Mechanical Thrombectomy After Stroke Improves Disability & Survival Outcomes
Strokes are the leading cause of death globally[1] and account for an estimated 140,000 deaths in...
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Emergency Medicine
Mental Health Neglect Among Physicians
Previous research has suggested high rates of suicide and depression among physicians when...
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Rural America Needs Physicians
Having spent much of my professional life working in staffing locum tenens doctors and traveling...
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Experts Share Facts About Physician Suicide
By Carolyn Crist Suicide is the only cause of death that is higher among doctors than the general...
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Visceral Adiposity & COVID-19 Severity
Data indicate that, depending on the degree of obesity, patients with obesity who are infected...
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The Operation Was a Success
“Don’t worry, if afterward you wake up, it means the operation was a success!”
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A Novel Response to Emergency Treatment & Transport
Currently, Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) pays for ambulance services only when patients are...
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Racial Inequities in HF Care Access
Data suggest that heart failure (HF) is the second most common reason for hospital admission in...
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Trends in ED Admissions for Child Sexual Abuse
Physicians and nurses working in the ED are often the first to recognize sings of sexual abuse and...
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Why We Need the Lede, in Both Journalism & Medicine
In journalism, the “lede” is the first part of a news story. A good lede will entice the reader to...
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Asthma-Related ED Visits in Children With Depression & Anxiety
Research indicates that adults with asthma as well as depression, anxiety, or both demonstrate...
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Opioid Use After ED Visits for Acute Pain
While the frequency of short-term side effects of opioids are well-known, the long-term risks of...
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Asthma-Related ED Visits in Children With Depression & Anxiety
Research indicates that adults with asthma as well as depression, anxiety, or both demonstrate...
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Cannabis-Associated Acute Illness
Although an understanding of the adverse effects that occur when new drugs become available or...
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Psychiatric-Based Pediatric ED Visits: Addressing Inadequate Evaluation & Treatment
Currently configured as urgent medical care facilities, emergency departments (EDs) typically lack...
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Does White Coat Hypertension Really Matter?
In Annals of Internal Medicine, my colleagues and I published a systematic review and...
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Medicaid Expansion & Cardiovascular Mortality
Although the Affordable Care Act led to the largest ever expansion of Medicaid, several states...
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About One in Three in ED for Low Back Pain Receive Imaging
Imaging use decreased from 34.4 percent in 2011 to 31.9 percent in 2016
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Mobile Stroke Unit Care May Reduce Time to Thrombolysis
Findings seen in patients with suspected acute ischemic stroke in a densely populated urban area
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FDA Approves First System to Insert Ear Tubes Under Local Anesthesia
TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved...
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