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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Chest Pain: What Happens After the Emergency Department?Free
- April 19, 2013
- J. Stephen Bohan, MD, MS, FACP, FACEP
- Emergency Medicine
Patients who follow up with cardiologists do best.
- Reviewing:
- Czarnecki A et al. Circulation 2013 Apr 2; 127:1386
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Higher Potassium Intake Lowers Blood Pressure and Is Associated with Less Risk for Stroke
- April 18, 2013
- Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP
- General Medicine
A BP-lowering effect was noted in hypertensive people and those with high sodium intake. CME
- Reviewing:
- Aburto NJ et al. BMJ 2013 Apr 4; 346:f1378
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Continuing Statins May Improve Early Outcomes in Severe SepsisFree
- April 17, 2013
- Neil M. Ampel, MD
- Infectious Diseases
In a double-blind, randomized, phase II study, 28-day mortality among prior statin users was significantly lower with continued atorvastatin therapy than with placebo.
- Reviewing:
- Kruger P et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013 Apr; 187:743
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
High-Potency Statins Associated with Acute Kidney InjuryFree
- April 11, 2013
- Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP
- General Medicine
Risk is greatest during the first 4 months of treatment.
- Reviewing:
- Dormuth CR et al. BMJ 2013 Mar 19; 346:f880
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Ampicillin plus Ceftriaxone for Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis
- April 10, 2013
- Neil M. Ampel, MD
- Infectious Diseases
In an observational multicenter study, outcomes were similar between ampicillin plus ceftriaxone and ampicillin plus gentamicin, but renal dysfunction was significantly more common with the latter.
- Reviewing:
- Fernández-Hidalgo N et al. Clin Infect Dis 2013 May 1; 56:1261
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
No One Is Dead Until Cold and Dead
- April 5, 2013
- Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM
- Emergency Medicine
In a large, nationwide study, therapeutic hypothermia was initiated in only 2% of patients with return of spontaneous circulation after in-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Reviewing:
- Mikkelsen ME et al. Crit Care Med 2013 Mar 20
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Nicotine Reprograms Reward Responses
- April 8, 2013
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
Some answers to the question of why it is so hard to quit smoking.
- Reviewing:
- Rose EJ et al. Biol Psychiatry 2013 Feb 1; 73:280
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Field Activation of the Cath Lab Improves Door-to-Balloon Time
- April 5, 2013
- Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM
- Emergency Medicine
Prehospital activation saved more than 40 minutes compared to activation on arrival.
- Reviewing:
- Cone DC et al. Prehosp Emerg Care 2013 Mar 19
Older Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Have Better Prognoses Than Expected
- March 25, 2013
- Jacqueline L. Green, MD, MPH, and Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP
- Hospital Medicine
1- and 3-year survival rates were 59% and 44%, respectively.
- Reviewing:
- Chan PS et al. N Engl J Med 2013 Mar 14; 368:1019
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Pretest Probability for PE: Structured Scoring System or Clinical Judgment?
- March 22, 2013
- Daniel J. Pallin, MD, MPH
- Emergency Medicine
Your gut feeling is probably as accurate as a structured score like the Wells score for pulmonary embolism.
- Reviewing:
- Penaloza A et al. Ann Emerg Med 2013 Feb 20
