Acute Pain Management in the ED
Pain has been identified as the most common reason for patients seeking care in emergency rooms....
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Emergency Medicine
Physician Triage in the ED
Having physicians conduct triage in the ED appears to lead to earlier evaluations, physicians orders, and disposition decisions when compared with non-physician triage. A 2-year before-and- after analysis found statistically...
Read MoreRecovery After Severe TBI
A small study conducted in patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state suggests that administering amantadine for 4 weeks, in conjunction with inpatient rehabilitation, appears to lead to significantly faster recovery...
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Gender & Heart Failure Survival
Women with heart failure (HF) appear to have better survival than men irrespective of ejection...
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Motivating Patients to Change for the Better
One of the great challenges for physicians is to motivate their patients to make positive health...
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Managing Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
There has been increased focus on the need for higher-quality, safer, and more appropriate care in...
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Dead People Don’t Get Bronchitis — Thoughts on Zithromax
It was during my residency that the first indication of heart toxicity of antibiotics affected...
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Pediatric Fracture-Related Pain: The Crowding Effect
According to published studies, pain is the most common reason for seeking care in the ED,...
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Admission Site Tied to Mortality in Sepsis
Admission for sepsis through the ED, when compared with direct admission to the hospital, appears...
Read MoreHyperlactatemia & Ischemic Stroke
In patients with ischemic stroke, initial hyperlactatemia appears to be an independent risk factor for poor outcomes, according to South Korean investigators. In a retrospective analysis involving 292 patients with ischemic...
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Wide Disparity in Hospital Charges for Appendicitis. Why?
If you wonder why hospitals are under fire for outrageous and often baffling accounting practices,...
Read MoreHigh Satisfaction Seen With the ESI
Most ED professionals who use the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)—a five-level ED triage algorithm designed to help sort patients in the emergency room—appear to be satisfied with using the tool, according to findings from a...
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Procalcitonin & Antibiotic Decisions
The advent of antibiotic therapy has led to dramatic reductions in mortality and morbidity due to...
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Multivessel PCI: Coming to a Consensus
When PCI is used to treat multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), single-vessel or multivessel...
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Post-Acute Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
The quality of care coordination is important to the United States healthcare system as hospital...
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Information Technology as Communication
Much of health information technology (IT) focuses on patient documentation, compliance, and...
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Sepsis Care Improved in the ED
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical attention. The condition...
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Can New Blood Test Predict Heart Attacks?
A new blood test may predict patients at risk of an imminent heart attack. Researchers have...
Read MoreA New Look at Leaving Without Being Seen in EDs
A decrease in access to EDs throughout the United States has strained the healthcare system significantly. When patients leave the ED without being seen, the emergency care delivery system has failed to provide care to...
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Reducing Exacerbations in COPD
COPD has vaulted to the third-leading cause of death in the United States and continues to tax...
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