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The Latest in Critical Care, 9/28/23 (Issue #15)

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In most of these studies, diagnostic imaging was only performed on patients at higher pretest probability for PE according to Wells criteria or other risk stratification. In the new era of thrombectomy for ischemic strokes with large vessel occlusion, however, some early data suggested lower blood pressure targets might be advisable.

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The Impact of Restorative Nursing on Patient Mobility and Independence

American Medical Compliance

Restorative nursing is an essential pillar of healthcare, dedicated to helping patients regain and maintain their physical and psychological well-being. of adults in the United States facing mobility challenges, according to the CDC, the demand for effective restorative care has never been greater. With approximately 12.2%

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

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Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality Data on CDC WONDER. CDC’s efforts to improve traumatic brain injury surveillance.

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

ACEP Now

We wanted to reach emergency physicians, nurses and others working in trauma as well as those at Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. as well as working closely on behalf of the association on projects with the White House and the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Health and Human Services.

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Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver

ACEP Now

5 Patients with acute ischemic strokes, STEMIs, and trauma, as well as many other diagnoses, have their workup largely completed, and even sometimes definitive therapy executed, before they leave the emergency department, rather than requiring inpatient units. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021.

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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. Jeff: Of note, EMS providers should use face masks themselves and place them on patients as well.

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The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury

RebelEM

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.,

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