ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. What’s New in Stroke Care? The simplicity of tenecteplase administration makes its use likely the preferred agent for treating acute ischemic stroke. the “ARAMIS” trial throws up another red flag for patients suffering mild stroke.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Strokes and heart failure are the main complications of AF. And even when drugs suppress AF, trials failed to show that doing so reduces stroke or heart failure. The SHAM-PVI trial Next weekend at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in London, a UK team of researchers will present results of the SHAM-PVI trial.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 29, 2024

This article will discuss blood pressure goals and preferred pharmacotherapy for non-traumatic ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Ischemic Strokes: Ischemic stroke is characterized by a blockage of a blood vessel in the brain. The BP targets for patients with ischemic strokes depend on the available therapeutic options.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

i] Though I’ve never been a traditional researcher, I’ve added quite a bit to “medical literature” over the years. Being perfectly honest, not all the articles have aged well. First, it renewed my faith that occasionally well-done studies address interesting and important questions. to 0.88; P=0.007).

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Taming the SRU

JULY 24, 2024

Ann Emerg Med 2024 Background Sepsis remains an increasingly common emergency department condition that is tied to higher morbidity and mortality across the United States as well as the rest of the world. They then tested the LASSO model using the remaining 20% of data to see how well it could detect sepsis at the same time points.

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 7, 2023

The patient needs a transvaginal ultrasound w/ doppler with gynecology consult and possible laparotomy TVUS is not just for torsion, it can also be used for ectopic pregnancies or pregnancy of unknown location Acute Ischemic Stroke Updates WITH Drs. Research Grand rounds WITH Drs. The expanded window of 3-4.5

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Medagadget

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a lateral flow assay that can detect bacterial toxins from Porphyromonas gingivalis , the causative bacteria for gingivitis. In this instance, these researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a lateral flow assay to detect the bacteria responsible for gingivitis.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We call the primary endpoint of SELECT—CV death, MI or stroke—a hard cardiovascular endpoint. There were other positive results as well. But this study shows that a weight lost drug (perhaps through other mechanisms as well) reduces hard cardiac outcomes. Meaning this was a secondary prevention study.) mg) vs 8.2%

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ACEP Now

MARCH 11, 2025

The pervasive maxim quick on, quick off for UFH doesnt hold up as well as touted. Dr. Westafer (@Lwestafer) is an attending physician and research fellow at Baystate Medical Center, clinical instructor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, and co-host of FOAMcast. References Khor YH, Smith R, McDonald CF.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 29, 2024

You can assess how well (or poorly) a practicing cardiologist did analyzing a paper in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. Specification curve analysis is similar to a multiverse analysis, meaning it’s a way of defining and implementing all plausible and valid analytic approaches to a research question. It’s the Methods

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RebelEM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

bleeding, stroke, limb ischemia, and hemolysis). Many centers have attempted ECLS to achieve hemodynamic stabilization in this group of patients. The benefits of this strategy may be outweighed by the risk of the device-related complications (i.e. The evidence for this practice has been sparse until now. Zeymer HT et al. Control: 53.4%

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Borgialli DA, Mahajan P, Hoyle JD Jr, Powell EC, Nadel FM, Tunik MG, Foerster A, Dong L, Miskin M, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). PMID: 1933914. Performance of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale Score in the Evaluation of Children With Blunt Head Trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 107.498345.

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American Medical Compliance

JUNE 28, 2024

Furthermore, understanding the generalities of depression in elderly patients within assisted living facilities is crucial to provide a healthy state of well-being. This course is aimed towards achieving the best and most compassionate care regarding depression in older adults.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 3, 2020

She is the creator of the HEART Score and an enthusiastic researcher. Ticagrelor and Aspirin or Aspirin Alone in Acute Ischemic Stroke or TIA. NEJM […] The post SGEM#303: Two Can Make It – Less likely to have another stroke but more likely to have a bleed (THALES Trial) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

3, 6 Among patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI), the risk may be as high as 28%-76% and 23%-60%, respectively. Patient data anonymized when presented to adjudication committee to avoid detection bias Well-balanced patient characteristics between groups. 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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Taming the SRU

APRIL 17, 2024

Results They studied 1852 patients in the MICU with the most common admission diagnoses being respiratory failure (34 %), sepsis (23 %), and primary CNS disease such as stroke or hemorrhage (23 %). Continuous data were analyzed using a student T-test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test and categorical data were analyzed via X2 test.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 11, 2024

This is where we get into all the terms you see in research papers: p-values, and confidence intervals (typically 95%) – and in the media - margin of error. Inferential statistics actually do NOT help us test a research hypothesis about whether an intervention worked or not. This is the null hypothesis (no effect).

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Broad strokes In this prospective, non-randomized study published by Kring et al in January 2022 out of Maine Medical Center, researchers compared mean pain scores at rest and during incentive spirometry before, at 15 minutes after, and then 60 minutes after treatment with a serratus anterior plane block. Ultrasound Med.

