This large, multicenter, quality improvement project showed a dramatic reduction in mortality among patients with severe sepsis or septic shock after implementation of a sepsis treatment bundle.
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Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred strategy for treating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
In settings in which an admitting neurology service is unavailable, hospitalists may be called upon to care for and initiate an appropriate diagnostic evaluation for adult patients with new-onset seizures.
The paradigm I grew up with in emergency medicine is that there are a limited number of ways to die, and our role was to intervene and prevent death using the principles of A, B, and C: airway, breathing, and circulation. This concept works well for the previously healthy acutely ill or injured patient. But for the patient nearing the end of a life-limiting illness, it is not appropriate and can even be cruel. The introduction of palliative care to the emergency department at first seems out of place; that is the place where patients are snatched from the jaws of death. But as the authors of this issue explain, the ABC of resuscitation can be revised to the ABCD of palliative care assessment to provide better care to patients and families in times of crisis.
The modern-day intensive care unit (ICU) is a cacophony of noise from beeps, buzzers, loud conversations, and harsh lighting. Stimuli overload has been documented to be detrimental to critically ill patients.