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

EMDocs

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. Utilizing certified interpreters and documenting their use.

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Episode 4 - Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: New Strategies for Improving Outcomes

EB Medicine

The podcast is based on the full-length review published in the May 2017 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice. The podcast is based on the full-length review published in the May 2017 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice.

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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. J Clin Imaging Sci, 2017. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov;49:226-232. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.05.071.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Nachi: Taken all together, the rising rates of obesity and the rising success and availability of bariatric procedures has led to an increased number of bariatric procedures, with 228,000 performed in the US in 2017. In 2017, these were performed 60%, 18%, and 3% of the time. ASMBS pediatric committee best practice guidelines.

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Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

ACEP Now

There are few data on the outcomes of UGIB when balloon tamponade is used as a temporizing measure. However, a 2017 study of 34 patients suggests that balloon tamponade, when used as a bridge to EGD, improves patient mortality, with 59 percent of patients surviving to hospital discharge. 6 Balloon tamponade (i.e., Acad Emerg Med.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 89: Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis

EMDocs

No difference in their primary outcome of complications and need for emergency surgery (1.9% 2017 Jan;104(1):52-61. Outcome measures were complicated diverticulitis, recurrent diverticulitis and sigmoid resection at 24 months’ follow up. Included 480 patients, with primary outcome return visit with hospital admission.

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An overview of hypopituitarism

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Early recognition of these signs is crucial, as timely hormone replacement can significantly improve outcomes. Early identification and treatment can significantly improve long-term outcomes, preventing complications such as severe short stature, metabolic disturbances, and delayed puberty. Why are we worried about hypopituitarism?