Annals of emergency medicine
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To test the hypothesis that acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR) promotes neurologic recovery from experimental focal cerebral ischemia (stroke) in rats. ⋯ Although we noted no differences in infarct volume, postischemic treatment with ALCAR did improve early clinical recovery and prevented significant weight loss in this rat model of focal cerebral ischemia.
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Practice Guideline Guideline
Telephone orders in the ED. American College of Emergency Physicians. Emergency Medicine Practice Committee.
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Practice Guideline Guideline
Use of pediatric sedation and analgesia. American College of Emergency Physicians.
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As the 21st century approaches, the United States is moving, toward a more pluralistic society with regard to race, ethnicity, and national origin. With this increase in diversity has come a resurgence of hate crime violence. Scant information is available in the medical literature about hate crime violence, hate groups, hate crime violence legislation, or the physical and psychologic sequelae of hate crime violence on the individual and its effects on the community. Guidelines for the treatment of victims of hate crime violence in the prehospital care setting, ED, and inpatient setting are proposed.