that resulted in hospitalizations increased from 2019 to 2020.
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A multicenter trial of vena cava filters in severely injured patients
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Can early (within 72 hours) prophylactic placement of inferior vena cava filter decrease the risk of pulmonary embolism or death in severely injured patients?
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Consensus document reviews determination of brain death
August 12, 2020
The recommendations are the minimum criteria for the determination of brain death or death by neurologic criteria.
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Restriction of Foley catheters in older trauma patients improved outcomes
June 8, 2020
Strict criteria to limit Foley catheters in older trauma patients reduced infection rates and speed discharge.
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Sodium nitrite disappoints in cardiac arrest
April 16, 2020
The drug did not significantly improve patients’ chances of being admitted to or discharged from the hospital alive in a new study.
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Guidance defines vaping-related respiratory syndrome
February 23, 2020
ORLANDO – The guidance is designed to help critical care professionals efficiently identify those individuals at high risk of respiratory failure.
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Opioid use disorder up in sepsis hospitalizations
February 23, 2020
ORLANDO – “While we don’t necessarily screen every sepsis patient for endocarditis, if it’s an opioid use disorder patient – particularly one with a bloodstream infection – then that’s almost certainly something you should be doing.”
