This systematic review examined 97 studies and over 51 million patients admitted to the hospital on either a weekday or a weekend. The study revealed that patients admitted on a weekend (Friday evening to Monday morning) has about a 20%…
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There have been a few studies that have demonstrated that bedside ultrasound has a high sensitivity and specificity for fracture diagnosis. Researchers in Italy compared the accuracy of US to that of plain radiography (the gold standard) in 204 children…
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More Articles – Emergency Procedures, Featured, Mechanical Ventilation, medical procedures, Procedural Sedation
Researchers assessed the incidence of sedation-related serious adverse events (SAEs) and risk factors for them in a prospective cohort study of children ≤18 years of age presenting to six Canadian pediatric emergency departments (EDs) and requiring sedation for painful procedures.…
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