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    Head CT Usually Not Necessary for Children Presenting With mTBI

    September 24, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    Usually, a head CT is not necessary for diagnostic purposes in children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), according to new guidelines from the CDC. Instead, these recommendations suggest clinicians use validated clinical decision rules to identify children with mTBI at low risk for intracranial injury, as well as those at higher risk for the condition who require a head CT.


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    Prandial Insulin Sends Older Diabetes Patients to ED With Hypoglycemia

    September 24, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    In a new study, researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs offer insight into which patients are most likely to end up in the ED because of hypoglycemia stemming from prandial insulin use.


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    When to Suspect SCAD in Patients Presenting With Cardiac Symptoms

    September 24, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    When a young woman with few conventional atherosclerotic risk factors presents to the ED with possible cardiac symptoms, clinicians are urged to consider spontaneous coronary artery dissection, according to a recent American Heart Association scientific statement.


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    EDs Treated 70,000 Children for Antibiotic Adverse Events from 2011-15

    September 24, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    Over a four-year period, antibiotics sent thousands of American children and adolescents to the ED for allergic reactions and other adverse effects.


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    Investigators Explore Evolving Causes of Anaphylaxis

    August 22, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    A new study conducted at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center sought to determine the causes of anaphylaxis at that facility and how etiologies and episodes have evolved.


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    Deciding Between Oral Therapy and IV Antibiotics in Skin Infections

    August 22, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    Is it better for patients presenting to the ED with nonpurulent skin and soft tissue infections to receive IV antibiotics, or will oral therapy suffice? Because guideline recommendations are unclear, researchers sought more information.


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    What’s the Root of ED Medical Errors?

    August 22, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    When it comes to medical errors in the ED, clinicians know the correct information but miscalculate how they process that information and verify data, according to a new study.


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    High-sensitivity Test for Cardiac Troponin Safe, Effective for ED Use

    August 22, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    If it hasn’t happened already, how your ED rules out myocardial infarction in chest pain patients is likely to change dramatically.


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    Case Mix Differences in Freestanding vs. Hospital-based EDs

    July 25, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    Location isn’t the only difference between hospital-based and freestanding EDs, according to information from a report that compared clinical characteristics for adult visits with these facilities.


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    ED Program Dramatically Increases HCV Testing

    July 25, 2018
    Brenda Mooney
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    For years, public health officials have urged more widespread hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing, even outside the typical high-risk population. A new study shows how EDs can play a critical role.


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