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Thomson American Health Consultants offers a recording of the audio conference:The Resurgence of SARS: Why Your Hospital May Not Be as Prepared as You Think. Let our experts help you with practical tips and solutions to detect first cases and protect other patients and health care workers.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 62-year-old woman who was admitted for chest pain. She was doing poorly from a clinical standpoint at the time this tracing was obtained, and suffered a cardiac arrest shortly thereafter. How would you interpret her precode ECG that is shown in the Figure?
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Evaluation of emergency department patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) would be much improved if there was a reliable decision tool that accurately could predict which patients are at risk for recurrent bleeding, death, and need for therapeutic interventions to control hemorrhage.
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This article will discuss the diagnosis of anterior shoulder dislocation, the need for diagnostic imaging, and the management of anterior shoulder dislocations using three less commonly known alternative techniques.
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The statistical performance of this new infection predictor was as good as or better than CRP measurement, outperformed WBC in every parameter, and was superior to band counts in each measurement except specificity.
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The holy grail of emergency department cardiac markers would have a very high sensitivity (you dont want to miss any cases), would be abnormal very early in the course of the disease process, and would not only be diagnostic of the current problem but be prognostic of future morbidity and mortality associated with an abnormal marker. OK it also would be cheap and easy to perform without highly specialized equipment, but you cant have everything.
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As part of a three-year cultural initiative called Service Excellence, Norwalk (CT) Hospital is enacting a variety of programs to make patients more comfortable.
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Unique and creative hiring practices at Bon Secours Richmond (VA) Health System not only have boosted morale and helped offset job shortages, but they also have ensured a larger pool of qualified health care professionals for quality assurance and quality improvement positions.
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In response to emergency department (ED) overcrowding, Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, TN, is launching an educational campaign focused on area EDs. A Tennessee Hospital Association study released last December found that ED visits in the state had increased 31% over three years, or twice the national rate.