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Occult Staph aureus bacteremia “important” in adult ED patients
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Apr 6, 2012
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Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medical Students, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a “rare but important” issue in adult emergency department patients, one that deserves closer attention, a team of physicians from the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei note in a paper online March 19 in Clinical...
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No long-term survival benefit seen with vasopressors in cardiac arrest
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Mar 30, 2012
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Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administration of epinephrine or vasopressin to patients in cardiac arrest improves short-term survival, but has no benefit over the longer term, according to a review reported in Resuscitation online March 15.
Furthermore, “There are no alternative vasopressors that provide a...
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Ketamine-propofol combo similar to propofol alone for emergency sedation
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Mar 27, 2012
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Emergency Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of ketamine with propofol, known as ketofol, offers little advantage over propofol alone for emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia, in particular with regard to respiratory depression, a Canadian team reports in the Annals of Emergency Medicine...
Kids with asthma attacks get better faster with nurse-initiated oral steroids
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Mar 20, 2012
Vasopressin for cardiac arrest does not improve long-term survival
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Mar 15, 2012
Papaverine improves analgesia for renal colic
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Mar 7, 2012
Home oxygen supplementation reduces admissions for bronchiolitis
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Feb 17, 2012
Morphine-ketamine combo effective for trauma analgesia in field
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Jan 25, 2012
Serial change in troponin I aids in early diagnosis of MI
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Dec 30, 2011
Helium-oxygen therapy improves treatment of infants with bronchiolitis
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Dec 9, 2011
Not all STEMI patients should be transferred for PCI
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Dec 7, 2011
Sublingual buprenorphine effective for acute fracture pain
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Dec 6, 2011
Rizatriptan safe, effective for migraine along with topiramate prophylaxis
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Nov 22, 2011
Signs and symptoms helpful but not diagnostic of Strep pharyngitis
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Nov 21, 2011
High orchiectomy rate in boys with testicular torsion
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Nov 2, 2011
Tranexamic acid saves lives following severe combat injury and hemorrhage
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Oct 21, 2011
Triple combo OTC analgesic relieves severe headache: study
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Oct 13, 2011
Prothrombin concentrate reverses rivaroxaban anticoagulation
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Oct 11, 2011
Extended drainage after pericardiocentesis reduces recurrence of tamponade
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Oct 7, 2011
Protocol makes MRI safe for some patients with pacemakers or ICDs
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Oct 4, 2011
Rapid rehydration in the ED an option for pediatric acute gastroenteritis
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Sep 30, 2011
Risk of serious falls similar with oxybutynin and tolterodine
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Sep 27, 2011
Treatment of stroke with tirofiban seen safe, may have benefits
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Sep 20, 2011
Undetectable high-sensitivity troponin on presentation rules out AMI
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Sep 16, 2011
Aspirin first for migraine regardless of pain intensity: report
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Sep 9, 2011
Sumatriptan/naproxen combo safe, effective for adolescent migraineurs
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Aug 23, 2011
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole questionable for pediatric soft-tissue infections
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Aug 17, 2011
