Opioid overdose deaths have reached record highs and emergency physicians have a vital role in potentially saving these patients by prescribing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) such as buprenorphine, and by prescribing ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Emergency department physicians who saw patients with a pulmonary embolism—a blood clot in the lung—were about 15% likelier over the next 10 days to test subsequent patients for the same thing.
Aug 9, 2021
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Emergency department visit rates because of an opioid overdose increased by 28.5% across the U.S. in 2020, compared to 2018 and 2019, recent Mayo Clinic research finds. Emergency visits overall decreased by 14% last year, ...
Jul 26, 2021
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A new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine highlights the importance of protecting physician residents—early-career doctors still in training—and emergency care teams from incidents of physical or verbal abuse.
Jun 28, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic fueled an acute, countrywide need for registered nurses, and this underscored the need for clear staffing plans and an assessment of what, exactly, the registered nursing workforce looks like.
Jun 15, 2021
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A new case report, detailed in Annals of Emergency Medicine, is the first known case of a patient with VITT (vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia) treated with a heparin alternative following the Centers for Disease ...
May 4, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers in U.S. emergency departments have struggled with significant mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new poll reveals.
Apr 9, 2021
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Front-line health care workers in hospital emergency departments are at increased risk for anxiety, burnout, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder while coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published ...
Mar 4, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Women with suspected acute coronary syndrome who have low-risk History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors, and Troponin (HEART) scores have more appropriate testing and better outcomes than men, according ...
Jan 13, 2021
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The use of a standardized tool for assessing the risk of serious outcomes in patients with chest pain was associated with women at high risk receiving comparable care to men, according to new research published in the Annals ...
Dec 23, 2020
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