Emergency Medicine

More U.S. kids coming to ERs for swallowing small items

Apr 12, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A growing number of American children are being treated in emergency rooms after swallowing foreign objects like coins, toys, and jewelry, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined...

Foreign Body Ingestions Increasingly Common in Young Children

Apr 12, 2019

Annual rate increased significantly from 9.5 to 18 per 10,000 children from 1995 to 2015

What Healthcare Professionals Don’t Know About Child Abuse

Apr 11, 2019

April marks the start of another child abuse prevention month. Blue ribbons serve to raise...

Indivior shares plummet, Reckitt hurt on U.S. charges over opioid prescriptions

Apr 11, 2019

(This April 10 story refiles to fix scrambled syntax in paragraph five) By Justin George Varghese...

Suicidal thoughts, attempts sending more U.S. kids to emergency rooms

Apr 10, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport The number of kids and teens visiting U.S. emergency rooms after considering or...

Peripheral Nerve Block May Cut Opioid Use After Amputation

Apr 10, 2019

Peripheral nerve block helps improve pain control after major lower extremity amputation

Students may feel safer with stricter gun laws

Apr 8, 2019

By Ankur Banerjee U.S. adolescents living in states with stricter gun laws may feel safer at...

Model Can Predict Sepsis Risk for Emergency Medical Admissions

Apr 8, 2019

Computer-aided National Early Warning Score model makes use of data already collected by clinicians

Exclusive: Pain-care specialist agrees to testify against Purdue, other drug makers – court documents

Apr 7, 2019

By Lisa Girion and Maria Caspani (Reuters) – A physician ally of Purdue Pharma LP whose...

Computer Model Predicts Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmia in ARVC

Apr 4, 2019

Clinical benefit of model was superior to current consensus-based ICD placement algorithm

Early Hospital Intervention for Diabetes Improves Outcomes

Apr 4, 2019

Early identification and management decreases hyperglycemia, hospital-acquired infections

Older Patients With Vision Loss Have Higher Hospital Use, Costs

Apr 4, 2019

Similar findings seen among patients with commercial insurance

Bans on texting while driving tied to drop in ER visits for crash injuries

Apr 3, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – States where it’s illegal to text while driving may have safer roads, according to a U.S. study that tracked declines in crash-related emergency room visits after these laws took...

Best Practices Developed for Diagnosing, Managing MINOCA

Apr 2, 2019

Algorithm aims to improve diagnosis, management of MI in absence of coronary artery disease

Americans Borrowed $88 Billion in Past Year to Pay for Health Care

Apr 2, 2019

Many do not seek treatment for health issues due to cost or reduce spending to pay for health care

More people might survive cardiac arrest if more bystanders tried hands-only CPR

Apr 1, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – More lives could be saved after cardiac arrest if...

March 2019 Briefing – Emergency Medicine

Apr 1, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for March 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice. Three Interventions Involved in Decrease in Combat […]