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Cervical Spine Imaging in Kids – the PECARN rule

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Children in the validation cohort were admitted to the intensive care unit or operating room less frequently than those in the derivation cohort. Cervical spine injuries are a rare but serious finding following blunt trauma, affecting around 1-2% of presentations. What is the problem? What did previous studies show?

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Data Cafe Insights: 2023 ESO Trauma Index Overview

ESO

A retrospective look at aggregate data, the purpose of the following metrics is to both inform and ignite a conversation around best practices to help improve patient outcomes. Surgical Repair of Hip Fractures: Demonstrating effective care prioritization, 94% of older adults with hip fractures were moved to the operating room within 24 hours.

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The Safety and Efficacy of Push Dose Vasopressors in Critically Ill Adults

REBEL EM

Background Information: Acute Hypotension is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Continuous vasopressor infusions have previously been the mainstay of treatment. However, peripherally dosed push dose pressors, (PDPs), are beginning to be administered more frequently for management of acute hypotension.

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CMS Proposal Includes ACEP-Developed Measures for Geriatric Care

GEDC

IPPS Proposed Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Age-Friendly Hospital measure assesses hospital commitment to improving care for patients 65 years or older receiving services in the hospital, operating room, or emergency department (pg.

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The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection

REBEL EM

Background Information: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery and the cause is complex. Renal hypoperfusion from decreased glomerular filtration rate after cardiopulmonary bypass is a major contributor.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

REBEL EM

Background Information: Obtaining definitive control of the airway, when indicated, is the responsibility of the emergency medicine physician. Data was automatically captured in the EMR so that accurate information was able to be extracted for the study. of patients left the ED on TV settings of 450 mL and 36.1%

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

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A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. Or Helly Larson describing the first week after her Miami BBL as “absolute hell” to a Vox reporter.