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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. National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality Data on CDC WONDER. CDC’s efforts to improve traumatic brain injury surveillance. Prehospital Guidelines for the management of traumatic brain injury – 3rd edition. Prehosp Emerg Care.

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The resurgence of vaccine preventable infections: Measles and Pertussis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

To meet CDC and WHO diagnostic criteria for pertussis, suspected cases must exhibit a cough lasting at least two weeks, creating a prolonged period during which patients may be infectious before a diagnosis is confirmed. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Measles facts [Internet]. cited 2024 Oct 24] WHO.

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Is it Time to Take Another Look at the State of Emergency Care in the U.S.? 

ACEP Now

This funding expanded the committee’s work to include three reports: Hospital Based Emergency Care – at the Breaking Point ; Emergency Medical Services – at the Crossroads ; and Emergency Care for Children – Growing Pains ,” all released in 2007. Prescott, MD, another member of the committee. “We

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Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury

Critical Care Now

According to CDC data , more than 64000 Americans died in 2020 from TBI, and many more experience long-term sequelae, making them one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity across all age groups. The data was collected from 2007 until 2015, analyzed from 2015 until 2019, and then published in 2019.

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

EB Medicine

Jeff: If those figures seem a bit high, another CDC study found that in a general population survey of a quarter million people between 2006-2008, 9% met the criteria for major depression. Mental health and substance abuse-related emergency department visits among adults, 2007: statistical brief #92. Pretty big numbers.

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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

The CDC estimates that epidemics cost 10 billion dollars per year. The CDC defines “influenza-like illness” as a temperature > 100 F, plus cough or sore throat, in the absence of a known cause other than influenza. In 2007-2008, an oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 strain emerged globally.