Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

While this may be surprising, there is literature that shows that catastrophic events can be associated with increased social support and reduce suicidal outcomes [4]. Assessment of suicide risk in mental health practice: shifting from prediction to therapeutic assessment, formulation, and risk management. Lascelles, K.,

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A 2018 risk score incorporates the presence of abdominal guarding, WBC, and CRP. Those with abdominal guarding, WBC over 20,000, and CRP over 25 mg/dL demonstrated a risk of complicated diverticulitis of over 85% (Bolkenstein 2018). Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2018 Oct 2;14:1847-1853. Scand J Gastroenterol.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

13 While there is good data that early antibiotics for patients in septic shock reduce mortality 18-19 the role of early and aggressive volume resuscitation and its impacts on patient-centered outcomes remain unclear. Inwald et al. link] During the 2017 IV fluid shortage, Patino et al. Choudhari et al.

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