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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (32)561 Hazardous alcohol use interventions with emergency patients: Self-reported practices of nurses, and predictors of behaviour Full Text Emergency Medicine Australasia, August 12, 2011
562 The 6-PACK programme to decrease fall-related injuries in acute hospitals: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial Injury Prevention, August 12, 2011
563 Understanding the effect of compensation on recovery from severe motor vehicle crash injuries: a qualitative study Injury Prevention, August 12, 2011
564 Fatalities in swimming pools with lifeguards: USA, 2000-2008 Injury Prevention, August 11, 2011
565 Prehospital endotracheal intubation and chest tubing does not prolong the overall resuscitation time of severely injured patients Full Text Emergency Medicine Journal, August 10, 2011
566 Decay in chest compression quality due to fatigue is rare during prolonged advanced life support in a manikin model. Full Text Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, August 10, 2011
567 A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing negative pressure dressing and conventional dressing methods on split-thickness skin grafts in burned patients Full Text Burns, August 10, 2011
568 Gender Disparities in Injury Mortality: Consistent, Persistent, and Larger Than You'd Think American Journal of Public Health, August 10, 2011
569 Folic acid use in pregnant patients presenting to the emergency department Full Text International Journal of Emergency Medicine, August 9, 2011
570 Early Prevention of Pressure Ulcers Among Elderly Patients Admitted Through Emergency Departments Annals of Emergency Medicine, August 9, 2011
571 Gastric Volvulus Manifesting as Infantile Wheezing: A Puzzling Presentation Pediatric Emergency Care, August 9, 2011
572 A multinational randomised study comparing didactic lectures with case scenario in a severe sepsis medical simulation course Full Text Emergency Medicine Journal, August 8, 2011
573 Nonoperative management of anterior thoracoabdominal stab wounds in selected patients Full Text European Journal of Emergency Medicine, August 5, 2011
574 Carotid artery dissection: three cases and a review of the literature European Journal of Emergency Medicine, August 5, 2011
575 Comfort care in burns: The Burn Modified Liverpool Care Pathway (BM-LCP) Burns, August 5, 2011
576 Quality of life after burns in childhood (5-15 years): Children experience substantial problems Burns, August 5, 2011
577 Cultured epithelial autografts in massive burns Burns, August 5, 2011
578 Achieving Donor Management Goals Before Deceased Donor Procurement Is Associated With More Organs Transplanted Per Donor The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, August 3, 2011
579 Management of Complicated Lumbar Artery Injury After Blunt Trauma Annals of Emergency Medicine, August 2, 2011
580 Operative exposure and management of axillary vessel injuries European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, August 2, 2011
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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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Can social dancing prevent falls in older adults? a protocol of the Dance, Aging, Cognition, Economics (DAnCE) fall prevention randomised controlled trial
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2 Should all acutely ill medical patients be treated with antithrombotic drugs? Thrombosis and Haemostasis, April 23, 2013 Free full text Review Article
3 Recreational water-related illness: Office management and prevention Canadian Family Physician, May 24, 2013 Free full text Review Article
4 Effect of Nutritional Support on Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer in a Palliative Care Unit American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, April 9, 2013 Review Article
5 A Randomized Trial of Propranolol versus Sodium Valproate for the Prophylaxis of Migraine in Pediatric Patients Pediatric Drugs, July 7, 2010
6 Is there a role for progesterone in the management of acute organophosphate poisoning during pregnancy? Medical Hypotheses, April 9, 2013
7 Fall-induced deaths among older adults: nationwide statistics in Finland between 1971 and 2009 and prediction for the future Injury, May 16, 2013 Review Article
8 Effect of Nutritional Support on Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer in a Palliative Care Unit American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, April 23, 2013 Review Article
9 Risk stratification after myocardial infarction: is left ventricular ejection fraction enough to prevent sudden cardiac death? European Heart Journal, May 9, 2013
10 Prevention of falls in the elderly: A review Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, April 5, 2013 Review Article
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