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ACEP Board Meeting Tackles Current Issues, Practice Trends

ACEP Now

And the Board approved a new clinical policy, “Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the ED with Seizures,” rescinding the 2014 clinical policy with same title. Open applications will be coming soon, but you can find out more and get on the interest list today at acep.org/EDap.

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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

SEIZURE (FIT) 715 16 250 35 2.24[1.4 0[0 , 32] STATES VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 8 0 0 0 0[0 , 32] TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION 7 0 4 57.1 0.018 , 0.12] INJURY OF HIP/LEG/KNEE/ANKLE/FOOT 7427 15 653 8.8 0.12 , 0.33] CHEST PAIN 5953 34 2077 34.9 ABDOMINAL PAIN 5629 48 2473 43.9 SHORT OF BREATH 3735 227 2446 65.5 HEAD INJURY 3493 22 382 10.9