Abstracts in Urgent Care: January, 2010
CAP Treatment Recommendations: Guided in the Right Direction Key point: Results of two large cohort studies indicate that adherence to guidelines for treating community-acquired pneumonia is a good thing. Citations: Arnold FW, LaJoie S, Brock GN, et al. Improving outcomes in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia by adhering to national guidelines: Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization International Cohort Study results. Arch InternMed. 2009;169:1515-1524. McCabe C, Kirchner C, Zhang H, et al. Guideline-concordant therapy and reduced mortality and …
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Clinical Predictors of Pneumonia Among Children with Wheezing Key point: The routine use of chest radiography for children with wheezing but without fever should be discouraged. Citation: Mathews B, Shah S, Cleveland RH, et al. Clinical predictors of pneumonia among children with wheezing. Pediatrics. 2009; 124(1): e29-e36. A prospective cohort study was performed with children < 21 year of age who were evaluated in the ED, were found to have wheezing on examination, and had …
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Abstracts in Urgent Care: June, 2009
Incidence of AMI in Patients with Syncope Key point: In a cohort study of nearly 1,500 patients presented without ST-segment elevation. Citation: McDermott D, Quinn JV, Murphy CE. Acute myocardial infarction in patients with syncope. CJEM. 2009; 11: 156-160. Which patients with syncope require hospital admission? To answer this question, researchers studied the incidence of acute myocardial infarction within 30 days of presentation in a cohort of 1,474 consecutive emergency department patients who presented with …
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