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Emergency Scenario Training in Live-Action VR is Intense
The view from the VR headset: Virtual reality reproductions of real cardiac emergencies used for training purposes.
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Indacaterol more effective than tiotropium for COPD
Jun 8, 2011
| Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Pharmacists, Pulmonary Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a greater improvement in dyspnea and health status after 12 weeks of treatment with inhaled indacaterol than with tiotropium, according to a report in the European Respiratory Journal online May 26.
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ABCD2 score not accurate enough to determine stroke risk after TIA
Jun 7, 2011
| Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For assessing subsequent risk of stroke in patients who’ve had a transient ischemic attack, the so-called ABCD2 instrument is not sensitive or specific enough to have much clinical utility, a Canadian team has found.
The ABCD2 score (Age, Blood pressure, Clinical features,...
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A few questions in ED can screen for alcohol/cannabis misuse by youth
Jun 7, 2011
| Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Mental Health, Public Health & Prevention, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on their review of screening instruments for alcohol and drug misuse, a Canadian team recommends using three quick questions in the emergency department to identify adolescents likely to have substance-abuse disorders.
“The use of 2 diagnostic items based on DSM-IV...
