ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia closed in 2019, a year and a half after it was acquired along with St. Private equity investment in health care has increased more than 20-fold since 2000, with 70 percent of this activity since 2010. Published September 5, 2019. Published July 22, 2019. J Hosp Med.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

How does that apply to the role of the board certified emergency physician? Fundamentally, I believe every patient coming to an emergency department is best served by care delivered by board certified emergency physicians. When those same fundamentals done right achieve great success, they aren’t little at all.

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. In 7 studies with 4164 patients, PCT with a cut-off > 0.1

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 24, 2021

Randomized Double-blind Trial Intramuscular Droperidol, Ziprasidone and Lorazepam for Acute Undifferentiated Agitation in the Emergency Department. Unfortunately, an FDA Black Box warning and supply issues meant that droperidol effectively vanished from the US armamentarium from 2013-2019 and other agents were used and investigated.

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RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Moreover, the FDA approved intravenous (IV) cetirizine to treat acute urticaria in 2019. However, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, “oral antihistamine therapy is equivalent to IV therapy” (Ledford D 2019). Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergies.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

4 More recent data can be found in a 2019 retrospective review of data from the Kids Inpatient Database as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. 5 Pediatric discharges were reported by 2,784 hospitals in 2000 and the number of reporting hospitals increased to 4,179 in 2012.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 7, 2024

epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy VTE is not only important to understand because it is the number one cause of mortality for pregnant patients, but also because it is common and will show up in your Emergency Department likely frequently throughout your career. According to a CDC study, VTE contributes to 10.5%

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EB Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This month, we’re tackling an incredibly important topic - evaluation and management of life threatening headaches in the Emergency Department. Jeff: So that wraps up episode 25 - Evaluation and Management of Life-Threatening Headaches in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. Accessed January 10, 2019.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

Demographic epidemiology of unstable pelvic fracture in the United States from 2000 to 2009: trends and in-hospital mortality. 2019 Dec;38(6):695-696]. Her initial vital signs are blood pressure 76/54 mmHg, heart rate 128 bpm, temperature 37.0˚ C, respiratory rate 20 breaths per minute, and oxygen saturation 95% on room air.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 22, 2025

million emergency department (ED) visits and about 700,000 hospitalizations attributed to COPD exacerbations. [8] link] GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

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EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

Louis) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Staff Physician, USAF); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 25-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) in Uganda with acute encephalopathy. Infection rates and mortality, particularly in Africa, have seen an upward trend. 2023;10:1155751.

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