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A quality improvement initiative can reduce emergency department and health care utilization for children with epilepsy

QI Initiative Cuts Health Care Use in Children With Epilepsy

Reduction in emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, health care claims paid
Implementation of sepsis guidelines improves early assessment

Sepsis Guidelines Improve Patient Care in ER

Significant reduction in time to antibiotics after implementation of guidelines in emergency dept
For patients with suspected infection presenting to the emergency department

Quick SOFA Score Predicts In-Hospital Mortality Risk

Greater prognostic accuracy than SIRS, severe sepsis for patients with suspected infection
A case of acute severe hyponatremia secondary to polydipsia in association with increased use of herbal remedies has been presented in BMJ Case Reports.

Valerian Root Supplement Use Linked to Severe Hyponatremia

Case of 47-year-old female highlights dangers associated with some herbal supplements
Seniors treated in an emergency department for illness or injury are more likely to become disabled and less physically agile over the next six months

Long-Term Disability Risk Up for Seniors Who Visit ER

Disability and loss of agility more likely six months after treatment

December 2016 Briefing – Emergency Medicine

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for December 2016. This roundup includes the...
Patients often find an additional charge added to their bill for overnight visits to the emergency department

Surcharge May Accompany After-Hours Care in Emergency Room

Patients increasingly being charged for overnight visit to the emergency room, urgent care facility
In the first year of Medicaid expansion there were changes in the insurance status and location of emergency department visits

Insurance Status of ER Visits Varied With Medicaid Expansion

Meaningful changes in insurance status, location, and type of ER visits seen in first year of ACA
Drug overdose deaths increased 23 percent between 2010 and 2014

CDC: Fatal Drug Overdoses Up Significantly in the United States

Prescription opioids and heroin lead the increase, latest government data show
Hospital admissions related to overdoses from heroin and other opioids rose 64 percent in the United States between 2005 and 2014

Opioid-Related Hospitalizations Up Sharply in the United States

Admissions due to heroin, prescription opioids rose 64 percent over decade