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emergency medicine
Notes:
cost-effective emergency medicine care [1]
- do not order CT of the cervical spine for patients who do not meet NEXUS criteria or Canadian C-spine rule
- do not order CT imaging to diagnose pulmonary embolism without risk stratefication & plasma D-dimer
- do not measure MRI of lumbar spine for patients with low back pain without 'red-flags'
- do not order MRI neuroimaging for mild head injury for patients who do not meet New Orleans Criteria or Canadian CT Head Rule
- do not order coagulation studies for patients without hemorrhage or suspected coagulopathy
most emergency departments in New York City are prepared to take initial precautions for suspected serious respiratory infectious diseases [2]
little or no evidence that the presence of a family member is detrimental to the patient or the health care team (see 1st NGC guideline)
Related
disaster (catastrophe)
Specific
gastric lavage
hemoperfusion
PROactive study (PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macroVascular Events)
Syncope Evaluation in the Emergency Department Study (SEEDS)
General
medical specialty
References
- Schuur JD et al.
A top-five list for emergency medicine: A pilot project to
improve the value of emergency care.
JAMA Intern Med 2014 Feb 17
PMID: 24534899
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1830019
- Foote MM, Styles TS, Quinn CL.
Assessment of Hospital Emergency Department Response to
Potentially Infectious Diseases Using Unannounced Mystery
Patient Drills - New York City, 2016.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:945-949
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6636a2.htm