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ED visits for allergic reactions more than doubled at Children's Hospital Boston in the last few years, according to a new study.1 There also was a surge in severe reactions, including anaphylaxis.
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A written action plan helps asthma patients to adhere to their recommended medications, says a new study of 219 children presenting to Montreal Children's Hospital's ED.
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Of 353 children who had lumbar punctures performed at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, NY, only 84 received some form of pain management before the procedure, according to a new study.
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A truck driver parked his 18-wheeler outside the ED at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, and he told nurses he had some mild difficulty breathing and "just feeling like something was not right."
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The ED at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, VT, was crowded when a patient presented with acute anaphylaxis. The patient was treated immediately, and no errors occurred.
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Have you inserted arterial or central lines, performed invasive pressure monitoring, or managed a mechanically ventilated patient in your ED recently?
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On Oct. 18, 2010, the FDA granted tentative approval to fixed-dose combination lamivudine/zidovudine tablets, 150 mg/300 mg, indicated for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults.
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Post-marketing surveillance outside the United States of the two FDA-licensed rotavirus vaccines, RotaTeq (Merck, licensed in 2006) and Rotarix (GSK Biologicals, licensed in 2008), have identified a very low but increased risk (1 case/100,000 vaccinated infants) of intussusception following Rotarix vaccination.
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Get ready to recommend flu vaccine to your pregnant and postpartum patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than one-fourth of pregnant women in the United States were vaccinated against seasonal influenza during the 2007-08 flu season.
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