Articles: emergency-department.
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Pediatric emergency care · May 2024
ReviewPredictors for Dental Intervention in Children After Dental Injury: A Retrospective Analysis and Literature Review.
This study aimed to explore risk factors for dental intervention in patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED) after dental injury. ⋯ Alveolar fracture is a severe dental injury, requiring intervention, for primary and permanent teeth injuries. Tooth luxation with significant mobility or malocclusion, incomplete avulsion, a suspected root involvement, or facial bone injury in the primary teeth and tooth luxation (extrusive/lateral) and avulsion in the permanent teeth dictate urgent dental consultation and intervention. Clinical algorithms for dental injury management are suggested.
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Multicenter Study
Utility of non-invasive monitoring of exhaled carbon dioxide and perfusion index in adult patients in the emergency department.
Several noninvasive solutions are available for the assessment of patients at risk of deterioration. Capnography, in the form of end-tidal exhaled CO2 (ETCO2) and perfusion index (PI), could provide relevant information about patient prognosis. The aim of the present project was to determine the association of ETCO2 and PI with mortality of patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). ⋯ The present study showed that the PI and respiratory rate are independently associated with in-hospital mortality. Both the PI and ETCO2 are predictive parameters with improved prognostic performance compared with that of standard vital signs.
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Although postpartum dyads frequently present to the emergency department, treatment of the lactating parent and breastfeeding child is often driven by medical misconceptions. Incorrect advice about continuation or cessation of breastfeeding for medical reasons can lead to maternal and infant harm. ⋯ High-quality care for the breastfeeding dyad requires knowledge of lactation physiology, contraindications for breastfeeding, and safe medications and diagnostic procedures. The well-informed emergency nurse must advocate for evidence-based care of the breastfeeding dyad within the emergency department.
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Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · May 2024
ReviewManaging Antimicrobial Resistance in the Emergency Department.
(Basic awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance and prevailing mechanisms can aid emergency physicians in providing appropriate care to patients with infections due to a multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO). Empiric treatment of MDRO infections should be approached with caution and guided by the most likely pathogens based on differential diagnosis, severity of the illness, suspected source of infection, patient-specific factors, and local antibiotic susceptibility patterns. Newer broad-spectrum antibiotics should be reserved for critically ill patients where there is a high likelihood of infection with an MDRO.).