Screening for elder mistreatment in emergency departments: current progress and recommendations for next steps.
Emergency Department (ED) visits provide an important but seldom realized opportunity to identify...
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Emergency Medicine
A Novel Response to Emergency Treatment & Transport
Currently, Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) pays for ambulance services only when patients are...
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Kawasaki-Like Disease More Common in Children of African Ancestry
MONDAY, June 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome,...
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Encounters for Suicidal Ideation in ED Down During ‘Stay at Home’
MONDAY, June 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Suicide ideation (SI) complaints to the emergency...
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Depressive Symptoms Linked to CVD Risk, Mortality
THURSDAY, June 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Depressive symptoms are associated with an...
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Emergency Department Prescribing Patterns for Pharyngitis in Children.
Pharyngitis is commonly diagnosed in the emergency department (ED) and accounts for substantial...
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CDC: Decline Noted in ED Visits During Early Pandemic Period
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the early pandemic era, there was a decrease...
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ICUs Become A ‘Delirium Factory’ For COVID Patients
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 targets more than just the lungs. New research shows it also penetrates the brain, complicating treatment and risking lifelong damage. And the pandemic limits hospitals from running MRIs or other tests on coronavirus patients.
Read MoreSuicide, Gun Ownership Go Hand in Hand
Study: The risk of suicide is greatest in first 30 days after acquiring a gun Owning a gun greatly increases the risk that it will be used for suicide, according to a special report in The New England Journal of Medicine....
Read MoreASCO: At-Home Ovarian, Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Feasible
Testing without the traditional office visits and counseling poses no additional stress to women
Read MoreMay 2020 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for May 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and...
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Italian Health Care Workers’ Mental Health Suffering During COVID-19
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Health care workers (HCWs) in Italy who treated...
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Significant Drop Seen in Type A Aortic Dissection After COVID-19
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A significant decline was seen in the monthly...
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Mortality Rate 13% for Cancer Patients with COVID-19
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with cancer and COVID-19, mortality is...
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How Repetitive Traumatic Injury Alters Long-Term Brain Function.
How recurrent traumatic brain injury (rTBI) alters brain function years after insult is largely...
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A Gap in Care? Postpartum Women Presenting to the Emergency Room and Getting Readmitted.
Emergent postpartum hospital encounters in the first 42 days after birth are estimated to...
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Burden of Severe COVID-19 High in California, Washington State
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For residents of California and Washington with...
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VA Slashes Use of Hydroxychloroquine to Treat COVID-19 Patients
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The VA health system has stopped nearly all use of...
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Remdesivir Use Growing Globally in COVID-19 Patients
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Worldwide more physicians are using remdesivir to...
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Follow-Up Care & Post-Stroke Readmission
Research indicates that more than 750,000 patients per year are hospitalized for stroke in the US,...
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