ACEP Now

MARCH 9, 2025

As hospital boarding, increased emergency department (ED) volumes, and complexity of patients have increased, so have wait times. After years of training to fully undress a patient for an exam at ABEM General Hospital, patients may now routinely be treated in street clothes sitting in a hallway chair. References Miles, SH.

Emergency Department 90

Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing Documentation/Coding Hospitals 90

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

In a small study involving 79 hospitalized children, PCT was found to be elevated in bacterial infections, with a decrease after appropriate antibiotic therapy, and decreased in viral infections [24]. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. PMID: 18756836.

Infectious Diseases 89

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

However, results may take some time and, as such, rapid point-of-care tests are increasingly used. Conventionally IV antibiotics have been limited to in-hospital use. It found that home treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone was not inferior to hospital treatment with intravenous flucloxacillin. The Lancet.

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