PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These tests come with various costs, such as drawing your attention away from direct patient care, placing financial burdens on the patient, and even posing potential harm. This harm can manifest through the discomfort of blood draws and urine catheterizations, as well as the radiation exposure involved in head CT scans.

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Seizures Pediatrics Point-of-Care Testing Wellness 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. 2000 Aug;30(1):17-24. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2015;110(6):802-819. doi:10.1038/ajg.2015.120

Infectious Diseases 88

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 88

EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Let me repeat that Gadolinium should always be avoided Nachi: Let’s also briefly touch on a controversial topic -- that of using qualitative urine point of care tests with blood instead of urine. Nachi: Right, and a single dose of ionizing radiation actually does not exceed the threshold dose for fetal harm.

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Ultrasounds Radiology Radiology Infectious Diseases 40