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BestBets: Little evidence for either packing or cautery in ...
In [adult patients with spontaneous epistaxis and no underlying disease] is [cautery or packing] more effective at [stopping bleeding]. ...
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BestBets: Intravenous Magnesium in shock-resistant tachyarrhythmias
Magnesium use in refractory ventricular tachyarrhythmias gained interest after case reports by Tobey, Craddock, Baraka and others which showed return of ...
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BestBets: Physical Examination in Ectopic Pregnancy
Jul 22, 2005 ... Buster JE Emergency department diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy Annals of Emergency Medicine 1990;19(10):1098-103; Kaplan BC. Dart RG. ...
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BestBets: Immobilisation in patients with painful achilles tendon
Immobilisation in patients with painful achilles tendon. Report By: Henry Paul - Senior Clinical Fellow; Search checked by Angaj Ghosh and Kerstin Hogg ...
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BestBets: Should minor mucosal tongue lacerations be sutured in ...
He sustains a 1cm non-gaping laceration to dorsal third of tongue. The parents are very anxious about stitches. You wonder whether any intervention is ...
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BestBets: At what serum bilirubin level should physiological ...
Jun 26, 2004 ... In [a full term healthy breastfed baby with physiological jaundice], above what [level of serum bilirubin] is [intervention in the form of ...
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BestBets: CTPA and V/Q scans are safe to perform during pregnancy
Sep 25, 2008 ... Sometimes radiologists omit the ventilation portion of the V/Q scan in pregnant subjects, to reduce the level of radiation. ...
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Critical Appraisal
Some surgeons practice is to apply vancomycin powder to the cut sternal edges and surrounding wound. This study does not necessarily answer whether this is ...
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BestBets: Use of lidocaine in the GI Cocktail for the treatment of ...
In [patients with dyspepsia who present to the emergency department] is the [GI Cocktail better than Antacid alone] in [relieving pain]. ...
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BestBets: Is an intravenous fluid bolus of albumin or normal ...
Is an intravenous fluid bolus of albumin or normal saline beneficial in the treatment of metabolic acidosis in a normovolaemic newborn? ...
