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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full July 6, 2009 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Trauma Reports - Full July 1, 2009 Issue in PDF
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Imaging in Pediatric Abdominal Trauma: What Test, and Why?
With trauma as the leading cause of death in children nationwide, pediatric abdominal trauma is a commonly encountered clinical situation in the emergency department (ED). -
Special Feature: Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A Focused Review
Acute pancreatitis was described by surgeon Berkely Moynihan in 1925 as " the most terrible of all calamities that occur in connection with the abdominal viscera." Although our understanding and management of this condition has progressed considerably since then, this description remains apt at least for the most advanced and complex cases of severe acute pancreatitis. -
Reducing Ineffective and False Alarms in the ICU
Investigators at the University of Utah hospital carried out a comprehensive observational study of alarms that sounded in the medical ICU. -
Taking the "Isolation" out of Isolation Precautions
The infection control technique of contact precautions is intended to prevent the spread of pathogens by airborne, droplet, or contact transmission. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Parenteral Drug Administration Errors in the ICU
This study was carried out by the research group on quality improvement of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. -
Can We Decrease ICU Labs and Chest X-Rays?
Routine laboratory tests (RLT) and chest radiographs (CXR) are a source of considerable expense in the care of ICU patients. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full June 22, 2009 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format