Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 1998
Physician bias during patient selection in the pediatric emergency department.
To evaluate whether pediatric or emergency medicine residents exhibit a bias when they select patients from triage based on the chief complaint, ie, medical versus surgical in the pediatric emergency department (PED). ⋯ Recognizing that bias in the selection of patients seen exists is important in ensuring a balanced education experience.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 1998
Comment Letter Comparative StudyPediatric emergency medicine practice patterns: a comparison of pediatric and general emergency physicians.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Randomized clinical trial of melatonin after night-shift work: efficacy and neuropsychologic effects.
Melatonin has received considerable publicity for its sleep-promoting properties; however, there is little scientific evidence of its efficacy. The objective of this study is to determine whether there are measurable beneficial effects from exogenous melatonin in emergency physicians after intermittent night-shift duty. ⋯ We found no beneficial effect of melatonin on sleep quality, tiredness, or cognitive function in emergency physicians after night-shift duty. Our results suggest that exogenous melatonin is of limited value in recovery from night-shift work in emergency physicians.