Emergency Medicine

Guidelines for Managing Agitated Patients in the ED

Nov 29, 2012

Proper management of agitated patients presenting to the ED is essential to keeping staff safe and...

ERs Go Mobile with Reservations

Nov 29, 2012

More than 100 hospital emergency departments are borrowing an idea from the restaurant industry: online reservations. Additional concierge services such as mobile apps for wait times make ER experiences more agreeable. ERs are...

Vomiting After Stroke Raises Mortality Risk

Nov 20, 2012

Vomiting appears to be an early predictor of poor outcome in stroke patients, according to...

Prescription Drug Abuse Decreasing in Young Adults

Nov 20, 2012

Results from a survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimate...

Resuscitation Efforts Impact Survival After Cardiac Arrest

Nov 20, 2012

Systematically increasing the duration of resuscitation in patients with cardiac arrest may...

Wait Times for Psychiatric Patients in the ED

Nov 20, 2012

Hospital-based EDs are increasingly overburdened throughout the United States, resulting in a...

Offering HIV Screens in the ED

Nov 15, 2012

A national study of 2008-2009 data regarding availability of ED preventive services indicates that...

High Pneumonia Risk for Transplant Recipients

Nov 15, 2012

Researchers in Denmark have found that the risk of first-time hospitalization for pneumonia...

Primary Prevention ICDs Yield Survival Benefits

Nov 15, 2012

Among eligible patients, those who undergo implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)...

Preventing SSIs in Cesarean Deliveries

Nov 15, 2012

Implementing a policy in which prophylactic antibiotics are administered within 1 hour before...

ED Prescribing Trends for Acute Pneumonia

Nov 15, 2012

Antibiotics appear to be over-prescribed in the ED for cases of acute bronchitis, according to a...

Reducing Hazardous & Harmful Drinking in ED Patients

Nov 15, 2012

Alcohol problems are prevalent in EDs nationwide, often manifesting when individuals seek medical...

CDI: Making the Case for Better Prevention Efforts

Nov 7, 2012

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common and sometimes fatal healthcare–associated...

AHA Scientific Sessions 2012: Examining Follow-Up Costs for Angioplasty

Nov 7, 2012

The Particulars: In recent years, hospitals have increasingly begun offering angioplasty in house...

TCT 2012: Stent With Mesh Covering Achieves Positive Outcomes

Oct 26, 2012

The Particulars: Covered stents have been studied for use in embolic protection, but their tightly...

Analyzing Pediatric Return Visits

Oct 25, 2012

An average of 698,000 pediatric return visits to the ED within 72 hours occurred each year between...

Medicaid Visits Often for Urgent & Serious Symptoms

Oct 25, 2012

National study results suggest that the majority of ED visits made by non-elderly Medicaid patients are for urgent or more serious medical issues, a finding that is contrary to the popular belief that such visits in this...