November 2018
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Nov 07 2018
HEART – Can We Agree on the Score?
Interoperator reliability was high among varied paired users of the HEART score.
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Nov 06 2018
Does Hyperglycemia at Discharge Matter?
Lowering glucose prior to discharge may negatively impact ED length of stay (LOS) without short-term benefit for the patient, but this study wasn’t able to prove it.
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Nov 05 2018
Which Is Better – VL or DL?
Video laryngoscopy gets the green light from Academic Emergency Medicine over direct laryngoscopy - clear benefit, no harm. For every 17 intubations using VL, one less patient will have a failed intubation.
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Nov 03 2018
Voting from a Hospital Bed
Did you know that in most states, patients can still vote while hospitalized? Learn more at PatientVoting.com.
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Nov 02 2018
Predicting Severe Alcohol Withdrawal
Individual risk factors associated with the development of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (SAWS) included a history of delirium tremens and baseline BP ≥ 140mmHg but no individual symptoms or signs associated with exclusion of SAWS. Composite measures fared better, such as the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale; a score ≥ 4 had a LR of 174 (95% CI 43-696).
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Nov 01 2018
Guideline for Reversal of Antithrombotics in Intracranial Hemorrhage
The table below summarizes the recommendations for adult patients on anti-thrombotic agents with intracranial hemorrhage (both spontaneous and traumatic). This will be focused on ED management.