Annals of emergency medicine
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Formal data are lacking regarding emergency departments in academic medical centers, particularly those without an emergency medicine residency program. The Education Committee of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine conducted a survey to define a national profile of academic emergency medicine. ⋯ This article provides the first comprehensive profile of emergency medicine in the Association of American Medical Colleges academic medical centers. Programs with emergency medicine residency programs provided more 24-hour attending coverage, had more emergency medicine board-certified faculty, and reported less difficulty recruiting additional faculty than institutions with no emergency medicine residency program. Both need to expand their undergraduate educational activities. Many institutions with no emergency medicine residency program are attempting to develop emergency medicine residency programs.
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Comparative Study
Clinical predictors of bacterial versus aseptic meningitis in childhood.
To assess the reliability of meningeal signs and other physical findings in predicting bacterial and aseptic meningitis at various ages. ⋯ Despite a lack of meningeal signs, a high index of suspicion for meningitis is essential when evaluating the febrile infant 12 months of age or younger.
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To determine the current standing of academic units of emergency medicine in allopathic medical schools and to measure the attitudes of medical school deans toward the specialty. ⋯ Medical school deans are generally satisfied with the clinical/administrative performance of academic emergency medicine units but are less so with academic productivity. Despite the small numbers of full departments and disparate status of established units, it is noteworthy that only ten of the 94 respondents to this survey reported no support whatsoever for academic emergency medicine.