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Episode 28 - Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach

EB Medicine

Jeff: As a quick survey of our audience before we begin, how many of you routinely encounter co-morbid psychiatric conditions in your ED patients, especially depression? Jeff: And how many of you struggle to admit or transfer patients for a formal psychiatric eval? Nachi: That would certainly be all of our listeners!

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Jeff: Also, be on the lookout for self-harm emergencies as patients with known psychiatric disorders are at increased risk following bariatric surgery. with generally good clinical outcomes including improved quality of life and reducing or staving off comorbidities. Jeff: Still, the complication rate is low - about 2.3%

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52 in 52 – #39: DAWN – Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct

EMDocs

A second primary outcome was added at the 30-month time frame by request of the FDA, the trial was still blinded at that time. A second primary outcome was added at the 30-month time frame by request of the FDA, the trial was still blinded at that time. POWER: 86% to detect a 1-point difference in the group’s first primary outcome.

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SGEM#252: Blue Monday- Screening Adult ED Patients for Risk of Future Suicidality

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Although she has no other health problems, and no other complaints, you are aware of data that indicates there is a high level of psychiatric illness and suicidal ideation among emergency department patients and wonder what is the best way to approach this problem? million visits a year in the United States [1].

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ED Boarding

ACEP Now

It should also differentiate boarding times for psychiatric patients, who are at high risk for very prolonged boarding. What’s clear from the emerging data: our experience as clinicians as well as our patients’ is that the system is unraveling. ED crowding and boarding are causing patient experiences and outcomes to worsen.