Medical economics
Crowded emergency rooms adding hidden costs to health care systems
It's no secret that emergency health care in Canada is in crisis.
Oct 24, 2022
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News tagged with eds
Radiology & Imaging
Use of chest, abdominopelvic CT for traumatic injury increased from 2011 to 2018
According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), from 2011 to 2018, national utilization of chest and abdominopelvic CT for trauma-related emergency department (ED) encounters increased in commercially insured ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
ED clinical leaders eager to provide early treatment for pediatric sepsis
In a qualitative, interview-based study of Emergency Department leaders, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found most were motivated to provide high quality pediatric sepsis care but disagreed ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Medical research
Non-invasive shockwave treatment is 'highly effective' for moderate erectile dysfunction
For men with moderate erectile dysfunction (ED), a non-invasive technique called low-intensity shockwave therapy (LiST) leads to significant improvement in sexual function, concludes a clinical trial in the Journal of Urology.
Jul 12, 2022
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Addiction
Digital tool helps emergency department doctors treat opioid use disorder
Emergency departments (EDs) are an important point of care for people with opioid use disorder. But EDs in the United States have been slow to meet patient needs for opioid use treatments like buprenorphine, past research ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Surgery
Endoscopic drainage better for necrotizing pancreatitis
For patients with necrotizing pancreatitis, the rate of fistula formation and mortality is lower with endoscopic drainage (ED) than with other surgical drainage methods, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Medications
Men with heart disease can safely mix their nitrates with erectile dysfunction drugs
Doctors have long thought it dangerous to prescribe erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra alongside chest pain pills containing nitrates.
Apr 19, 2022
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Medical research
Safer chemical recommendations for reliable test methods to identify endocrine disruptors
A new policy brief outlines recommendations for tests to identify endocrine disruptors (EDs) . The brief has been published by EURION, a cluster of projects working on emerging ED research.
Mar 7, 2022
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Vaccination
Vaccine effectiveness up after three COVID-19 vaccine doses
(HealthDay)—COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) is increased after three doses but wanes with time since vaccination after receipt of two or three doses, according to research published in the Feb. 11 early-release issue ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Addiction
Cannabis poisoning in young children increased nine times after legalization
Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age of 10 after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, according to a study published in JAMA Network ...
Jan 7, 2022
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