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Kidney stone patients often require return visits; researchers target access, care quality issues
New data suggest that as many as one in nine patients with kidney stones will return for a second emergency visit.
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Ease crowding by adjusting physician schedules, adding a second rounding team
A new study highlights how schedule changes among inpatient providers on the upper floors can impact crowding and boarding in the ED.
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Reforming emergency care: Experts put focus on value, better alignment
While most healthcare reforms have thus far been focused outside of the ED, they nonetheless have big implications for emergency providers, according to a panel of experts who discussed the future of emergency care at a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
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The Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Paradoxical Association with Pain
Borderline personality disorder is a striking personality dysfunction characterized by inherent difficulties with self-regulation as well as chronic self-destructive behavior.
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Palliative Care Principles for Emergency Providers
Palliative care can be accessed at any stage of serious illness, using a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals looking at aspects of a patient’s care including input from family at every level. The team works collaboratively with the primary medical team to maximize symptom control, improve quality of life, and support patients and families.
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Right Heart Protective Ventilation Strategies
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: Right ventricle performance is vulnerable to the effects of both pulmonary disease and positive pressure ventilation.
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Spinal Trauma
Spinal trauma is relatively uncommon in children. However, spinal injuries should be considered in all children who have sustained head or neck trauma or multiple severe injuries. Upper cervical spine injury (C1-C4) is more common in children < 8 years of age.
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Neurologic Trauma
Head injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are more than 7000 pediatric deaths annually. In addition, nearly 40% of all trauma-related deaths in children are secondary to traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Pediatric Major Trauma
Trauma is the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. In the United States, more children > 1 year of age die as a result of trauma than from all other causes combined.
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Intussusception and Midgut Volvulus
MONOGRAPH: It is imperative for ED physicians to differentiate children with life-threatening pathology requiring immediate intervention from the rest.