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Revisits for 8.3 Percent of Patients With Index ER Visit

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About one-third of revisits occur at different institutions; revisit rates highest for skin infection
The transition to the expanded International Classification of Diseases

ICD-10-CM Challenges ID’d for Emergency Medicine Physicians

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Twenty-three percent of convoluted codes were found to be clinically incorrect
Patients aged 55 years and older presenting to an inpatient/emergency department setting with traumatic brain injury have an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease

TBI Linked to Parkinson’s Risk in Patients Aged ≥55 Years

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Dose-response associations identified for traumatic brain injury severity and frequency

May 2015 Briefing – Emergency Medicine

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for May 2015. This roundup includes the...
Weight-based dosing of enoxaparin is more effective than body mass index-based dosing for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis among morbidly obese women after cesarean delivery

Weight-Based Enoxoparin Dosing Best for Obese After C-Section

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Weight-based dosing more effective than BMI-based dosing for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
From 1999 to 2009 there was a decrease in the proportion of older adults with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction who did not undergo cardiac catheterization

Catheterization Increasing for Seniors With STEMI

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Drop in proportion of older adults with STEMI not receiving cardiac catheterization, PCI
Low physician spending is contributing to an overall slowing of health care costs

AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs

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Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
Caution should be exercised with use of electronic health record documentation short cuts

Caution Urged When Using EHR Shortcut Features

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Information should be checked and updated to avoid cloning and up-coding
For patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Many Incidental Findings From CT Angiography for Suspected PE

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Value of incidental diagnoses unclear
A man who returned to the United States after traveling to Liberia in West Africa has died of Lassa fever

CDC: U.S. Traveler Returning From Liberia Dies of Lassa Fever

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Only sixth known case in United States since 1969, but virus is much less deadly than Ebola