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New SBAR Method Improves Handoffs in Texas Hospital
A nursing team at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio developed a new process for handing off patients from the ED to a telemetry unit that improved patient care and decreased the number of rapid responses for recent transfers.
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Develop Good Working Relationship with Counsel for Best Results
Risk managers often work closely with either in-house counsel or outside attorneys representing the hospital or health system in a range of legal matters, but those interactions can go awry without a good working relationship. Establishing boundaries and proper expectations can go a long way toward achieving the best results. -
A Collaborative Three-Step Physician and Nurse Support Strategy for Families of Patients Dying in the ICU
When physicians and nurses offer collaborative and repeated support to families of patients dying in the intensive care unit, it may decrease prolonged grief, depression, and anxiety symptoms.
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Frailty Is Associated with Longer Duration of Mechanical Ventilation and Higher Mortality
In this retrospective, population-based cohort study, patients with frailty spent more time on mechanical ventilation, had longer intensive care unit and hospital stays, and had higher mortality than patients without frailty.
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Ethics of Lung Transplantation in COVID-19
This article will explore the history and epidemiology of lung transplantation and discuss its application and ethics in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An Epic Battle: SARS-CoV-2 vs. the Human Immune System
Penny Moore, PhD, an HIV researcher for about two decades, has redeployed much of her research to measure humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination.
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WHO Cooperative Treaty for Next Pandemic Begins in Controversy
The World Health Organization is continuing discussions of an international treaty or framework for global cooperation during the next pandemic, but the effort may struggle to gain traction in a divided, highly politicized environment currently holding sway in the United States.
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Monkeypox Countermeasures Include Vaccines, PEP, and Antiviral Treatment
Although monkeypox cases are expected to increase as a result of the national call to clinicians to identify cases, the United States has no surfeit of medical countermeasures. These include two vaccines, a vaccinia immune globulin intravenous product, an antiviral drug, and large testing capacity.
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Special Report: Monkeypox Spread to 29 Non-Endemic Nations Unprecedented
The near-simultaneous emergence of monkeypox in the United States, Europe, and other regions where it rarely is seen has raised questions whether the virus could become endemic beyond West and Central Africa, where outbreaks are more common.
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A Review of Venomous Snakebites and Scorpion Stings
Although not a common problem, the knowledge and ability to manage venomous snakebites and scorpion stings is an essential component of the emergency medicine physician’s armamentarium.