For decades, Chicago's South Side neighborhoods have experienced high rates of firearm violence, making speedy access to expert trauma care a matter of life and death. A recent study in JAMA Surgery helps quantify the impact ...
Mar 29, 2026
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In emergency medicine, triage differentiates patients who require immediate attention from those who can safely wait for care. When it comes to children's mental or behavioral health, however, triage scores were found to ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Doctors in Liverpool working with researchers at the Center for Trials Research at Cardiff University have identified promising evidence for the effectiveness of an early and rapid diagnostic test for sepsis. Teams from the ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Many seriously injured patients in Global South countries are failing to reach medical care within the lifesaving "golden hour" and ambulances are often associated with these delays.
Mar 22, 2026
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Nationally, heat-related mortality has risen by nearly 17% per year since 2016. As a result, New York City now issues heat alerts and opens cooling centers when the heat index is forecast to reach 95 degrees Fahrenheit or ...
Mar 20, 2026
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One in ten emergency patients with visible blood in their urine dies within three months of presenting at hospital emergency departments, new research has found. The WASHOUT study, presented at the European Association of ...
Mar 15, 2026
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Results from the RAPID-MIRACLE trial have found, for the first time, that the widely used MIRACLE2 risk score can be applied outside a hospital setting to accurately predict brain injury following a cardiac arrest. This could ...
Mar 14, 2026
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Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a series of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that uses machine learning to identify individuals who may be at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) using information ...
Mar 13, 2026
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Sepsis moves fast. A patient can arrive at hospital with what appears to be a routine infection and, within hours, develop organ failure. Survival often depends on how quickly treatment begins. Across Europe, doctors are ...
Mar 11, 2026
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Research conducted by University of Calgary scientists informed patient care when hundreds of children became sick from exposure to a severe strain of E. coli. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a bacterium ...
Mar 11, 2026
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