Cardiology
Time is muscle in acute heart failure
Urgent diagnosis and treatment in acute heart failure has been emphasised for the first time in joint recommendations published today in European Heart Journal.
May 21, 2015
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News tagged with academic emergency medicine
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pulmonary embolism risk scoring could guide treatment, ease burden on EDs
An analysis led by University of Cincinnati (UC) emergency medicine researchers shows that a simplified severity scoring tool for pulmonary embolism could be used in emergency departments to guide treatment decisions and, ...
Mar 31, 2015
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Health
One in nine needs emergency revisit for kidney stones
(HealthDay)—The need for repeat high-acuity care affects one in nine patients discharged from initial emergency department visits for kidney stones, according to a study published online March 16 in Academic Emergency Medicine.
Mar 24, 2015
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Malpractice fears spurring most ER docs to order unnecessary tests
(HealthDay)—Nearly all emergency room doctors surveyed order pricey MRIs or CT scans their patients may not need, mainly because they fear malpractice lawsuits, according to a new report.
Mar 24, 2015
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Emergency department resource use by supervised residents vs. attending physicians alone
In a sample of U.S. emergency departments, compared to attending physicians alone, supervised visits (involving both resident and attending physicians) were associated with a greater likelihood of hospital admission and use ...
Dec 9, 2014
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AMA: Gender inequality still exists in medicine
(HealthDay)—Gender inequality still exists in medicine, according to an article published by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Nov 21, 2014
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Health
Clients of BMC's violence interventional advocacy program find experience supportive
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that participants who received care through BMC's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP)—an interventional program ...
Jul 22, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers seek best methods for screening and counting HIV in the hospital
The fight against HIV remains a top priority for physicians across the country—and includes questions on how best to understand its prevalence and when to test patients for the virus.
May 22, 2014
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Cardiology
A better way to treat ACE inhibitor angioedema in the ED
Investigators at the University of Cincinnati have found a safe and effective treatment for life-threatening angioedema attacks in the emergency department.
May 14, 2014
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Medications
Researchers find significant increase in painkillers prescribed to US adults visiting emergency departments
(Medical Xpress)—George Washington University (GW) researchers report dramatic increases in prescriptions of opioid analgesics, such as Percocet, Vicodin, oxycodone and Dilaudid, during U.S. emergency department visits ...
Mar 14, 2014
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