Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Promotion of prescription drugs represents a growing source of pharmaceutical marketing expenditures. This study was undertaken to identify the frequency of items containing pharmaceutical advertising in clinical emergency departments (EDs). ⋯ Numerous items containing pharmaceutical advertising are frequently observed in EDs. Policies restricting pharmaceutical representatives in the ED are associated with reduced pharmaceutical advertising.
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Little is known about gaps in quality and the extent to which clinical standards are used in emergency department (ED) practice. ⋯ Deficits in adherence to recommended guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of STDs exist in ED practice.
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Aortic dissection (AD) is the most common acute aortic condition requiring urgent surgery. AD, if not diagnosed in the emergency department (ED), is frequently fatal. AD is a difficult antemortem diagnosis. ⋯ All seven patients with an AD who had D-dimer assays performed in the ED had positive results by latex agglutination.
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Comparative Study
A randomized controlled trial of silver sulfadiazine, biafine, and saline-soaked gauze in the treatment of superficial partial-thickness burn wounds in pigs.
Silver sulfadiazine 1% cream (SSD) and biafine (an oil-in-water emulsion containing alginate) are used for the treatment of superficial partial-thickness burns, but comparative effectiveness studies are lacking. ⋯ Partial-thickness porcine burns treated with SSD, biafine, and soaked saline gauze re-epithelialize at similar rates.