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The Latest in Critical Care, 9/28/23 (Issue #15)

PulmCCM

Systemic corticosteroids (such as intravenous dexamethasone) improve outcomes in severe pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. It makes sense that inhaled steroids might improve outcomes from less severe infections. Do inhaled steroids improve Covid pneumonia? About two thirds of patients in each arm were vaccinated.

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Reference ranges of paediatric heart rate and respiratory rate

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This prospective cohort study included patients between 0-16 years old, who presented to one of four NHS hospital sites in Greater Manchester (a large metropolitan area in the North of England), consisting of an Urgent Care Centre and three Emergency Departments. Yes Was the outcome accurately measured to minimize bias?

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Visually Guided Uterine Biopsies in Physician’s Office: Interview with Allison London Brown, CEO of LUMINELLE

Medagadget

This leads to suboptimal outcomes, and the frequent need to repeat the biopsy procedure because the first attempt did not yield an adequate sample. And this blind approach results in flawed outcomes. Again, this blind approach results in flawed outcomes. A suction curette can only sample 4% of the uterus. scissors, graspers).

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Common Infection Control Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

American Medical Compliance

Ensuring your team is well-equipped with the right knowledge and training is crucial. Together, we can work towards minimizing infection risks and improving overall healthcare outcomes. To ensure you and your team are equipped with the best practices in infection control, enroll in our comprehensive online course today.

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SGEM#402: Call Me – On the Telemental Health Line

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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. Yes * Was the outcome accurately measured to minimize bias?

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Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED

RebelEM

Health care professional involved in patient management and outcome assessment was completely blinded. PMID: 32653333 What They Did Multi-center, double-blind, randomized, phase 3 clinical trial with a parallel-group, active-controlled, non-inferiority design. Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio. 2, 2001, pp.

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PRINCIPLE Investigators Study Inhaled Budesonide for COVID-19

PulmCCM

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. While this is unfortunate, scientifically, we can appreciate the logistical hurdles to achieve sham ICS during a pandemic.