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Serial PoCUS for ED Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Is More Actually Better?

RebelEM

It can be used to distinguish between various conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acute heart failure (AHF), pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and pneumonia [2,3]. to −0.66) and −1.66 (95% CI −2.09 to −0.78) and -1.97 (95% CI −2.70 vs. 18.3%).

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A Heartfelt Plea to Become A Primary Care General Internist

Sensible Medicine

Atrial fibrillation, COPD, serous otitis media, pyelonephritis, a sprained knee, a rash, epididymitis, (I could go on and on and on) are all within your purview. You will bring them through pneumonias, critical illnesses, break-ups, and operative complications. All that said, primary care physicians are well compensated.

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 038 | Lung Transplantation

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Lung transplants do reasonably well overall (most likely due to careful selection) with a median survival of 7 years and 80% alive at one year. This is certainly outside the realm of intensive care but remains a somewhat magical act that my surgical and anaesthetistic colleagues perform in the operating room.

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Health to The Chief!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

There are increasingly many writings upon the health of our Presidents either factual or speculative, and even in contention whether the office is inherently detrimental to wellness and longevity of its occupants. President Eisenhower's Operation for Regional Enteritis A Footnote to History. Franklin D. Rogers, William Warren. “

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