Analyzing TBI in Older Americans in the ED
The management of older adults presenting to the ED is oftentimes complicated by frailty and...
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Hospital Medicine
The Impact of the Next Generation of Nursing
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will mean the addition of as many as 35 million...
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Improving Care for Patients Receiving PVCs
Catheter-associated blood stream infections (CABSI) can have a significant impact on patient...
Read MoreCommunicating More Effectively at ED Discharge
Emergency physicians face unique challenges in providing high-quality care due to distractions and time limitations that are common throughout ED settings. In most cases, emergency physicians have little or no previous knowledge...
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Delirium Among Hospitalized AD Patients: The Long-Term Impact
Recent studies show that patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) who are hospitalized are at...
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Strategies to Lower Death Risk After AMI
Research has shown that the risk of dying from an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been...
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Predicting Death From Pneumonia
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality and ranks...
Read MoreA Nationwide Program for Improving Quality & Safety
Throughout the United States, efforts are being made to improve the overall quality of healthcare, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and provide models for national reform. One such effort is the Aligning Forces for Quality...
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Surgical-Site Antisepsis in Cesarean Deliveries
Rates of surgical site infection (SSI) appear to be similar between cesarean deliveries using...
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Hospital Length of Stay in Non-STEMI Patients
Duke University research suggests that patients with non-STEMI who spend more than 2 days in the...
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Imaging Use & Atraumatic Headache in the ED
Atraumatic headache is one of the most common complaints in EDs, but only a small subset of...
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Decreasing VAP Risk in the ED
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) results in increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare...
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Massage Therapy Helpful After Cardiac Surgery
Massage therapy appears to significantly reduce pain, anxiety, and muscular tension in elective...
Read MoreNew Rules for Paying MDs Proposed in NY
New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), which runs 11 hospitals in four of the five boroughs of New York, is negotiating a new deal with the union representing some 3,300 salaried physicians. The corporation...
Read MoreSCCM 2013: The Role of Lactate Clearance in Sepsis
The Particulars: Outside of controlled clinical trials, little is known about the impact of lactate clearance on outcomes among patients in the ED and its association with therapeutic interventions. Data Breakdown: For a study,...
Read MoreExcessive Acetaminophen Dosing Common in Hospitals
A retrospective review of hospitalized adults has found that 60.7% were exposed to acetaminophen, of whom 6.6% exceeded the 4 g/day maximum recommended dose. The study also found that 22.3% of those aged 65 or older and 17.6% of...
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Assessing Heart Failure Guideline Adherence
Duke University researchers suggest that less than one half (44%) of patients with heart failure...
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Patient Satisfaction Surveys Are Useless —Take #2
Patient satisfaction surveys are theoretically good things. After all, hospitals and doctors...
Read MoreExamining Length of Stay in 8-Hour Shifts
In previous research, studies have documented significant links between length of stay (LOS) over 24-hour periods and hospital occupancy, the number of ED admissions, and other factors. In the May 2012 Western Journal of...
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Managing Delirium Among Elderly Patients in the ED
National estimates demonstrate that elderly patients are increasingly presenting for care at EDs...
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