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Month: September 2015

A New Screening Tool for Drug Use

A screening instrument for drug use that uses only two questions appears to have excellent statistical properties for screening for drug use, according to a study. The screening tool asks patients about days of drug use (other...

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Predicting Septic Shock

Among ED patients with sepsis who progress to septic shock between 4 and 48 hours of arrival, special consideration should be given to those with certain characteristics, according to a study. Predictors included: Female gender...

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Trends in Advanced CT Use in the ED

Advanced radiography use in the ED appears to have increased since 2007 in injured patients despite a decreasing diagnostic yield for non-head CTs, according to a study. Head CT use increased from 9.6% in 2007 to 11.6% in 2010,...

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ED Crowding & Quality of Care

Results of a systematic review indicate that three simple crowding measures appear to be linked to quality of care. Of 15 crowding measures with links to quality of care, the three most frequently linked were: Number of patients...

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ED Revisit Rates & Costs

Study investigators suggest that revisits following an index ED encounter appear to be more frequent than previously reported, due in part to many revisits occurring outside the index institution. Among adults in six states with...

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