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RebelEM

JUNE 19, 2023

The PATCH-trauma researchers sought to address this critique. SBP < 75 mm Hg: 39% SBP 76-89 mm Hg: 33% Critical Findings: No statistically significant difference in safety outcomes (DVT, PE, MI, Stroke) TXA Placebo RR (95% CI) Primary Outcome Good Functional Outcome (6 months) 53.7% Prehospital Tranexamic Acid for Severe Trauma.

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Blood Transfusions Outcomes Administration Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 105

Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The device becomes a screening test or provides information to “promote wellness.” Perhaps the most well-known example happened when the nature of primary hyperparathyroidism changed with the advent of automated multi-channel chemistry tests. As researchers we need to ask ourselves – is my study worth doing?

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 22, 2024

Although come to think of it, there was a risk of publication and other bias in those studies as well … ) But today, are there any conditions, a specific patient profile, etc., A Final Note And with that, another 20-year boom-bust cycle in critical care research ends (for now).

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PulmCCM

DECEMBER 11, 2024

It’s a wonderful contribution to the literature and well worth reading. These are nonfalsifiable claims that illustrate the problem well. As for the body of research literature, clinical researchers usually do not have access to superior diagnostic techniques.

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Taming the SRU

APRIL 22, 2023

If untreated, atrial fibrillation can increase clot formation and lead to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke as well as development of congestive heart failure. Additionally, a higher HR reduction at 30 and 60 minutes, as well as ED discharge/transfer. There was no difference in safety outcomes.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Some institutions developed a tier-based system for outpatient imaging as well which was updated in real-time. At the same time, newer research has shown that the diagnostic safety despite withholding contrast in abdominal pain may actually be overstated. 4) Utilization of Alternative Imaging Technique Table 5.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Dr. Carly Eastin is an Associate Professor, Division of Research and Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This was because of a well-known critical care physician Dr. Paul Marik.

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RebelEM

MARCH 13, 2024

This was not a Code 3 respiratory distress, fentanyl overdose with minimal response to Narcan or even an unconscious stroke patient with the blood pressure of a giraffe. Would they ever be well enough to be extubated? The patient came in working hard to breath, had minimal improvement after meds and treatments and was clearly tiring.

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Documentation/Coding Outcomes EMS Stroke 59

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Emergency Medicine research was and still is tremendously underfunded,” says John E. We wanted to reach emergency physicians, nurses and others working in trauma as well as those at Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. Prescott, MD, another member of the committee. “We It’s time for another push.”

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

These guidelines present the best available evidence to support clinical decision making in the prehospital setting when TBI care may have the most significant impact on outcomes; they also establish a research agenda for future investigations. The GCS must be obtained through interaction with the patient (i.e.,

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 4, 2024

We discussed some practices to push learners outside of their comfort zone and promote learning, based on their level as well as their goals for the shift.

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Dislocations Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Burns 85

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Over some time and the pain moved into her other arm as well as her jaw. Stroke-volume:50 ml. Contemporary research studies of MINOCA have evaluated the prognosis of these patients, reporting a 12-month all-cause mortality of 4.7% (95% confidence interval, 2.6–6.9), She said this was midsternal and felt like a tightness.

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ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

Emergency physicians have become leaders in achieving cost efficiency in health care, predominantly through implementation of new processes and research findings, enabling us to achieve significant financial savings. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network head injury clinical prediction rules are reliable in practice.

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Head Injuries Emergency Department Research Pediatrics 52

PulmCCM

JANUARY 4, 2022

For example, should a fluid challenge fail to raise stroke volume [SV], a state of physiological preload intolerance exists and additional volume is arguably harmful ; further attempts to increase tissue perfusion might then be best achieved with vasoactives. For what are intravenous fluids diagnostic? the Frank-Starling mechanism].

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

MI or stroke). Secondary outcomes were early head injury related death (within 24 hours after injury), all-cause and cause-specific mortality, disability, vascular occlusive events (MI, stroke, DVT, PE), seizures, complications, neurosurgery, days of ICU care, and adverse events within 28 days. in the TXA group and 9.9%

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Head Injuries Administration Outcomes Seizures 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 10, 2016

Gather around, for a story. … "A long time ago, before our planet went digital … Well, it wasn't quite copyist monks illuminating vellum, nor was it even Dickens's Bob Cratchit labouring with quill and ink." Better education and careers were sought for their baby-boomer children, as well. " It took longer than expected.

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Military Emergency Nursing Stroke Wellness 40

Taming the SRU

MAY 3, 2023

She was noted to have improvement in her underlying respiratory status as well and was extubated approximately three weeks later. This targeted pulmonary vasodilation is thought to improve underlying ventilation-perfusion mismatch, leading to increased blood flow to already well-ventilated lung tissue (3).

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Wellness Hospitals Shock Outcomes 52

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeff: This DEA designation limits the ability to do research and obtain federal funding for such research. Synthetics were initially developed in the 1980s largely for research purposes. First up is the link between cannabis use and stroke or TIA. times higher risk of stroke or TIA.

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Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The device becomes a screening test or provides information to “promote wellness.” Perhaps the most well-known example happened when the nature of primary hyperparathyroidism changed with the advent of automated multi-channel chemistry tests. As researchers we need to ask ourselves – is my study worth doing?

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