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Less than a week before Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced a proposal for sweeping Medicaid changes that would require congressional approval, two House Energy and Commerce Committee staff members who participated in a Families USA-sponsored panel on Getting Ready for Medicaid Restructuring demonstrated how hard its going to be to get any changes through a sharply divided Congress.
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The emergency department physician can be an advocate for the appropriate use of antibiotics in children by becoming familiar with the pathogenesis of common ENT infections and the latest treatment guidelines for some of these entities. This article reviews common ENT infections, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options.
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The ENA Staffing Best Practices Tool and Guidelines was tested using data from more than 30 volunteer EDs from across the United States with a range of patient volumes and facility types.
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If congestive heart failure is misdiagnosed in your ED and the B-type natriuretic peptide test was not available, you could face increased liability risks, according to some cardiovascular experts.
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Here are vital management tips you must know to address growing caseloads from five top club drugs - MDMA, ketamine, 2C-T-7, GHB, and dextromethorphan.
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Interventions in the ED can have a significant impact on whether domestic violence victims receive ongoing community-based services, says this study from State University of New York at Buffalo.
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The ENA Staffing Best Practices Tool and Guidelines enable ED managers to determine the necessary number of direct care full-time equivalents required to provide care to patients seeking emergency care.
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A recent study looked at 1,532 children treated in a pediatric ED and found that one in 10 had a medication error. The most common cause of the drug errors were mistakes in dosages. Unlike adults, children receive every single medication calculated on a per-weight basis.
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When the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations looked at delays in treatment, 23 of 29 ED-related cases involved misdiagnosis, and meningitis was missed in seven of these cases, according to a Sentinel Event Alert.