Tag: Emergencies / First Aid
One in Three Young Adults Get Meds for Opioid Use Disorder After Overdose
Type of medication for opioid use disorder received appears to be associated with age
Risk for Death, Suicide Up in Teens Who Visit ED for Self-Harm
Five-year estimates of health care costs were much higher for teens with self-harm versus controls
October 2019 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for October 2019. This roundup includes the...
CHEST: Blood Transfusion Practices Should Be Revisited
Study looks at transfusion practices of intensive care providers in a typical tertiary hospital
Limited English Proficiency May Worsen Chronic Disease Outcome
Findings seen in patients discharged from academic medical centers in Toronto with COPD or heart failure
Asthma-Related ED Use Up for Children With Anxiety, Depression
Children with asthma and anxiety, depression, or both have increased rates of asthma-linked ED use
September 2019 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for September 2019. This roundup includes the...
Emergency Departments Need to Up HIV Testing, Linkage to Care
Just under half of HIV-positive patients in South African emergency departments virally suppressed
11 Percent of Cancers Detected Via Emergency Department Visit
Patients with ED-mediated diagnoses more likely to be unmarried, Hispanic or black, in lowest income quartile
Pharmacist in ED Cuts Time to Tx to Reverse Anticoagulation
Time to 4F-PCC shorter for patients who have life-threatening bleeding, need urgent procedures
