The Particulars: The profile of patients presenting to the ED with accidental hypothermia is not well understood from clinical studies. Data Breakdown: Among patients presenting to an ED with accidental hypothermia during winter...
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Fainting after recent air travel could be a sign of pulmonary embolism (PE), a potentially fatal...
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An estimated 8 million people present to EDs in the United States with chest pain each year, 15%...
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The Particulars: Primary care physicians have historically “cleared” most patients in the United...
Read MoreThe Particulars: Crowding in EDs throughout the United States has been labeled a national crisis in need of systematic approaches to improve patient flow and increase bed capacity. Physician engagement and involvement in patient...
Read MoreIntimate partner violence (IPV) occurs in an estimated 2 million women in the United States each year and in up to 26% of American women over the course of their lifetime. IPV involves any pattern of assaultive and coercive...
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Echometrix LLC today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug...
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View our NEW Guidelines Update eBook. Work-exacerbated asthma (WEA) has been defined as...
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In the December 6, 2011 Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of...
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In the hospital setting, it is vitally important that patients understand their medication...
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Tattoos and piercings were once relegated to specific cultures and societal types but are...
Read MoreAccording to national surveys conducted from 2001 to 2008, ED crowding appears to be getting worse despite ongoing calls for action. During the study period, ED visit numbers grew 1.9% per year. The average occupancy increased...
Read MoreResearchers from New York have found that the majority of emergency medicine residents do not appear to meet the target number of steps taken per 12-hour shift that has been set forth by the CDC and surgeon general. Study...
Read MoreAn analysis of ED medical records suggests that morbidly obese patients take significantly longer to disposition home when compared with patients of normal weight. Patients with a BMI of less than 35 kg/m2 had an average length...
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The gap in medical care between patients with and without COPD who are hospitalized with acute...
Read MoreIf you pay attention at all to news about medicine, you must have heard about the tragic death of a 12-year-old boy who was seen and discharged from the emergency department of the prestigious New York University Medical Center....
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Data from 2001 to 2010 indicate that the prevalence of asthma in the United States appears to have...
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Permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to be the only form of AF that independently predicts...
Read MorePublished research indicates that nearly one-third of women reported that they were presently experiencing some form of intimate partner violence (IPV) when they were asked about these occurrences during an ED visit. When...
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