Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Discrimination between an IUP and an interstitial pregnancy is critical as interstitial pregnancies can have devastating outcomes. Academic Emergency Medicine, 14: 755-758. 2014), The Endomyometrial Thickness Measurement for Abnormal Implantation Evaluation by Pelvic Sonography. Ultrasonography. O'Brien, E. and Lin, H.

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

A 2011 meta-analysis in the journal of Academic Emergency Medicine found ESR, CRP, and PCT were not acutely useful in the diagnosis of septic arthritis due to wildly varying sensitivities and specificities between studies. Epub 2014 Dec 3. Epub 2014 Oct 27. Int J Rheum Dis. 2015 Mar;18(3):352-9. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12496.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Jeff: A 2014 study even showed an up to 80% reduction in the likelihood of developing DM2 postoperatively at the 7-year mark. Jeff: And while it’s not exactly core EM, we’re going to briefly discuss indications for bariatric surgery, as this is something we don’t often review even in academic training programs. 2014(8):CD003641.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Motor Fingernail bed pressure with a pencil first If flexion outcome, then apply painful stimulus to neck or head (trapezius or supraorbital notch) to look for localization Spinal reflex can result in a falsely elevated score if lower extremity pain induced Verbal Orientated- Able to answer all questions. Academic emergency medicine 12.9

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

1, 2 Its occurrence often portends worse outcomes in intubated patients, whose projected hospital course was already tenuous. SECONDARY OUTCOMES At day 28 , ceftriaxone group had (vs placebo): Lower VAP risk (20% vs 36%); hazard ratio 0.62 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Both the outdated 2014 AHA/ACC guidelines and the updated 2023 ESC guidelines recommend immediate invasive management of patients with uncontrolled chest pain. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. link] Opiates are associated with worse outcomes in Myocardial Infarction.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 14, 2025

The conference recently published their proceedings, recommendations and a roadmap for change, which highlighted the importance of educating physicians working outside of addiction medicine about methadone to contribute toward improved outcomes for patients with OUD. 2014 Apr 9. Federal Guidelines for Opioid Treatment Programs.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

The primary outcome was 28-day mortality – TXA improved survival with no increased risk of cerebral clots. Survival was better, both at 24 hours and six months, in the TXA group, although the primary outcome, a quality of life score at six months, called the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOS-E), was the same in both groups ( 53.7%

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Still, there are those that believe that FPS is more of a physician-centered endpoint that does not fully reflect important patient-centric outcomes (16). PLoS One 2014; 9(11): e112779. ” Academic Emergency Medicine 20.1 Epub 2014 Feb 17. Resuscitation 2013; 84(11): 1500 – 4. PMID: 23911630 Kim WY et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 3, 2023

Results of this study showed that the use of low-dose insulin infusion led to similar clinical outcomes and fewer adverse events compared to the standard-dose insulin infusion. There were limitations to this study in that only a single academic institution was observed, and retrospective data could create data bias. Why does it matter?

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ACEP Now

MAY 10, 2024

Primary Outcome: Diagnostic accuracy of identifying Stanford type A and Stanford type B AoDs Secondary Outcomes: Test characteristics of each of the three individual sonographic findings for diagnosing Stanford type A and Stanford type B AoDs. Prevalence: The prevalence of 3.5 percent was high compared to previously published data.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

2 Outcomes of patients presenting with ischemic stroke who received MRI as initial imaging modality have demonstrated similar outcomes to those with initial CTA, with Kim et al. demonstrating that functional outcome at 3 months did not differ between the CTA and MRI groups (38.5% vs. 38.1%) with a good functional outcome.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Academic Press; 2014:39-64. InHospital Outcomes of Tumor Lysis Syndrome: A PopulationBased Study Using the National Inpatient Sample. In: Finkel KW, Howard SC, eds. Renal Disease in Cancer Patients. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-415948-8.00004-0 2. Williams SM, Killeen AA. Tumor Lysis Syndrome. 2018;143(3):386-393. doi:10.5858/arpa.2017-0278-RS

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 12, 2023

Finally, a randomized-control trial found that prophylactic antibiotics for dog bite wounds did not statistically change infection outcomes and was not cost-effective, recommending that prophylactic antibiotics only be used in high-risk wounds [12]. Academic Emergency Medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2014;59(2):147-159.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 4, 2024

In 2014, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) Paediatric Trauma Protocols were published, recommending that CT chest imaging be appropriately limited to children in specific high-risk groups. Impact of childhood burns on academic performance: a matched population-based cohort study Halim N, Holland AJA, McMaugh A, et al. JACEP Open.

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