ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

Before arriving at our ED, the patient sought care at an urgent care clinic, where she was prescribed ondansetron without improvement. Under their recommendation, the patient was admitted to the hospital for observation on an intravenous dextrose infusion. Abdominal exam was benign.

Poisoning 40

Poisoning Administration Urgent Care Documentation/Coding 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 29, 2023

However, what’s not well studied is the effect of TMH on post-evaluation utilization and processes of care such as medication changes, disposition, length of stay, involuntary holds, and use of chemical or physical restraints.

Psychiatric 40

Psychiatric Emergency Department Urgent Care Academics 40

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Six days prior, the patient was evaluated at an urgent care and prescribed doxycycline and prednisone. The patient was transitioned to a 10 day course of cefpodoxime and was discharged on hospital day 3 with ENT and ophthalmology follow up.

Ultrasounds 52

Ultrasounds Urgent Care Emergency Department Documentation/Coding 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There is worrisome T-wave inversion in inferior leads as well, which is another clue to LAD Occlusion In fact, this ECG meets STEMI criteria!! Transient STEMI, serial ECGs prehospital to hospital, all troponins negative (less than 0.04 There is greater than 1 mm STE in V4 and V5. Why does the conventional algorithm not diagnose STEMI?

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EKG/ECG Urgent Care Emergency Department Outcomes 116

Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

Terese Whipple, MD Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics How To Cite This Post: [Peer-Reviewed, Web Publication] Power, E. Seltzer, J. 2022, Jan 3). Running Injuries. Expert Commentary by Whipple, T]. Retrieved from [link] Other Posts You May Enjoy

Fractures 52

Fractures EMS Urgent Care Stroke 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly Paediatric Journal Club reading list from Professor Jaan Toelen (University Hospitals Leuven) and Dr Anke Raaijmakers (Sydney Children’s Hospital). They used primary and urgent care clinics as referral sources and were randomised to different pathways. Can’t get enough of Bubble Wrap?

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department Urgent Care 52

PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As well, while systemic corticosteroids benefitted patients requiring oxygen in the RECOVERY evaluation , in the sub-population of patients without supplemental oxygen requirements, corticosteroids may have been harmful. hospital admission or death related to COVID-19. days, probability of superiority > 0.999].

Urgent Care 40

Urgent Care Hospitals Stroke Wellness 40

PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

with Covid-19 randomized to 800 μg of inhaled budesonide twice daily had significantly fewer urgent care visits, and faster resolution of symptoms. Those receiving budesonide reported feeling better three days sooner than patients in the usual-care arm. Read in JAMA In The News New highly mutated Covid variant BA.2.86

COPD 95

COPD Stroke Academics Urgent Care 95

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 22, 2022

Her vitals signs are all normal and she feels well enough to isolate at home. Their primary outcome was a ‘COVID-19 related’ urgent care visit, emergency department assessment, or hospitalization, and was significantly reduced in the budesonide arm (15% vs 3%, p=0.009). She is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Urgent Care 40

Urgent Care COPD Outcomes Emergency Department 40

Sensible Medicine

JULY 28, 2023

I’d been in the hospitals that were being overwhelmed and worked with the doctors who were first on the front line. Having weathered six months, caring for dozens of patients with COVID – inpatient and outpatient – without getting sick, my feelings of invincibility were returning.

Hospitals 95

Hospitals PPE Urgent Care Academics 95

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 29, 2023

You treated me so well.” Mike told his story and then told us about an initiative he’d brought into the Children’s Hospital where he worked—the NHS Rainbow Badge. And so we looked at practice within our own departments across the three paediatric EDs and urgent care centres in Dublin. Rewind to Spring 2019.

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PPE Research Emergency Department Urgent Care 98

PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When they arrive, the companies selling and the hospitals buying them will celebrate their dedication to innovation in sepsis care. The incidence of sepsis or rates of ICU admission were not described, and only about one-third of patients were admitted to the hospital, suggesting milder disease.

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Urgent Care Emergency Department Pediatrics 52