AI Can Improve Identification of Social Determinants of Health in EHRs
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Large language models (LLMs) can potentially...
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Emergency Medicine
Salmonella Risk Prompts Quaker Oats to Widen Granola Bar, Cereal Recall
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More products have been added to a recall of...
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Best Practice Advisories Slash Emergency Department Blood Test Rates
Implementation of Best Practice Advisories (BPAs) in an 11-hospital safety net system...
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Incidence of Scooter Injuries Increased From 2016 to 2020
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of scooter injuries increased from...
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Incidence of Stroke Decreasing in Blacks, Whites in United States
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of stroke is decreasing among...
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Video Outperforms Direct Laryngoscopy in Patients With Critical Illness
Investigators concluded that in critically ill patients, video laryngoscopy outperformed...
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Four-Variable Formula Proves Effective in Distinguishing Subtle Heart Attacks from Benign ECG Variants
This study demonstrated that the four-variable formula, applied to serial electrocardiograms in...
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Health Officials Warn of Measles Outbreak in Philadelphia
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is...
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Elevated NT‐proBNP Levels Tied to Higher Risks in Patients With Acute Kidney Injury
The following is a summary of “Prognostic Value of Natriuretic Peptide Levels for Adverse Renal...
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Sarcopenia in Patients With Acute Cholecystitis Linked to Higher ICU Admissions& In-Hospital Mortality
Sarcopenia, assessed by psoas muscle area, is significantly associated with adverse outcomes,...
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Patients With Cancer May Overly Self-Refer to ED
Adults with cancer may not be using available clinician advice before self-referring to the ED,...
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Cognitive Biases in Emergency Nurses’ Utilization of the ESI
The following is a summary of “Cognitive biases regarding utilization of emergency severity...
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2016 to 2020 Saw Rise in Against-Medical-Advice Discharges for Opioid Admissions
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Before-medically-advised (BMA) discharges...
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Warns of Suffocation Risk From ‘Baby Loungers’
FRIDAY, Dec. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is...
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Disparities Exposed in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes
The following is a summary of “Impact of Receiving Hospital on Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest...
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Serum Cholesterol Levels and Age-dependent Risk for CHD Mortality in a Large Veteran Population
The following is a summary of “Serum Cholesterol and Impact of Age on Coronary Heart Disease Death...
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Patterns and Risk Factors in ED Admissions for Eye Injuries Related to Falls in Adults
The following is a summary of “Trends and risk factors among adults admitted to the emergency...
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Association Between Idiopathic Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and CSVD
The following is a summary of “Correlation of idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with...
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Comparing Dynamic and Static Ultrasound for ETT Depth Verification
The following is a summary of “Comparison of dynamic versus static ultrasound to confirm...
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Simulation-Based Comparison of PD vs. CI Epinephrine and Phenylephrine Administration
The following is a summary of “Preparation/administration of push-dose versus continuous infusion...
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