The American journal of emergency medicine
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This report describes changes in blood and urine concentrations of glyphosate potassium over time and their correlations with clinical symptoms in a patient with acute glyphosate potassium poisoning. ⋯ Glyphosate potassium poisoning causes hyperkalemia. Blood concentrations of glyphosate were decreased rapidly by 16 h after admission, and urine concentrations were also decreased by 6 h after admission.
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Observational Study
Characterizing the impact of snowfall on patient attendance at an urban emergency department in Toronto, Canada.
We sought to determine whether addition of a snowfall variable improves emergency department (ED) patient volume forecasting. Our secondary objective was to characterize the magnitude of effect of snowfall on ED volume. ⋯ The addition of a snowfall variable results in improved model performance in short-term ED volume forecasting. Snowfall is associated with a modest, but statistically significant reduction in ED volume.
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Field sepsis alerts have the ability to expedite initial ED sepsis treatment. Our hypothesis is that in patients that meet EMS sepsis alert criteria there is a strong relationship between prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) readings and the outcome of diagnosed infection. ⋯ While ETCO2 predicted the initial ED lactate levels it did not predict diagnosed infection, admission to the hospital or ICU admission in our patient population but did predict mortality.