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Note on EDLL
Note: Beginning with the August 2021 issue, ED Legal Letter merged with ED Management. Subscribers still will be able to enjoy the same ED legal and malpractice content you’ve come to rely on—plus additional continuing education hours and even more topics.
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Note: Beginning with the August 2021 issue, Case Management Advisor merged with Hospital Case Management. Subscribers still will be able to enjoy the same case management and discharge planning content you’ve come to rely on—plus additional continuing education hours and even more topics.
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Using Biomarkers to Predict Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes
Measuring proteins on day of injury could help improve current predictive models.
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FDA Finalizes Rule on Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Affordable devices could be available for sale later this year.
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Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act
Administration, industry tout healthcare provisions included in the sweeping legislative package.
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Emergency Department Management of Violent Patients
A violent patient is someone under medical care who is a threat of danger to themselves, other patients, or hospital staff. Like many of the problems we face in the emergency department, the management of a violent (or potentially violent) patient is not always straightforward. Each encounter will be influenced by the patient’s background, underlying health conditions, comorbid issues, psychiatric history, socioeconomic factors, and much more.
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What Do You Think Happened?
You are asked to interpret the tracing in the figure without the benefit of any history. What do you think happened? How acute are these findings?
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Baricitinib Tablets (Olumiant)
Baricitinib is the first FDA-approved systemic treatment of alopecia areata.
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Outcomes of COVID-19-Associated Acute Myocarditis
In a review of COVID-19-associated acute myocarditis, investigators learned it is a rare complication that can occur without concomitant pneumonia, and frequently presents as cardiogenic shock. With supportive therapy, the short-term mortality rate is low.
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Comparing CT Angiography to Invasive Angiography for Stable Chest Pain Patients
A trial of initial coronary CT angiography vs. invasive angiography revealed outcomes over a median 3.5-year follow-up were similar, but procedure-related complications were more common in the invasive group.