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Am J Emerg Med
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July 2025
BACKGROUND: Blood culture (BCx) diagnostic stewardship is essential for reducing unnecessary treatments, minimizing false-positive results, and improving patient outcomes and hospital resource utilization. The objective of this study was to compare the eff ...
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Am J Infect Control
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September 2024
OBJECTIVE: Blood cultures (BCx) are important for selecting appropriate antibiotic treatment. Ordering BCx for conditions with a low probability of bacteremia has limited utility, thus improved guidance for ordering BCx is needed. Inpatient studies have im ...
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Emerg Med Clin North Am
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February 2020
Pain management in acute orthopedic injury needs to be tailored to the presentation and patient. Subjective and objective assessment, in conjunction with pathophysiology, should be used to provide symptom control. Ideally, treatment should be administered ...
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West J Emerg Med
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August 14, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Sudden cardiac death is a rare cause of death in young athletes. Current screening techniques include history and physical exam (H and P), with or without an electrocardiogram (ECG). Adding point of care cardiac ultrasound has demonstrated be ...
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Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
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July 27, 2018
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