Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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ED Accreditation Update: Use of the Universal Protocol in the ED: Clarifications and recommendations for enhanced procedural safety
Since mid-2004, The Joint Commission (TJC) has held all accredited hospitals to task for enforcing use of the Universal Protocol (UP), a practice designed to improve procedural safety by having clinicians go through a three-step process to insure that when they perform a procedure, they are performing the right procedure, on the right patient, in the right place. -
Virulent influenza fills EDs across the country, prompting hospitals to launch emergency plans
After a few mild seasons, the flu packed a wallop this year, straining resources in hospitals across the country and forcing some EDs to go on diversion during peak periods. -
Pharmacology Watch: Zolpidem and Risk of Falls in Hospitalized Patients
In this issue: Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions. -
Rapid Response Teams: Evidence of a Broader Impact that Influences Morale and Nursing Workload
In this study, the authors sought to elicit perceptions of the impact of a rapid response team (RRT) by interviewing care providers. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Threshold Vital Sign Abnormalities as Triggers for Rapid Response Activation
Fagan and colleagues at Denver Health Medical Center examined electronic data collected on all adult patients who generated a medical surgical acute-care room charge during a recent 6-month period and remained on the ward for at least 24 hours. -
Physicians’ Own Beliefs on Goals of Care Strongly Influence Presentation of Comfort Care Option to Patient Surrogates
This study conducted in five ICUs at two academic hospitals in San Francisco sought to describe how comfort care is presented to surrogates and if physicians beliefs on whether life support should be withdrawn are associated with the option of comfort care being presented. -
Nutritional Support in the ICU
Nutritional support is an essential component of caring for critically ill patients. -
FDA actions
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Pharmacology Watch - Full May 2013 Issue in PDF