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In the Issue: Ongoing safety review of tiotropium; raloxifene reduces the risk of endometrial cancer; one-day treatment with famciclovir may be as effective as 3-day treatment with valacyclovir; new Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians regarding pharmacologic treatment for low bone density and osteoporosis; FDA Actions.
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Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) have been shown to be of benefit in the treatment of patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE).
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The need to prepare families for withdrawal of life support is well known. However, the specific information needed to accomplish this goal is not well defined.
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Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
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In the early civil cases litigated under the law in the 1990s, the courts held that EMTALA's duty to stabilize continued to apply throughout the patient's entire stay in the hospital, no matter how long it was.
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An elderly man comes to your ED and is admitted to the hospital with severe dehydration and fever of unknown origin. Two days later, an X-ray reveals pneumonia.
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Airway management that results in a negligence claim usually involves a "difficult airway." Airways classified as difficult typically are compromised by an anatomical or other condition that makes intubation by the oral, nasal, or surgical routes difficult or impossible.
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The Joint Commission and the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) have formed a partnership to provide quality oversight for urgent care clinics.
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The Joint Commission has released a statement that effective Jan. 1, 2009, there will be new simplified scoring and decision processes for all accreditation and certification programs that "better reflect an organization's performance regarding compliance with Joint Commission standards and elements of performance [EPs]."
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One way to get your staff flu vaccination rates higher is to make it as easy as possible for them to obtain a vaccination, says David Ross, DO, an emergency physician at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO. Ross says his hospital's staff vaccination rate has risen from 63% to 73% in the past year.