The American journal of emergency medicine
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The objective of the study was to determine how many patient-related questions emergency medicine physicians have and how they answer them at the point of care. ⋯ Emergency department physicians in this study pursued and found answers for most questions posed at the point of care. Rapid access to electronic resources and drug-prescribing references were critical for answering questions at the point of care.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Intravenous dexamethasone vs placebo as adjunctive therapy to reduce the recurrence rate of acute migraine headaches: a multicenter, double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial.
Some physicians prescribe corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy for patients with migraine headaches to decrease the rate of rebound headache. The efficacy of this practice has not been tested. Our objective is to determine the efficacy of single-dose dexamethasone as adjunctive therapy for emergency medicine patients with migraine headache in preventing headache recurrence at 3 and 30 days posttreatment. ⋯ A single dose of dexamethasone as adjunctive therapy for migraine headache does not decrease the recurrence of migraines at 3 or 30 days.