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View article: Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Digoxin Toxicity
Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Digoxin Toxicity Open
While there has been a decline in the use of digoxin in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, acute and chronic digoxin toxicity remains a significant clinical problem. Digoxin's narrow therapeutic window and nonspecific sig…
View article: Introduction of an Electronic Mobile Device Version of an Alcohol Impairment Scale (the Hack's Impairment Index Score) Does Not Impair Nursing Assessment of Patients in Emergency Departments
Introduction of an Electronic Mobile Device Version of an Alcohol Impairment Scale (the Hack's Impairment Index Score) Does Not Impair Nursing Assessment of Patients in Emergency Departments Open
Although our study took place at 1 center, was a chart review, and not directly observed, we found that the mobile device-based HII application to determine a score did not interfere with nursing performance. Specifically, the repetition a…
View article: Opioid Overdose With Parkinsonian Features
Opioid Overdose With Parkinsonian Features Open
A 54-year-old man presented to the emergency department with confusion and Parkinsonian features after suspected heroin snorting. He had magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrating isolated symmetric bilateral globus pallidus (GP…
View article: In Reply:
In Reply: Open
The authors thank Phillips et al.1 for their critical review of our paper.2 The fact that alcohol intoxication is a tremendous problem with hundreds of thousands of patients presenting to EDs across the country with impairment as a chief c…
View article: Performance of the Hack's Impairment Index Score: A Novel Tool to Assess Impairment from Alcohol in Emergency Department Patients
Performance of the Hack's Impairment Index Score: A Novel Tool to Assess Impairment from Alcohol in Emergency Department Patients Open
Background Over 35 million alcohol‐impaired ( AI ) patients are cared for in emergency departments ( ED s) annually. Emergency physicians are charged with ensuring AI patients’ safety by identifying resolution of alcohol‐induced impairment…
View article: An Acknowledgement Ode
An Acknowledgement Ode Open
I recently found my 20-year-old “procedure log-book” from residency—a passbook in which residents document successful performance of invasive tasks. Its white, beaten-soft cardboard cover barely held a thick chunk of canary-colored carbons…