Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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New guidelines for geriatric EDs: Guidance focused on boosting environment, care processes
A cadre of prominent medical groups, including the ACEP, ENA, AGS, and SAEM, has unveiled a comprehensive set of Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines to aid hospitals that are either in the process of opening senior-focused EDs or revamping their policies and procedures to better meet the needs of an aging population. The guidelines offer recommendations related to staffing, infrastructure, education, and transition-of-care strategies. In addition, they outline a host of screenings that studies have shown are beneficial for older adults. -
Senior-focused EDs: Plenty of buzz, but outcomes/costs TBD
One indication that senior-focused emergency care settings are catching on: For the first time, geriatric EDs have appeared on the Plymouth Meeting, PA-based Emergency Care Research Institutes (ECRI) Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List, an annual list of new technologies and health system developments that providers and policy makers should think carefully about, according to ECRI. -
Trauma Reports May/June 2014 Issue in PDF
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ED Legal Letter - Full May 1, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports - Full May 2014 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full April 6, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Abdominal Pain in Nonpregnant Female Patients
The history and physical exam are the cornerstones of diagnosis, but some serious pelvic conditions can have a nondescript history and minimal physical findings. -
Anorectal Emergencies
- Anorectal conditions are commonly misdiagnosed on initial evaluation.
- Assistance with patient positioning, good lighting, and analgesia are often necessary for adequate examination.
- Imaging is often required in anorectal abscesses to determine their full extent.
- Anorectal manifestations of STIs may occur in the absence of anal sex.
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full May 4, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Fractures in Older Adults
MONOGRAPH: As the population ages and continues to retain an increasingly high level of function, a unique pattern of injuries is emerging in older patients.