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CRUSADE National Quality Improvement Initiative

CRUSADE, a national quality improvement initiative, is designed to increase the practice of evidenced-based medicine for patients with diagnosed non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS).

CRUSADE will use as its "gold standard", the NSTE ACS clinical practice guidelines developed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). Feedback to clinicians about care patterns and educational interventions will be used as strategies to improve the standard of care.

CRUSADE should raise physician awareness of and increase the application of the ACC/AHA guidelines for care of patients with acute coronary syndromes. Patients will benefit from this project.

For more information visit the CRUSADE website or send an email.


ADVANCING THE STANDARD of CARE: CARDIOVASCULAR, NEUROVASCULAR AND INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES
ADVANCING THE STANDARD of CARE: CARDIOVASCULAR, NEUROVASCULAR AND INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES
Follow-up Monograph from the ACEP 2007 Symposium
(Seattle, WA ACEP Scientific Assembly)

METHOD OF DELIVERY:
  1. Want to see it Live? View the web cast
  2. Complete Monograph (6.8 MB): download here
  3. Request a hardcopy Here!
CHAPTERS:
  1. Introduction and Table of Contents

  2. Diagnosis of TIA and Stroke in the ED: How Can This Be Made More Consistent?
    (Brian A. Stettler, MD)    

  3. Treatment of Stroke: Why the Controversy?
    (Arthur M. Pancioli, MD)    

  4. Hypertension Management in Acute Neurovascular Emergencies
    (Arthur M. Pancioli, MD)    

  5. Management of Hypertensive Emergencies in the Emergency Department
    (Judd E. Hollander, MD and Anna Marie Chang, MD)    

  6. Sick or Not Sick? Evolving Biomarkers for Severe Bacterial Infection
    (Andra L. Blomkalns, MD)    

  7. Treatment of Sepsis: How to Make Early Goal Directed Therapy a Consist ent Approach in Your ED
    (Emanuel P. Rivers, MD)    

  8. Risk Stratification for Patients with Non-ST -Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes in the ED
    (Gerard X. Brogan, MD)    

  9. Optimal Management of Non-ST-Segment Elevation ACS: The Role of Antithrombotic Therapy in the ED based on the new ACC/AHA Guidelines
    (James W. Hoekstra, MD)    

  10. Optimal AntiPlatelet Therapy for NSTE ACS: The 2007 ACC/AHA Guidelines
    (Charles V. Pollack, MD)    

  11. Best Treatment for STEMI: PCI and Fibrinolytics
    (Brian R. Holroyd, MD)    

  12. Acute Heart Failure Syndromes: Redefining Heart Failure in the ED
    (Alan B. Storrow, MD)    

  13. Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis: Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department
    (Charles B. Cairns, MD)    

  14. CME Post Test






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Experts suggest that discrepancies in recommendations for optimal anticoagulation treatment in updated US and European ACS management guidelines are confusing for clinicians.
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Researchers report that "midregional" pro-atrial natriuretic peptide is a strong predictor of adverse outcome after AMI, and gives complementary information when combined with measurement of the prohormone of BNP.
7 May 2008
A study reports effective triage using a portable ultrasound device that can accurately screen emergency department patients with dyspnea for venous thromboembolism.
1 May 2008
Researchers in Israel propose that patients with transient ST-elevation myocardial infarction (TSTEMI) may benefit from immediate, intense medical therapy and an early invasive approach.
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Researchers test a new 15-minute rapid point-of-care D-dimer assay with diagnostic performance comparable to conventional laboratory D-dimer tests.
24 April 2008
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