October 2007
Abstracts In Urgent Care: September, 2007
Evaluating Fever of Unidentifiable Source in Young Children Key point: An excellent review of the approach to the febrile child. Citation: Sur DK, Bukont EL. Am Fam Physician. 2007;75:1805- 1811. Even with a thorough history and a complete physical examination, one in five acutely ill, nontoxic-appearing children had an unidentifiable source of fever. Physicians should be cautious in their approach because of the potential for unrecognized and untreated serious bacterial infections (SBI). The review notes …
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September 2007
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June 2007
May 2007
Abstracts In Urgent Care: May, 2007
Are Cardiac Risk Factors of Value in ED Diagnosis of ACS? Citation: Zane RD. J Watch Emerg Med. March 9, 2007. URL: http://emergency-medicine.jwatch.org/cgi/content/ full/2007/309/3?q=etoc  The Role of Cardiac Risk Factor Burden in Diagnosing Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Emergency Department Setting Citation: Han JH, Lindsell CJ, Storrow AB, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;(2):145-152. Epub Dec 4, 2006. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve& db=pubmed&list_uids=17145112&dopt=Abstract Key point: Cardiac risk factors are of no discriminatory value in emergent evaluation …
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April 2007
