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Emergency Medicine Alert archives from November 2003
DKA management: is the blood gas necessary?(diabetic ketoacidosis)(Author Abstract)
November 1, 2003... Source: Ma OJ, et al. Arterial blood gas results rarely influence emergency physician management of patients with suspected diabetic ketoacidosis. Acad Emerg Med 2003;10:836-841.
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL study...
Pediatric cyclic antidepressant ingestions: when is it safe to stay home?( )(Author Abstract)
November 1, 2003... Source: Spiller HA, et al. Use of dosage as a triage guideline for unintentional cyclic antidepressant (UCA) ingestions in children. Am J Emerg Med 2003;21:422-424.
CYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT (CA) POISONING HAS SIGNIFICANT potential for...
DANAMI-2 trial: more comparison of fibrinolysis vs. primary PTCA.(percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)(Author Abstract)
November 1, 2003... Source: Anderson HR, et al. A comparison of coronary angioplasty with fibrinolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction. The "DANAMI-2" Trial. N Engl J Med 2003;349: 733-742.
WELL-DONE STUDIES HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT percutaneous...
Community-acquired pneumonia.(Special Feature)
November 1, 2003... COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA (CAP) DEVELOPS in more than 5 million individuals annually in the United States, one-fifth of whom are hospitalized. While the overall mortality of CAP is 1-5%, mortality among hospitalized patients reaches 12%,...
Physician CME questions.(continuing medical education)
November 1, 2003... 30. Children younger than 6 years of age who ingest a known amount of cyclic antidepressant:
a. generally do well if they are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, and ingest less than 5 mg/kg.
b. have a 20% mortality rate if they ingest...
A harbinger of tachycardia.(ECG Review)
November 1, 2003... Clinical Scenario: The series of consecutive rhythm strips shown in Panels A, B, and C of the Figure were obtained from an elderly woman on multiple medications including digoxin. She was admitted to the hospital for decreased level of...