Ensure that the patient has been NPO ("nil per os" - nothing by mouth) for an appropriate length of time, i.e. ensure that the patient has an empty stomach.(Patients without an empty stomach may need a rapid sequence induction, awake intubation, or management with local or regional anesthesia to reduce the chance of regurgitation and aspiration).
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However, 30 min may be needed to reach the maximal SBF during the test [28, 29], a period that is too long in critically ill patients who often need rapid changes in therapy.
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However, the low positive rate of acid-fast stain smear in our study suggested that we may need to consider other rapid adjunctive tests, such as a urine lipoarabinomannan test for the early diagnosis of TB or extrapulmonary TB in resource-limited areas [ 33].
Rapid assessments may need to be undertaken when time or resources are limited.
We focus on the VAMC because there are important similarities with other ED settings: compressed timeframe, acute decision-intensive care contexts, heterogeneity of acuity, simultaneous management of varied acuity levels, invasive emergency procedures may need to be performed, and rapid fluctuations in patient volume and acuity levels.
