Emergency Medicine
Home Emergency Medicine
Rationale for Overriding Best Practice Alerts Highly Diverse
In blood product transfusions BPAs, physicians justify overrides with wide range of rationales
Working Long Hours? Beware Risky Alcohol Consumption
Researchers find link between long hours on the job and excess alcohol consumption
No Negative Consequences of Guidelines for Antibiotic Therapy
No change in length of stay, total costs, inpatient pharmacy costs among children with pneumonia
Guidelines Presented for Clinical Documentation in 21st Century
Recommendations provided for clinicians, provider institutions, government regulators, payers
Clinicians Increasingly Ordering Imaging for Headaches
From 1999-2000 to 2009-2010, increases seen in use of CT/MRI, referrals to other physicians
Caustic Ingestion Can Be Mistaken for Anaphylaxis
Two case studies show similar symptoms in children presenting with unclear history
CDC Urging Flu Vaccination, Prompt Use of Antivirals
Hospitalization for flu up to 92 per 100,000 people this season, mostly due to H3N2
Disney-Related Measles Outbreak Now Includes 3 States
Measles outbreak linked to Disney theme parks in California
