Highlights from the Literature

Emergency Medicine Journal, vol. 29 (10)
Palliative care for patients who died in emergency departments: analysis of a multicentre cross-sectional survey

Symptom-triggered benzodiazepine therapy for alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the emergency department: a comparison with the standard fixed dose benzodiazepine regimen

Experiential and rational decision making: a survey to determine how emergency physicians make clinical decisions

Can emergency care practitioners differentiate between an avoided emergency department attendance and an avoided admission?

New Medscape Emergency Medicine CME (You will need to sign up for an account)
Fibrosis and Heart Failure: The Use of Cardiac Biomarkers to Gauge Therapeutic Success
Join our experts, Drs. Januzzi, Gullestad, and de Boer, as they discuss the use of cardiac biomarkers to gauge therapeutic success.

Safe Prescribing for Pain
What steps can clinicians take to keep a short-term prescription for opioids from becoming a long-term problem?

Management of Joint Bleeding in Hemophilia
The optimal dose and regimen to control acute hemarthrosis and to prevent arthropathy in patients with hemophilia is still unknown.

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