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Cardiac biomarkers unnecessarily ordered in emergency departments
1. Based on data from a nationally representative sampling of emergency department (ED) visits, almost one in ten patients had...
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Mechanical CPR provides no benefit over manual CPR [PARAMEDIC trial]
1. No evidence of improvement in 30-day survival was found with use of LUCAS-2 mechanical compression versus manual compression for...
Abusive head trauma results in fewer productive life-years
1. Abusive head trauma (AHT) in children less than age 5 was estimated to cause a loss of 69,925 disability-adjusted life-years...
Non-invasive ventilation linked with lower mortality in COPD exacerbations
1. For patients admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations requiring ventilatory support, non-invasive ventilation (NIV) was associated with...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 12 – 19, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Goal-Directed...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind September 28 – October 5, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Effect...
Lower blood transfusion threshold in septic shock safe at 90-days
1. Patients with septic shock requiring critical care and transfused to a lower hemoglobin threshold had similar rates of mortality...
Venous thromboembolism after vaginal delivery rising, preventative measures lacking
1. Current rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis during vaginal delivery hospitalizations are low, with patients having a history of...
Ultrasound as effective as CT at identifying high-risk kidney stones, reduces radiation exposure
1. Point-of-care (POC) ultrasound was equally effective as CT scan in identifying renal calculi at “high-risk” for complications at 30-days...
Buprenorphine most responsible for pediatric hospitalizations due to unsupervised ingestion
1. Of the over 9,000 annual hospitalizations of children under the age of 6 for unsupervised medication ingestions, opioids and...
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