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The Private Equity Wave in Health Care

ACEP Now

These stakeholders are similarly shielded in court when adverse patient outcomes, such as negligent deaths, occur under their management or when the bought-out companies are challenged for anticompetitive business practices overseen by the PE firm. Accessed August 25, 2024. Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).

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Pigtail Catheter vs Large Bore Chest Tube for Pneumothorax

RebelEM

875 patients from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America RCTs or retrospective cohort studies Strengths Researchers followed PRISMA guidelines. 875 patients from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America RCTs or retrospective cohort studies Strengths Researchers followed PRISMA guidelines. to -0.23]; P=.01; 01; I 2 =51%).

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

4] We also know that severe TBI is commonly associated with the development of intracranial hemorrhage where the presence and volume of blood are associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes.[5] Association between prehospital tranexamic acid administration and outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury. JAMA Neurol.

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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

VP Shunt - Courtesy of Cancer Research UK via wikimedia - CC-4.0 - [link] Case courtesy of Paul Simkin, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 30453 Case courtesy of Dr Ruslan Asadov, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8401. Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. Lancet Neurol. Marmarou, Young, Aygok.

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How to Diagnose and Manage Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

ACEP Now

Youre working the night shift in a rural critical access hospital in the Midwest when a 36-year-old, 31-week primigravida patient with no known prior medical history presents with a mild headache. Initial vitals show a blood pressure (BP) of 170/115 mm Hg, which remains elevated 15 minutes later.

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