News tagged with emergency medicine journal
Study reveals safety of CT scans for rapid rule out of heart attacks in ER chest pain patients
A highly detailed CT scan of the heart can safely and quickly rule out the possibility of a heart attack among many patients who come to hospital emergency rooms with chest pain, according to the results of a study that will ...
Cardiology
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Adrenaline therapy for cardiac arrest linked to worse outcomes
(HealthDay) -- The decades-old practice of treating cardiac arrest patients with epinephrine -- adrenaline -- might do more harm than good in the long run, suggests a new analysis of hundreds of thousands ...
Cardiology
Mar 20, 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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Trauma study is first to show how cyclists are injured and killed on city streets
A study by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London and Barts and The London NHS Trust proves that HGVs pose the greatest risk of death and serious injury to cyclists.
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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New map pinpoints areas of highest human risk for lyme disease in eastern United States
A new map pinpoints well-defined areas of the Eastern United States where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease, one of the most rapidly emerging infectious diseases in North America, according to the U.S. ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Emergency departments' quality evaluation requires hospital-wide effort
Time can be important in an emergency department especially in a busy Level 1 Trauma Center like MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, when getting patients appropriate care is essential. However, when the quality of an ...
Health
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Discussions of guns in the home part of comprehensive preventive health care
This June, a law took effect in the state of Florida limiting physicians' ability to ask patients about firearm ownership. In September, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the law, ...
Health
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Disco beat good for CPR, but time to throw in the towel on musical aids
Disco Science is better than no music at all at helping to deliver the required number of chest compressions (CPR) to save a heart attack victim's life before s/he gets to hospital, reveals research published online in Emergency Me ...
Cardiology
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Rotavirus vaccination leads to large decreases in health care costs, doctor visits
(Medical Xpress) -- Vaccinating infants against rotavirus has resulted in dramatic decreases in health care use and treatment costs for diarrhea-related illness in U.S. infants and young children, according to a new study ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 22, 2011 |
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BUSM professor outlines best practices for treating victims of sexual assault
Judith A. Linden, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and vice chair for education in the department of emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has written ...
Health
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Prolonging CPR doesn't help heart patients: study
A study involving nearly 10,000 cardiac arrest patients from 10 North American regions has shown that extending the period of initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by paramedics and firefighters from one to three minutes ...
Cardiology
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Future climate change may increase asthma attacks in children
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that climate change may lead to more asthma-related health problems in children, and more emergency room (ER) visits in the next decade.
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Aug 30, 2011 |
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Are grandparents safer drivers than mom and dad?
(AP) -- Kids may be safest in cars when grandma or grandpa are driving instead of mom or dad, according to study results that even made the researchers do a double-take.
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Jul 18, 2011 |
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Shorter pause in CPR before defibrillator use improves cardiac arrest survival
A shorter pause in CPR just before a defibrillator delivered an electric shock to a cardiac arrest victim's heart significantly increased survival, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Cardiology
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Surge in parents taking kids with common medical problems to emergency care
The number of children taken to emergency care departments with common medical problems has risen sharply over the past decade, reveals a study published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.
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May 23, 2011 |
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