Results provide preliminary evidence that topiramate and zonisamide may be utilized for weight loss in a pediatric psychopharmacological treatment seeking sample, even if antipsychotics are also prescribed. A randomized controlled trial investigating the impact of topiramate and zonisamide on weight reduction is warranted.
CSP MPI increases diagnostic certainty and improves test accuracy for CAD detection in men with CAD risk factors, especially obese patients, compared to SU MPI.
deviations. Means are compared using the student's t-test. We performed similar analysis on national data and ABMS board pass rates.Results: Over a 10-year period, 117 MCCKAP scores (37 EM/CCM, 80 SCC and ACCM fellows) were evaluated from our institution. Emergency medicine/CCM Fellows' mean scores were 562.4 (SD 67.4) on the MCCKAP in-training exam while their ACCM and SCC co-fellows had a mean score of 505.3 (SD 87.5) at the institutional level (p < 0.001). Similarly, our emergency medicine/CCM fellows outperformed the national mean (562.4, SD 67.4 versus 500 SD 100, p < 0.001). Nationally, 137 emergency medicine/ CCM fellowship graduates have obtained ABMS board certification by sitting for the ABIM CCM board exam at similar rates to IM-fellows (91.2 versus 93.2%; p ¼ 0.22). 28 emergency medicine/CCM fellowship graduates have obtained ABMS board certification by sitting for the ABA CCM board exam with pass rates similar to ACCM fellows (90.4 versus 89.3%; p ¼ 0.85). Six emergency medicine/CCM fellowship graduates have obtained ABMS board certification by sitting for the ABS CCM board exam; although national pass rates for this exam are not available for comparison.Conclusions: Emergency medicine/CCM fellows demonstrate successful knowledge acquisition as demonstrated by MCCKAP scores both locally and at a national level. Emergency medicine/CCM fellows achieve ABMS board pass rates similar to those of CCM trainees from other specialties. Further studies should explore whether the additional prerequisites currently required of emergency medicine/CCM trainees are truly indicated as this data challenges the existing training paradigm.
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