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EMCREG-International is dedicated to research and education in the fields of Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. Since 1989, EMCREG has evolved into an international research and education network boasting 55 members representing 45 international academic researchers institutions, and have enrolled more 40,000 patients in trials, produced 50+ educational CME monographs, and held 35 live educational symposium. Our interests cover research and education in cardiovascular and neurovascular emergencies, neurointensive care, critical care medicine, and all acute care topics. Our focus is not only on education the physicians but all specialties involved in the care of acutely ill patients, including hospitalists, advanced practice providers, nursing and prehospital care as well as emergency physicians.
In this EMCREG-International newsletter, J. Douglas Kirk, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis Sacramento, CA discusses the current data regarding nesiritide which provides perspective on this controversial issue for the practicing emergency physician.
Read MoreThis summary provides a detailed discussion of the interpretation of elevated values in patients with chronic kidney disease and acute coronary syndrome for this EMCREG-International newsletter. It is our hope that the readers of this newsletter will find their evaluation of patients with chronic kidney disease and acute coronary syndrome more effective, resulting in improved patient care.
Read MoreIn this EMCREG-International newsletter, Judd E. Hollander, MD, from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the development and current emergency department use of cardiac necrosis biomarkers (CK-MB, troponin, myoglobin), biomarkers of inflammation (C-reactive protein), and newer cardiac biomarkers of myocardial ischemia (brain natriuretic peptide). It is our hope to provide emergency physicians with a better understanding of the cardiac biomarkers used in emergency practice for diagnosis of ACS.
Read MoreEach year, nearly one million patients in the United States are hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). In the past, there have been limited practice guidelines for the emergency management of ADHF within the spectrum of heart failure. Data from the ADHERE (the acute decompensated heart failure national registry),indicates that these patients are repeatedly hospitalized, and otherwise have a very high rate of morbidity and mortality. The management and care of this patient group remains suboptimal. This CME activity will review the latest diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for ADHF and suggest methods to improve the care for these patients at your institution. Insights and lessons from ADHERE will also be reviewed and discussed.
Read MoreIt is with great pleasure that we present this EMCREG International newsletter report describing the first 100,000 patients enrolled into the CRUSADE quality improvement initiative, particularly from the perspective of the emergency physician. This unique clinical program, coordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) in Durham, North Carolina represents a remarkable collaboration between Emergency Medicine and Cardiology in over 400 acute care hospitals across the United States.
Read MoreDr. Frank Peacock, of the Cleveland Clinic, provides detailed summaries of the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for HF using BNP based on the BNP Consensus Panel
recommendations published in September, 2004 in Congestive Heart Failure. We hope this EMCREG-International newsletter provides useful information which helps you provide care to patients with HF.
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