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SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Crowding Delays Time to Initiation of Treatment and Increases ED Boarding Time

Even for high-acuity patients

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Insurance Status and Mortality After Trauma

Uninsured adults are almost twice as likely as insured adults to die after blunt or penetrating trauma.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Is It Safe to Admit Boarder Patients to Inpatient Hallways?Free

A study at a single academic ED shows that the practice is safe.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Comparing Three Video Laryngoscopes for Intubation of Obese Patients

Intubation without a stylet was more often successful with the Storz V-MAC than with either the GlideScope Ranger or McGrath video laryngoscopes.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Rapid Influenza Test Helps Identify Low-Risk Febrile InfantsFree

A positive rapid influenza test result predicted low risk for serious bacterial infection in febrile infants younger than 3 months.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

ECMO for Patients with 2009 H1N1 Influenza and ARDS

In a study from New Zealand and Australia, ECMO was used largely in young adults, most of whom had good outcomes.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Trends in ED Wait Times by Triage Class

Increasingly, EDs fail to provide care within the target time for their sickest patients.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Immediate vs. Delayed ICU Admission for Patients with CAP

Direct admission to the ICU is associated with lower mortality and shorter hospital stay.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Ultrasound Detects Central Line Placement and Postprocedure Pneumothorax

Chest x-ray missed 2 of 4 pneumothoraces and 1 of 25 misplaced catheter tips that were detected by bedside ultrasound.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Induced Hypothermia After VF Cardiac Arrest Improves OutcomesFree

Hypothermia led to significantly better survival rates and neurological outcomes in patients with ventricular fibrillation but not in those with other initial rhythms.

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