The American journal of emergency medicine
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Observational Study
Aggressive imaging protocol for hanging patients yields no significant findings: Over-imaging of hanging injuries.
Despite rising rates of hanging injuries, few high-quality data and no national trauma guidelines are available to standardize the evaluation of these patients. We sought to identify the yield of imaging hanging patients at our institution. ⋯ In this study, the highest-level trauma activation was associated with increased rates of imaging, but did not alter patient care. A more selective approach in the evaluation of hanging injuries should be considered.
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Letter Multicenter Study
Generalized anxiety disorder among emergency department patients.