Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Editorial Comment
Commentary: Physician well-being: the seventh competency?
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
A multicenter comparison of tap water versus sterile saline for wound irrigation.
To compare wound infection rates for irrigation with tap water versus sterile saline before closure of wounds in the emergency department. ⋯ Equivalent rates of wound infection were found using either irrigant. The results of this multicenter trial evaluating tap water as an irrigant agree with those from previous single institution trials.
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Multicenter Study
Estimated risk for undiagnosed diabetes in the emergency department: a multicenter survey.
One third of the 21 million Americans with diabetes remain undiagnosed. The emergency department (ED) is a novel setting for diabetes screening. ⋯ Many ED patients in the study had risk factors for undiagnosed diabetes. Patient attitudes toward ED-based diabetes screening support further exploration of this important and currently underutilized opportunity for public health intervention.