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Managing COPD with noninvasive ventilation following early extubation resulted in significant improvements in several patient-centered outcomes compared to current weaning practices.
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Interactive questioning, defined as how communication occurs during handovers, differed in ways that influenced message clarity when comparisons were made between those with more training (attending physicians, nurse practitioners) and less training (residents, staff nurses).
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The authors present an updated review of the use of tissue plasminogen activator in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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This observational cohort study found that reduced ICU bed availability is associated with increased rates of ICU readmission as well as ward cardiac arrest if medical ICU beds were on shortage.
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Respiratory illnesses are a common cause for a visit to the pediatric emergency department (ED). A good number of the patients who present for respiratory infections will have illnesses such as upper respiratory infections (i.e., common colds) and bronchiolitis.
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Emergency physicians (EPs) might be very surprised to learn that if they are sued, the malpractice case could end up being settled without their consent even if the claim is very defensible depending on the terms of their malpractice coverage.
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When a patient who presented with a headache was asked about her medications by the emergency department (ED) nurse and again by the emergency physician (EP), she stated only that she was taking albuterol and fluticasone for asthma.
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A patient who presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of nausea and right upper quadrant pain radiating to the epigastric area, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, and difficulty breathing, was presumed to be suffering from cholecystitis and prepared for a cholecystectomy.
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Some emergency physicians (EPs) might jump at an employers offer to cover the cost of their professional liability coverage. However, there are some potential downsides to this arrangement, warn legal experts.
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A recent malpractice claim involved a patient who presented to an emergency department (ED) with severe abdominal pain for which abdominal and pelvic CT scans were ordered by the emergency physician (EP).