Emergency Classics

1. Patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be stratified into mortality risk groups using a five-point score. 2. One point...

Image: PD 1. There was no significant difference in mortality between patients with septic shock receiving low-dose hydrocortisone compared to...

Image: PD 1. There were no significant differences in 28-day, 6-month, or 12-month mortality when comparing dopamine and norepinephrine as...

Image: PD 1. It was found that adverse events occurred in 3.7% of hospitalizations. 2. Approximately 27.6% of adverse events occurring...

Image: CC/L. academia 1. The Canadian CT Head Rule consists of 7 predictor variables to assess the need for CT imaging...

  Image: CC/L. academia 1. Alteplase administered between 3 to 4.5 hours after the onset of acute ischemic stroke improves...

1. Treatment of acute ischemic stroke with tissue plasminogen activator within 3 hours of symptom onset significantly improves functional outcomes...

1. Early goal-directed therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock prior to admission to the intensive care unit...

Image: CC/L. academia 1. Ramipril significantly reduces cardiovascular events including MI, stroke and death in high risk-patients in the absence...

1. Using a restrictive transfusion strategy in critically ill patients did not significantly increase 30-day mortality when compared with a...