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Latest (4) Full Text Articles (20)881 Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Newborn Screening in Louisiana Full Text Pediatrics, October 18, 2007
882 Why Current Medical Management Is Failing Victims of Hurricane Katrina Southern Medical Journal, October 18, 2007
883 Infections in post-tsunami victims The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, October 18, 2007
884 Enhancing public health preparedness for a terrorist attack involving cyanide The Journal of Emergency Medicine, October 11, 2007
885 Outcome-based Approach in Development of a Disaster Management Course for Healthcare Workers Full Text Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, October 8, 2007
886 Carbon monoxide poisoning during natural disasters The Journal of Emergency Medicine, October 1, 2007
887 Post-traumatic stress disorder Occupational Medicine, September 28, 2007
888 Pain Management after Hurricane Katrina: Outcomes of Veterans Enrolled in a New Orleans VA Pain Management Program Pain Medicine, September 24, 2007
889 Needs assessment: are Disaster Medical Assistance Teams up for the challenge of a pediatric disaster? The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, September 17, 2007
890 Military fatality rates (by cause) in Afghanistan and Iraq: a measure of hostilities Full Text International Journal of Epidemiology, September 12, 2007
891 Emergency Preparedness Among People Living Near US Army Chemical Weapons Sites After September 11, 2001 American Journal of Public Health, September 11, 2007
892 Management and analysis of out-of-hospital health-related responses to simultaneous railway explosions in Madrid, Spain European Journal of Emergency Medicine, September 10, 2007
893 Survey on the Population's Needs and the Public Health Response During Floods in Germany 2002 Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, September 7, 2007
894 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities for Control and Abolition American Journal of Public Health, September 6, 2007
895 START Triage: Does It Work? Disaster Management & Response, September 6, 2007
896 Organization-based Incident Management: Developing a Disaster Volunteer Role on a University Campus Disaster Management & Response, September 6, 2007
897 Assessment of Physician Preparedness and Response Capacity to Bioterrorism or Other Public Health Emergency Events in a Major Metropolitan Area Disaster Management & Response, September 6, 2007
898 Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: An Empiric New York Statewide Study Annals of Emergency Medicine, September 5, 2007
899 Decisionmaking in Hospital Earthquake Evacuation: Does Distance From the Epicenter Matter? Annals of Emergency Medicine, September 5, 2007
900 Emergency Department Visits for Behavioral and Mental Health Care After a Terrorist Attack Annals of Emergency Medicine, September 5, 2007
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- Appendicitis is the most common pediatric gastrointestinal surgical emergency.
- Drug-eluting stent (DES) placement improves revascularization rates without increased 3-year hazard of adverse clinical outcomes among individuals undergoing emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention due to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs).
- Using an accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) with Troponin 1 as the sole biomarker may successfully identify low short-term risk of major adverse coronary event (MACE), and decrease observation time among individuals who present to the ER with chest pain.
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Procalcitonin and CRP predict identify high-risk children with appendicitis
As published in Pediatric Emergency Care, procalcitonin and CRP levels discriminate between children admitted with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis who may require closer monitoring. The study involved 111 children who were divided into 2 groups based on intra-operative diagnoses of appendicitis (n=69) and peritonitis (n=42). Patients with peritonitis, who were more likely to have complications and require intensive care unit admission, had significantly higher procalcitonin (0.15 vs. 4.95 ng/ml) and CRP levels (3 vs. 14.3 mg/dl) on admission than patients with appendicitis. Using a cut-off procalcitonin level of 0.18 ng/ml, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for peritonitis were 97%, 80%, 72%, and 89.3%, respectively. Using a cut-off CRP level of 3 mg/dl, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for peritonitis were 95%, 74%, 68%, and 96.2%, respectively.
Read the article summaryVomiting during acute stroke increases mortality
As published in the Emergency Medicine Journal, patients who vomit during acute strokes have an increased risk of mortality (HR=5.06). Of 1968 stroke patients enrolled in the study, 1349 had cerebral infarctions, 459 had cerebral hemorrhages, and 152 had subarachnoid hemorrhages; 14.5% of all stroke patients vomited during the acute stage of the stroke (cerebral infarction, 8.7%; cerebral hemorrhage, 23.7%; and subarachnoid hemorrhage, 36.8%).
Read the article summaryAssociation between tight glycemic control and hip fracture in diabetics
As published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, patients with T2DM (mean age, 77.3 y; n=932) with a HbA1c < 6% (OR=3.01) or 6.1-7% (OR=2.34) are more likely to sustain a hip fracture than patients with a HbA1c > 8%. All patients had a HbA1c level determined within 3 months preceding the hip fracture. No differences in risk existed between patients treated with oral hypoglycemics or insulin.
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