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Cetirizine was as effective as diphenhydramine with fewer side effects.

And appendicitis patients with appendicoliths had more inflammation and higher risk for perforation.

This retrospective study of EMS transports found that many patients subsequently confirmed to have COVID-19 called 911 for complaints seemingly unrelated to the disease.

Expired or reused sterilized N95 masks, and even some surgical masks, effectively filtered aerosol particles.

The first consensus recommendations on the topic aim to address variation in diagnosis at the international, national, and local levels.

However, it did confer a mortality benefit when given within 1 hour or to patients in severe shock in this randomized, controlled trial.

But for most patients, there are better first-line options.

A scientific statement about this emergency scenario provides key details of special interest to clinicians.

A meta-analysis found no consistent association between use of endotracheal intubation checklists and either increased first-pass success or reduced mortality, peri-intubation arrest, or hypotension.

Four commonly used risk stratification scores had mediocre discrimination for mortality.