PulmCCM
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
"Every hospital, regardless of size, location, and resources can strengthen the quality of care delivered to these patients and ensure their survival," CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, announced at the launch of the program. Unlike strokes and STEMIs, sepsis has no gold standard for diagnosis. ” What is that, a sepsis Stasi?
PulmCCM
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Cardiovascular care, strokes Mechanical thrombectomy was shown to markedly improve functional independence after large ischemic strokes ( SELECT2 ), heralding a new standard of care for the condition. STRESS-L ) Continuous meropenem infusions were not superior to usual dosing in treating critically ill patients with sepsis.
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RebelEM
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), or what the CDC recently renamed infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC), is defined as a nosocomial pneumonia occurring on day 3 of mechanical ventilation that was preceded by 2 days of stable or decreasing ventilator requirements. 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,
ACEP Now
OCTOBER 3, 2023
This guideline revision is particularly timely as EMS systems have shown their abilities to dramatically improve survival and neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest, STEMI, acute stroke, and other time-sensitive conditions. National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality Data on CDC WONDER. Prehosp Emerg Care. Accessed 2022, [link].
EMDocs
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Under standard operating protocols, residual contrast materials are usually wasted, according to current CDC and JC standards. CT scans have become an integral part of the ED diagnostic process, serving as a diagnostic tool to aid in determining appropriate disposition, risk assessment, and guiding admission decisions.
Taming the SRU
OCTOBER 7, 2024
According to a CDC study, VTE contributes to 10.5% The contraindications are the same as for the non-pregnant patient including: prior ICH, known brain lesion/malignancy, ischemic stroke in the past three months, suspected aortic dissection, active bleeding, and closed head trauma in the past three months.
ACEP Now
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Working closely with the CDC, I came to know a lot about rural medicine and how to improve it,” he says, guessing he may have been tapped for the committee through his work as principal investigator on more than $6.1 million in federal grants. It’s time for another push.”
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