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Constipation

EB Medicine

Eckler, MD discuss the March 2024 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Constipation Prevalence and Impact Understanding the Causes Medications That Can Cause Constipation Dealing with Fecal Impaction Understanding Stercoral Colitis Pre-Hospital Care ED History and Physical Exam Diagnostic Studies (..)

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Issue #1: The Latest in Critical Care, 5/8/23

PulmCCM

Nursing home patients were no more likely to enter hospice after hospitalization than their community dwelling counterparts. Read in JAMA A pediatric critical care physician loses his daughter , Ceci, to an inexplicable illness, and shares his grief in a heart-crushing essay. Read in JAMA In The News Uber for Nurses ?

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Gentle Care Hospice advice (based on Los Angeles County, CA) upon " Death in the Home." . " United States: New Law Permits Registered Nurses To Sign Death Certificates When They Are Authorized To Pronounce Death. " " January 2005; Last updated May 16, 2005. Wiggin & Dana LLP. Accessed 07/25/2016. Lawyers.com. "