Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) accounts for 1.5 million emergency department (ED) patient visits in the United States each year. ⋯ No single characteristic adequately discriminates CAP from ILI, but a derived clinical algorithm may detect most radiographic confirmed CAP patients in the triage setting. Prospective assessment of this algorithm will be needed to determine its effects on the care of ED patients with suspected pneumonia.
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The emergency medicine (EM) subinternship provides a varied experience for senior medical students depending on gender, specialty choice, and interest. A didactic curriculum can be standardized, but the clinical component is difficult to control. Students can be directed to see patients with specific chief complaints. ⋯ Students who participated in the usual didactic curriculum and were required to see ED patients with representative chief complaints performed better on a general EM exam than those who employed common methods of choosing patients.