March 2017
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Mar 20 2017
Ketamine Works First-Line for Agitation
Ketamine appears to be a very effective and safe first-line drug for agitated patients in the ED.
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Mar 18 2017
Why NG Aspiration for Upper GI Bleed Is Unnecessary
NG tube aspiration or lavage for UGI bleeding is unhelpful as a diagnostic tool.
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Mar 17 2017
Head Up Intubation Improves Success
Elevating the head of the bed helped facilitate first-pass success for endotracheal intubation.
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Mar 16 2017
Kids with Post-traumatic Seizure Need Head CT
Kids with post-traumatic seizure need a head CT. Those with a normal head CT may be safely discharged and have very low risk of recurrent seizures.
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Mar 15 2017
Ketamine Effective as Add-on to Opiates
Ketamine is a helpful adjunct in patients with severe pain that have already been treated with opiates.
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Mar 14 2017
ED Opiate Rx Risks Long-Term Use
For every 48 patients given a short-term opiate prescription in the ED, 1 became a long-term opiate user.
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Mar 13 2017
Clinical Exam Poor for Albuterol Response in Bronchiolitis
It was hard to tell which critically ill, ventilated patients were responders to albuterol. Nurses, RTs, and physicians were all equally bad.
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Mar 11 2017
Necrotizing Fasciitis – LRINEC Score
The LRINEC score is a highly accurate way to distinguish ordinary skin infections from necrotizing fasciitis. Just for fun, and since LRINEC is such a crummy mnemonic, I propose we change the name to NEC-FAST - NECrotizing Fasciitis Assessment of Serologic Tests.
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Mar 10 2017
CPR Compression Rate of 130
Compression rates faster than the recommended 100-120 may result in improved ROSC.
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Mar 09 2017
Drones Save the Drowning
Drones could help find drowning victims almost 4 minutes sooner than a large team of lifeguards.