News tagged with emergency physician
Disparities in treatment of children in the emergency department based on their insurance status
In 2009, children with public insurance were three times more likely and children with no insurance were eleven time more likely not to have a primary care physician, compared with children with private insurance. Without ...
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May 10, 2012 |
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Study identifies the danger of grill brushes
Rhode Island Hospital physicians identified six cases of accidental ingestion of wire grill brush bristles that required endoscopic or surgical removal. The paper calls attention to the need for the public and physicians ...
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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Confusion about emergency contraception access common
(HealthDay) -- While most pharmacies report having emergency contraception (EC) in stock, misinformation regarding what age women can take it without a prescription is common, according to a study published ...
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Mar 26, 2012 |
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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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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 ...
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Mar 23, 2012 |
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U.S. health systems not ready for catastrophes: report
(HealthDay) -- In many parts of the United States, the infrastructure and systems to deliver health care during or after catastrophic disasters such as major earthquakes or widespread disease outbreaks are ...
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Mar 21, 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.
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Mar 19, 2012 |
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Crash experts find car seats protect overweight kids, too
Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Injury Research and Prevention studied nearly 1,000 1- to 8-year-old children involved in crashes and found no evidence of increased injury risk for children ...
Overweight and Obesity
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Bath salts emerging as new recreational drugs
The use of bath salts as recreational drugs has greatly escalated in recent years. Researchers from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma describe an incident of a man experiencing significant ...
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Oct 24, 2011 |
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Study finds more rehospitalization, emergency visits in patients with substance use disorders
According to a new study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), people diagnosed with substance use disorders are more likely to be re-admitted to the hospital within 30 days of their discharge ...
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Oct 10, 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 ...
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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In the Chest Pain E.R., a new testing routine means fewer missed heart disease cases
(Medical Xpress) -- Doing things a little differently in the emergency room could mean fewer missed cases of heart disease, according to physicians at the University of Florida.
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Aug 25, 2011 |
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Rising barriers to primary care send many Americans to the emergency department
A shortage in the number and availability of primary care physicians may continue to mean rising numbers of emergency department visits, despite the expanded health insurance coverage required by the 2010 Patient Protection ...
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Aug 09, 2011 |
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Market factors affect closures of emergency departments nationwide
Despite a rise in the number of emergency room patients, the number of hospital-based emergency departments in the U.S. is in decline, according to a study led by Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, an emergency physician at San Francisco ...
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