2001 Documentation/Coding Wellness 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Macroscopic T-Wave Alternans: A Red Flag for Code Blue. 2001 Nov 27;104(22):2722-7. This 1910 description by Lewis serves well to this day to remind us of the 2 principal clinical situations in which electrical alternans is most often encountered: i ) Supraventricular reentry tachycardias; and , ii ) Pericaradial tamponade.
Pediatric EM Morsels
AUGUST 18, 2023
None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. From 2001 to 2009, in a pediatric hospital gram negative culture showed a drop in sensitivity to ciprofloxacin from 96% to 93%. There were 2523 children included. 451 pediatric patients were included. This was similarly seen with levofloxacin.
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Sensible Medicine
MAY 25, 2023
“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should make establishing payment codes for products involving women’s heart disease a priority to prompt private insurers to cover new service lines.” assistant secretary of health and human services, 2001-03. ” The authors call for action by federal regulators.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Unfortunately, poor pain control persists despite the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) making pain “the fifth vital sign” in 2001 to raise the awareness of oligoanalgesia in the ED. There are many therapeutic options available to clinicians to address their pain. Brown et al , Selbst and Clark ).
ACEP Now
APRIL 2, 2024
4 The association between ackee ingestion and the illness was initially recognized in 1875 and officially documented in 1904. 5 Despite being endemic to Jamaica, cases of THS have been reported across the world, with the first case in the United States documented in 1993. Franco is an emergency medicine attending physician at St.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Cardiology consult note written around that time documents that "Pain improved with NTG, morphine in ED but still present." Smith comment: But the tests (ECG and troponin) are extremely specific and so the post test probability is nearly 100%. Repeat cTnI drawn at around 8 AM was 3.910 ng/mL. This patient was not one of the lucky 6.4%
EMDocs
JUNE 2, 2023
You should always follow your local practice guidelines and recommendations as well as adhere to approved medications in your facility. mg/kg/dose (IM/IV) Has a FDA Black Box warning in 2001 citing concerns of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP). Document what you gave and why, as well as the impact. 5 mg PO; 0.05-0.15
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