Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Scand J Trauma Resus · Aug 2024
Can clinicians identify community-acquired pneumonia on ultralow-dose CT? A diagnostic accuracy study.
Without increasing radiation exposure, ultralow-dose computed tomography (CT) of the chest provides improved diagnostic accuracy of radiological pneumonia diagnosis compared to a chest radiograph. Yet, radiologist resources to rapidly report the chest CTs are limited. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of emergency clinicians' assessments of chest ultralow-dose CTs for community-acquired pneumonia using a radiologist's assessments as reference standard. ⋯ This study found that clinicians could assess chest ultralow-dose CTs for community-acquired pneumonia with high diagnostic accuracy. A higher level of clinical experience was not associated with better diagnostic accuracy.
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Droperidol is used commonly to treat agitation in the emergency department (ED), however, data comparing doses are lacking. ⋯ In this large cohort, patients deemed appropriately treated with 5 mg of droperidol required less rescue sedation than patients determined to need 10 mg.