February 2017
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Feb 28 2017
Outpatient PE Treatment Safer – Maybe
Managing PE as an outpatient may not only be safe, it may be safer than hospitalization.
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Feb 27 2017
Anterior TWI – No Arrhythmia Risk
Anterior TWI in V1 and V2 appears to be a normal variant in young healthy white people, assuming no family history of arrhythmia.
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Feb 25 2017
Why a Femoral Line Is OK
Femoral lines are as safe as IJ lines and almost as safe as SC lines, when placed with meticulous sterile technique.
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Feb 24 2017
Update of Surviving Sepsis
Surviving Sepsis has taken the emphasis off protocolized initial resuscitation and placed it on common sense, rapid treatments.
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Feb 23 2017
Sending Upper GI Bleeds Home
A Glasgow Blatchford score of ≤1 accurately predicted which patients presenting with upper GI bleed could be safely managed as outpatients.
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Feb 22 2017
Deadly Duo for EMS in TBI
Hypotension or hypoxia increase mortality in head-injured patients, and both together are even worse.
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Feb 21 2017
Etomidate or Ketamine Safe for Trauma Airway
Etomidate and ketamine were equally safe when used as trauma airway induction agents.
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Feb 20 2017
Divided HEART – EM and Cardiology Disagree
Emergency Physicians' HEART score calculations and those of cardiology were not the same. EM scored the history as suspicious more often.
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Feb 18 2017
Why We Use Dexamethasone in Bacterial Meningitis
Pretreatment with dexamethasone 10mg IV before or with antibiotics for adults with bacterial meningitis improved neurological outcome and decreased mortality.
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Feb 17 2017
Bolus Nitroglycerin for CHF
This study suggests that in hypertensive patients with acute decompensated heart failure and shortness of breath, bolus IV NTG 1 or 2 mg was safe and reduced ICU admission and length of stay.