News tagged with emergency department
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Non-invasive scans accurately predict 30-day risk for patients with chest pain
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) -- a non-invasive way to look inside arteries that supply blood to the heart -- can quickly and reliably determine which patients complaining of chest pain at an emergency department can safely ...
Cardiology
Mar 26, 2012 |
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ED chest pain units and physician discretion may lower stress test use
Rhode Island Hospital physicians report that managing chest pain patients within an emergency department chest pain unit by both emergency medicine staff and cardiologists is safe and effective and may lower the use of stress ...
Cardiology
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Vast majority of people who contacted telenurse helpline followed their advice
Seven out of eight people who sought advice from a telephone helpline staffed by nurses followed the self-care advice they received, ranging from providing treatment at home to calling an ambulance, according to a study in ...
Health
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Some 90-year-old heart attack patients have 'excellent' outcomes with coronary stenting
Selected patients 90 years and older who experience an acute heart attack, or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), have reasonable outcomes with coronary stenting, and should be considered for reperfusion therapy, ...
Cardiology
Mar 25, 2012 |
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Carpenter strives to change ER experience
Emergency physician Chris Carpenter, MD, wishes his grandfather, a sprinter who once competed against the legendary Jesse Owens, had received different care when he visited the emergency department for bumps ...
Health
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Nurse-initiated steroids improve pediatric asthma care
(HealthDay) -- Nurse initiation of oral corticosteroids before physician assessment of pediatric patients with asthma improves quality and efficiency of care provided in the pediatric emergency department, ...
Inflammatory disorders
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Medicaid patients go to ERs more often: study
(HealthDay) -- Medicaid patients have more difficulty getting primary care and visit hospital emergency departments more often than those with private insurance, a new study finds.
Health
Mar 19, 2012 |
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CDC study shows outbreaks linked to imported foods increasing
Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half of the outbreaks implicated foods imported from areas which previously had not been associated with outbreaks, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Practical strategies can ease death notification in the ER
(HealthDay) -- By using practical strategies based on available literature, notifying survivors of a death in the emergency department can be less traumatic for both the survivor and the physician, nurse, ...
Other
Mar 13, 2012 |
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New study examines stair-related injuries among children in the US
A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that from 1999 through 2008, more than 93,000 children younger than ...
Health
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Evidence-based systems needed to reduce unnecessary imaging tests
Imaging has been identified as one of the key drivers of increased healthcare costs. A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found significant variation in the use of head computed tomography ...
Health
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Febrile children self-referred to ER usually less severely ill
(HealthDay) -- In 45 percent of self-referred cases, parents properly judge their child's febrile illness as urgent when they bring their child to the emergency department, according to a study published online ...
Health
Feb 28, 2012 |
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How accurate are rapid flu tests? New research could lead to more timely diagnosis
A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, has put the accuracy ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Hospitals ranked for emergency medicine quality
(HealthDay) -- Patients admitted to the top hospitals for emergency medicine in the United States have a nearly 42 percent lower death rate than those admitted to other hospitals in the nation, according to ...
Health
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Neighborhood bar density linked to intimate partner violence-related visits to emergency department
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been linked to heavy drinking, substance use by one or both partners, and living in a neighborhood characterized by poverty and social disadvantage. Alcohol outlet density has been linked ...
Health
Feb 15, 2012 |
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