Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Update
COPD is a chronic, incurable but very treatable condition. This syndrome is identified by historical clues, clinical signs and symptoms, and physiologic and imaging abnormalities.
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Emergency Airway Management: A Targeted Review of Difficult Trauma Situations
Airway management is one of the cornerstones of emergency medicine practice and resuscitation. An emergency clinician must have a strategy for these situations based on clinical skills, available devices, urgency of the situation, and potential consultants.
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Fluids and Electrolyte Management
MONOGRAPH: A clinical guide for pediatric maintenance fluid therapy, rehydration therapies, and sodium homeostasis.
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Plaintiff Attorney Could Argue ED Was Unprepared for Mass Shooting
An expert warns that an ED's failure to prepare for mass shooting events might not only risk patient safety, but could also result in liability risks to the hospital and EPs.
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Many Crowded EDs Have Not Adopted Proven Solutions that Address Problem
Researchers worry a crowded ED is now the new status quo, which reduces the incentive to change.
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Examining Legal Pitfalls for EPs When Treating Patients with Time-sensitive Diagnoses
Poor documentation can make these cases very difficult to defend.
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Patient Doesn’t Appear Seriously Ill? Bad Outcomes Can Occur in ED Waiting Rooms
Don’t buy into the myth that the patient can’t die in the lobby.
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Are Missed Abdominal Pain Claims Against EPs Defensible?
Many claims involving misdiagnosis of abdominal pain in the ED involve multiple visits to the ED, or to other providers such as primary care physicians or urgent care centers.
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High-risk ED Abdominal Cases Involved These Diagnostic Errors
Researchers developed an electronic tool to identify patients who presented to the ED of an urban academic hospital with acute abdominal pain who were discharged home, had a return ED visit within 10 days, and were admitted to the hospital when they returned.
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Plaintiff Attorney Could Have Tough Time Proving Causation in ED Med/Mal Suit
The plaintiff’s attorney must prove that the EP breached the standard of care, and that the breach caused the alleged damages.