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Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds
Holding off on intubation for patients in a coma with suspected acute…
Discharge Against Medical Advice More Likely for Black Patients at the ED
Black and Hispanic patients at the emergency department (ED) were more likely…
High-Sensitivity Troponin Test May Overestimate Risk in PE
For patients with hemodynamically stable pulmonary embolism (PE), there was no prognostic…
Emergency Physicians Group Votes to Bar Use of the Term ‘Excited Delirium’
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) voted to stop using the…
Cryoprecipitate, REBOA Flop for Improving Major Hemorrhage Outcomes
Two newer approaches to management of major hemorrhage missed the mark in…
Black Patients at Higher Risk for Physical Restraint in the ED
Although the use of physical restraint was generally uncommon in the emergency…