Annals of emergency medicine
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Therapeutic hypothermia is an exciting new treatment modality that has been shown to have significantly improved outcomes in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. One of the exclusion criteria of the landmark studies on therapeutic hypothermia was a potential toxin-induced cause of the persistent comatose state and presumably of the cardiac arrest itself. We present the first reported case of a comatose survivor of cocaine-induced cardiac arrest successfully treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
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We assess the effect of sequential modifications in laboratory processing, including pneumatic tube transport and fully computerized order management, on laboratory turnaround time in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ Changes in laboratory specimen management, including the use of a pneumatic tube and computerized order management, resulted in a progressive decrease in laboratory turnaround time in the study ED.
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Comment Letter Case Reports
Real time monitoring of crowding in emergency departments.