Unit-Dose Packaging Cuts Accidental Peds Opioid Exposures
Relative decrease in buprenorphine-naloxone exposure after transition to unit-dose packaging
Five Strategies to Reduce Acute Care for Cancer Patients ID’d
Findings include enhanced care coordination, early palliative care, and new loci for urgent cancer care
Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants Is Complex
Innovative models needed for addressing health care for undocumented immigrants
April 2018 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for April 2018. This roundup includes the...
Timely Receipt of PCI in STEMI Up With Hospital Bypass Policy
More patients get PCI within guideline recommended time in states with hospital bypass policies
Practices Should Be Aware of Correct Way to Fire Employees
Practices should be aware of basic employment laws in their state, which vary with number of employees
Synthetic Opioid Involvement in Opioid-Related Deaths Up
From 2010 to 2016, synthetic opioid involvement up from 14.3 to 45.9 percent of opioid-related deaths
Flu Vaccines Have High Impact, Even With Relatively Low Efficacy
High impact seen, especially when the vaccine uptake is optimally distributed across age groups
High Risk of Death After Major Diabetes-Related Amputations
Risk of postoperative death varies by demographic subgroup
ALS by Physician May Improve Traumatic Arrest Outcomes
Higher odds of 1 month survival with ALS by doctor vs EMS, BLS for traumatic out-of-hospital arrest
