January Lifeline

Don’t write MDM Checks Your H&P Can’t Cash. Chapter 5: Acute Headache
 

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• Saposnik G, Bushnell C, Coutinho JM, et al. Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Stroke. 2024;55(3):e77-e90. doi:10.1161/STR.0000000000000456
• Searls DE, Pazdera L, Korbel E, Vysata O, Caplan LR. Symptoms and signs of posterior circulation ischemia in the new England medical center posterior circulation registry. Arch Neurol. 2012;69(3):346-351. doi:10.1001/archneurol.2011.2083

Leading with Empathy: Lessons in Culture Transformation

• Improving patient experience by implementing an organizational culture model - PMC.

February Lifeline

The Case for Antibiotics When the Chest Radiograph is “Negative” 
 

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• Claessens YE, Debray MP, Tubach F, et al. Early chest CT scan to assist diagnosis and guide treatment decision for suspected CAP. Chest. 2015;148(3):630-637. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26168322/
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Empowering Patients: Simplifying Discharge Instructions 

• https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/bmjqir/10/3/e001419.full.pdf

April Lifeline

The Comeback Tour: Pediatric Vaccine-Preventable Disease in the ED Pediatric Pertussis

Chart modified from: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5414a1.htm#tab3

• Kardos P, Correia de Sousa J, Heininger U, Konstantopoulos A, MacIntyre CR, Middleton D, Nolan T, Papi A, Rendon A, Rizzo A, Sampson K, Sette A, Sobczyk E, Tan T, Weil-Olivier C, Weinberger B, Wilkinson T, Wirsing von König CH. Understanding the impact of adult pertussis and current approaches to vaccination: A narrative review and expert panel recommendations. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2324547. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2324547. Epub 2024 Apr 2. PMID: 38564339; PMCID: PMC10989709.
• MacIntyre CR, de Sousa JC, Heininger U, Kardos P, Konstantopoulos A, Middleton D, Nolan T, Papi A, Rendon A, Rizzo A, Sampson K, Sette A, Sobczyk E, Tan T, Weil-Olivier C, Weinberger B, Wilkinson T, von König CHW. Public health management of pertussis in adults: Practical challenges and future strategies. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2377904. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2377904. Epub 2024 Jul 17. PMID: 39016172; PMCID: PMC11259069.
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Focus on CMTs: The New Congestive Heart Failure Clinical Management Tool

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• Lee DS, Lee JS, Schull MJ, et al. Prospective Validation of the Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade for Acute Heart Failure. Circulation. 2019;139(9):1146-1156. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035509
• Wang CS, FitzGerald JM, Schulzer M, Mak E, Ayas NT. Does this dyspneic patient in the emergency department have congestive heart failure?. JAMA. 2005;294(15):1944-1956. doi:10.1001/jama.294.15.1944
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