Manuel Celedon
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View article: Improving Healthcare Professionals’ Access to Addiction Medicine Education Through VHA Addiction Scholars Program
Improving Healthcare Professionals’ Access to Addiction Medicine Education Through VHA Addiction Scholars Program Open
Introduction: The seemingly inexorable rise of opioid-related overdose deaths despite the reduced number of COVID-19 pandemic deaths demands novel responses and partnerships in our public health system’s response. Addiction medicine is pra…
View article: Accelerated diagnostic protocols using high-sensitivity troponin assays to rule in or out myocardial infarction: A systematic review
Accelerated diagnostic protocols using high-sensitivity troponin assays to rule in or out myocardial infarction: A systematic review Open
Background: Accelerated diagnostic protocols (ADPs) that incorporate high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) can help emergency department (ED) providers quickly rule in or out acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Objectives: This systema…
View article: 1247. Primary Care Teams in Veterans Health Administration Have High Knowledge of Universal HCV Screening But Favor System-Level Interventions to Close Care Gaps
1247. Primary Care Teams in Veterans Health Administration Have High Knowledge of Universal HCV Screening But Favor System-Level Interventions to Close Care Gaps Open
Background In 2020, the United States Preventive Services Taskforce recommended one-time Hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening for all adults aged 18-79. As the largest provider of HCV treatment in the US the Veterans Health Administration (VA…
View article: Extensive oral mucositis and conjunctival injection in an adolescent COVID-19 patient
Extensive oral mucositis and conjunctival injection in an adolescent COVID-19 patient Open
View article: 252 Utilization of Intermediate Care Technicians to Administer Geriatric Emergency Department Patient Screenings
252 Utilization of Intermediate Care Technicians to Administer Geriatric Emergency Department Patient Screenings Open
View article: Provider Perceptions of Opioid Safety Measures in VHA Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers
Provider Perceptions of Opioid Safety Measures in VHA Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers Open
Present findings offer a look into possible challenges to address or opportunities to leverage when considering or developing an ED/UCC-based naloxone distribution or MAT-initiation implementation program in VHA facilities.
View article: Patient Safety and Ethical Implications of Health Care Sick Leave Policies in the Pandemic Era
Patient Safety and Ethical Implications of Health Care Sick Leave Policies in the Pandemic Era Open
View article: Retained gallstones: an elusive complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Retained gallstones: an elusive complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy Open
A young, healthy woman presented to the emergency department multiple times with right upper quadrant pain and subjective fevers for over a year after her laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The patient required multiple hospital visits and exte…
View article: Man with altered mental status
Man with altered mental status Open
A 67-year-old man with C7-T1 radiculopathy and iodine contrast allergy presented to the emergency department with altered mental status. Prior to ED presentation, the patient was in an interventional pain clinic, where he received an inter…
View article: Clinical effects from household insecticide: pyrethroid or organophosphate toxicity?
Clinical effects from household insecticide: pyrethroid or organophosphate toxicity? Open
A 54-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia presented to the emergency room for weakness with associated lacrimosis, drooling, nausea, emesis, diarrhoea, diplopia and burning sensation on his skin that began 6 hours after spraying fi…