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Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

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Certified interpreter use can improve communication and patient outcomes. Train your staff on best practices for using phone interpreters. There are several tools that help us identify our implicit biases and bring cultural humility into our daily practice. April 2007. A systematic review of the literature.

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007. These guidelines present the best available evidence to support clinical decision making in the prehospital setting when TBI care may have the most significant impact on outcomes; they also establish a research agenda for future investigations.

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Ultrasound of the Month: No Definitive Yolk Sac, No Definitive IUP!

Taming the SRU

Discrimination between an IUP and an interstitial pregnancy is critical as interstitial pregnancies can have devastating outcomes. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2009. Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with ultrasound. Pages 501-508, ISSN 1521-6934. Ultrasonography.

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Episode 28 - Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach

EB Medicine

Jeff: And finally, how many of you wish there was a clearly outlined evidence-based approach to managing such patients to improve care and outcomes? This model involves educating clinicians on best practices, identifying screening and assessment tools for engagement, treatment, and disposition. Talk to you next month!

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Inhaled Corticosteroids An Underused Option for Asthma

ACEP Now

For patients well enough to be discharged from the ED, emergency physicians generally ensure patients have access to an albuterol rescue inhaler and often prescribe a short course of steroids; however, this is not the best practice. This study found that inhalers containing ICS were associated with fewer severe exacerbations (i.e.,

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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

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The latest Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) sepsis guidelines from 2021 recommend giving patients with signs of hypoperfusion an initial 30 ml/kg bolus as a best practice statement 13 based on the PROCESS, 14 ARISE, 15 and PROMISE 16 trials. Inwald et al. link] During the 2017 IV fluid shortage, Patino et al. Choudhari et al.

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The Rapid Ideological Retraction of a Scientific Article on Rapid Onset-Gender Dysphoria

Sensible Medicine

Nor do they publish information on patient outcomes. This submission is the outcome of that collaboration. Nor do they publish information on patient outcomes. We will keep you informed of the outcome of these investigations in due course as per COPE best practice guideline.” August, 22, 2023).

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