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Management Of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Regina Sacco, David Burmeister, Valerie Rupp, Marna Greenberg
Management Of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Regina Sacco, David Burmeister, Valerie Rupp, Marna Greenberg
Marna R Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP
BACKGROUND: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common presenting problem. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to compare the efficacy of vestibular rehabilitation (maneuver) vs. conventional therapy (medications) in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with BPPV. METHODS: This was a prospective, single-blinded physician, randomized pilot study comparing two groups of patients who presented to the ED with a diagnosis of BPPV at a Level 1 trauma center with an annual census of approximately 75,000. The first group received standard medications and the second group received a canalith repositioning maneuver. The Dizziness Handicap Inventory was used to measure symptom resolution. …
Training Mothers In Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation With An Instructional Dvd And Manikin., Gavin Barr, Valerie Rupp, Kimberly Hamilton, Charles Worrilow, James Reed, Kristin Friel, Stephen Dusza, Marna Greenberg
Training Mothers In Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation With An Instructional Dvd And Manikin., Gavin Barr, Valerie Rupp, Kimberly Hamilton, Charles Worrilow, James Reed, Kristin Friel, Stephen Dusza, Marna Greenberg
Marna R Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP
CONTEXT: Classes in infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be time consuming and costly. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether mothers in an obstetric unit could learn infant CPR by using a 22-minute instructional kit and to assess the value and confidence they gained by learning CPR. DESIGN: Quasi-experimental study with enrollment between January and December 2008. SETTING: Obstetric unit in Lehigh Valley Hospital, a suburban teaching hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS: Mothers at least 18 years old who had given birth within the previous 24 hours. INTERVENTION: The experimental group included mothers without prior CPR training who watched a 22-minute instructional DVD …
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Is The Ed Visit An Opportunity To Recommend Education?, Marna Greenberg, Gavin Barr, Jon Willardson, Nicholas Dowling, Jennifer Sears, Valerie Rupp, Kimberly Hamilton, Kevin Weaver
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Is The Ed Visit An Opportunity To Recommend Education?, Marna Greenberg, Gavin Barr, Jon Willardson, Nicholas Dowling, Jennifer Sears, Valerie Rupp, Kimberly Hamilton, Kevin Weaver
Marna R Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP
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