May 20, 2024
TOPLINE: Adjusting alarm thresholds in an emergency department leads to fewer alarms and decreased use of sedative medications. METHODOLOGY: To evaluate the impact of changing alarm […]
May 6, 2024
TOPLINE: In older patients with minor head injury, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS ≤14), high-risk injury, vomiting, and retrograde amnesia are recognized as risk factors for clinically […]
May 6, 2024
TOPLINE: Seizure prophylaxis leads to a modest risk reduction for early posttraumatic seizure (PTS) in patients with mild or moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODOLOGY: Researchers […]
May 6, 2024
TOPLINE: Opioid and substance abuse patients with firearm injuries encounter increased mortality rates and incur higher costs, with limited discharge to outpatient resources, highlighting the urgent […]
May 2, 2024
TOPLINE: The ED visits among heart transplant (HT)-recipients have increased over past decade, with infection as the main diagnosis. The mortality rate, however, remains low. METHODOLOGY: […]
April 26, 2024
First Nations patients in Alberta have higher rates of incomplete emergency department (ED) care than do non–First Nations patients, often leaving early because of concerns about […]
April 24, 2024
WIESBADEN, GERMANY — Crowded waiting rooms, long wait times, irritable patients, and increasing aggression toward nursing staff and doctors are increasingly the reality in German emergency […]
April 15, 2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a medical device named the Sepsis ImmunoScore, which is an artificial intelligence/machine learning software, to guide rapid […]
April 15, 2024
TOPLINE: Implementing the Opioid Overdose Recovery Program (OORP) in emergency departments (EDs) boosts medication for opioid use disorder ( MOUD) initiation and reduces repeat overdoses, with […]