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Best Practice: The MTP Coordinator

The Trauma Pro

Every trauma center has a massive transfusion protocol (MTP). But every trauma center also does it entirely differently. Ideally, an MTP is designed with the resources available at the hospital in mind. These may include whole blood, the use of O- vs. O+ blood, the number of units of each product per cooler, the different products in different coolers, and personnel available to move those coolers to the correct locations.

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If RFK Jr. Turns the CDC Into An Anti-Vaxx Propaganda Outfit, I Don’t Want To Hear a Peep From Some “Respectable” Doctors

Science Based Medicine

Any doctor who is unabashedly pro-vaccine has already spoken up about the normalization of anti-vaxx quackery within our ranks. The post If RFK Jr. Turns the CDC Into An Anti-Vaxx Propaganda Outfit, I Don’t Want To Hear a Peep From Some “Respectable” Doctors first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Screening Can Do Silent Harm

Sensible Medicine

Nick Arroyo is a 65-year-old man without medical problems. He feels well and sees a primary care doctor every three years or so. He had a chest CT for lung cancer screening because he smoked a pack-a-day for 50 years and heard a radio advertisement that said that lung cancer screening would be helpful. The scan detected a 1 cm nodule. A PET scan was positive, and a biopsy diagnosed it as small cell lung cancer.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Clot in Transit

ALiEM

A 67-year-old male with a past medical history of CHF, MI, hypertension, and diabetes presented to the ED with complaints of headache, chest pain, and dyspnea for the past four days. He stated that he has been without his medications for the past few months due to cost. He denied any past surgical history. He stated that he primarily presented because he felt like “my blood pressure is high” Additional Images Physical Exam Cardiovascular : Tachycardic, 2+ pedal edema bilaterally Re

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Is There a Role for Vitamins in the Management of Alcohol Use Disorder?

Clinical Correlations

By Chloe Fong Peer Reviewed The correlation between vitamin deficiency and alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been well documented in the literature, with a study from 1963 finding that 70% of patients admitted to the hospital.

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ABC-SEPSIS trial for albumin in septic shock

PulmCCM

Neither of two large randomized trials in the 2000s showed a benefit from albumin solutions as a resuscitation fluid for patients with septic shock. Significant uncertainty remained, though, as we discussed further here: Another randomized trial was therefore performed, dubbed ABC-SEPSIS.

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EMCrit 387 – Emergency Department Charting for Legal Protection and Patient Safety

EMCrit

Chart to protect yourself and your patients! EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.