Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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To compare the needleless securing clamp to the traditional suture-secured clamp for central venous catheters. ⋯ Without incurring complications or increasing risk to patients, the needleless clamp is secure and improves safety and efficiency for physicians.
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The intensive physical and psychological stress of emergency medicine has evoked concerns about whether emergency physicians could work in the emergency department for their entire careers. Results of previous studies of the attrition rates of emergency physicians are conflicting, but the study samples and designs were limited. ⋯ Emergency physicians have a higher probability of leaving their specialties than surgeons and radiologists/pathologists, possibly owing to the high stress of emergency medicine. Further strategies should be planned to retain experienced emergency physicians in their specialties.