ACEP Now

MARCH 9, 2025

As hospital boarding, increased emergency department (ED) volumes, and complexity of patients have increased, so have wait times. After years of training to fully undress a patient for an exam at ABEM General Hospital, patients may now routinely be treated in street clothes sitting in a hallway chair.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The sodium, calcium, and potassium can be checked in settings with access to rapid point-of-care testing. Electrolytes Think about hyponatremia or hypernatremia (especially at <125 or >160, respectively), hypocalcemia, hypo/hyperkalemia, hypomagnesemia, or hypophosphatemia.

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Seizures Pediatrics Point-of-Care Testing Wellness 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

In a small study involving 79 hospitalized children, PCT was found to be elevated in bacterial infections, with a decrease after appropriate antibiotic therapy, and decreased in viral infections [24]. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. 2021.09.025.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 14, 2023

The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric journal club reading list from Anke Raaijmakers, working with Professor Jaan Toelen and his team at the University Hospitals in Leuven. Predicting respiratory failure and outcome in pediatric Guillain-Barré syndrome. Acute kidney injury in infants hospitalized for viral bronchiolitis.

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Pediatrics Point-of-Care Testing Outcomes Ultrasounds 119

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Respiratory viral testing for young febrile infants presenting to emergency care: a planned secondary analysis of the Febrile Infants Diagnostic assessment and Outcome (FIDO) prospective observational cohort study. 40 of these cases occurred in infants with negative viral testing, giving a rate of 3.8% and Waterfield, T.,

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Point-of-Care Testing Outcomes Wellness Emergency Department 69