The Use of Tranexamic Acid to Reduce the Need for Nasal Packing in Epistaxis (NoPAC): Randomized Controlled Trial
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Annals of Emergency Medicine - Epistaxis is a common emergency department (ED) presentation and, if simple first aid measures fail, can lead to a need for anterior nasal packing....
JournalFeed - In patients given pain dose IV sub-dissociative ketamine, a lower dose (0.15mg/kg) was non-inferior to a higher dose (0.30mg/kg) for pain relief at 30...
#PainDoseKetamine – What Dose is Best? @AaronLacyMD & Erica Koch, MD @vumc_emres @spoonfedEM https://t.co/yB1rjYc0X8
Get Us PPE - Get Us PPE has the largest non-governmental database of PPE shortages in the U.S. Here’s a summary of PPE data on the ongoing...
Check this out from my org @getusppe: Our January Shortage Index shows that many facilities still can't afford PPE. The average cost per N95 before the pandemic was $0.40 and it's now $4-7 outside large bulk orders - a 1,300% price increase: https://t.co/Rf0t4GAwPz https://t.co/Rf0t4GAwPz
Out of facilities in need of #N95masks in January, 86% were reusing N95s, often for a week or more. 82% of facilities in need of nitrile gloves were forced to reuse gloves because of shortages. See the January @getusppe Shortage Index for details: https://t.co/5ykFSbdoIR
Top 10 presenting diagnoses of homeless veterans seeking care at emergency departments
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ScienceDirect - The health concerns that spur care-seeking in emergency departments (EDs) among homeless populations are not well described. The Veterans Affairs...
Top 10 presenting diagnoses of #HomelessVeterans seeking care at #EmergencyDepartments Jack Tsai, Ph.D. et al. @DeptVetAffairs https://t.co/QJcOO8w6nG American Journal #EmergencyMedicine https://t.co/QJcOO8w6nG
New York Times - Throughout the past year, the long stays and close monitoring required to care for Covid-19 patients have presented an uphill battle for medical...
How Covid-19 Has Tested the Limits of Hospitals and Staff https://t.co/ljmrtDpjqM @nytimes
A simple rule of thumb for knowing when the pandemic is over — The Atlantic
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Apple News - At some point—maybe even soon—the emergency phase of the pandemic will end. But what, exactly, is that magic...
A simple rule of thumb for knowing when the pandemic is over - @TheAtlantic https://t.co/9QZZGOwk3l
Does Patient-Physician Gender Concordance Influence Patient Perceptions or Outcomes?:
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1. Tsugawa Y., Jena A.B., Figueroa J.F., Orav E.J., Blumenthal D.M., Jha A.K. “Comparison of hospital mortality and readmission rates for Medicare patients treated...
Does Patient-Physician Gender Concordance Influence Patient Perceptions or Outcomes? Emily S Lau, MD, et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology @JACCJournals https://t.co/k21W9C3tIH
Does pain severity predict stone characteristics or outcomes in emergency department patients with acute renal colic?
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The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - After initial emergency department (ED) management of acute renal colic, recurrent or ongoing severe pain is the usual pathway to ED revisits, hospitalizations and...
Does pain severity predict stone characteristics or outcomes in #EmergencyDepartment patients w/ @AcuteRenalColic? Katie Gourlay, BSc, et al. U. Calgary https://t.co/Kl7TPranlG American Journal #EmergencyMedicine #UreteralStone #RenalStone #Hydronephrosis https://t.co/Kl7TPranlG
NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals
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NEJM Journal Watch - NEJM Journal Watch reviews over 250 scientific and medical journals to present important clinical research findings and insightful...
A Simpler Test to Predict Recovery from #AcuteUnresponsiveStates @damiancruse @RodikaSokoliuk et al. https://t.co/lGcBlHeOxy #AnnalsNeurology @JWatch [subscription] #TBI #EEG https://t.co/lGcBlHeOxy
www.physiciansweekly.com - In recent years, a number of emergency department (ED)-based interventions have been developed to provide supports and/or treatment linkage for people who use opioids....
Evaluation of an #EmergencyDepartment -based #OpioidOverdose survivor intervention: Difference-in-difference analysis of #EHR data to assess key outcomes. https://t.co/bf6UzZ71js @physicianswkly #Naloxone #MOUD https://t.co/bf6UzZ71js
Use of #TranexamicAcid [#TXA] to Reduce the Need for #NasalPacking in #Epistaxis (NoPAC): Randomized Controlled Trial Adam Reuben, MB ChB, et al. @RDEhospitals https://t.co/ff9W5i2Ze3 @AnnalsofEM https://t.co/ff9W5i2Ze3