Daily Cannabis Use Linked to Syndrome, Hospitalizations
A condition called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome can occur in people who are long-term regular consumers of cannabis.
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Daily Cannabis Use Linked to Syndrome, Hospitalizations
A condition called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome can occur in people who are long-term regular consumers of cannabis.
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Widespread Confusion Mars Allergy Emergency Care
Two new studies show anaphylaxis treatment remains confusing for patients, caregivers, and emergency personnel.
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Experts Call for Shift to Video Laryngoscopy as New Gold Standard
Recent trials demonstrate higher first-pass intubation success rates with video laryngoscopy compared to direct laryngoscopy, prompting calls for widespread adoption.
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Dynarex Launches New Emergency Product Lines: DynaSafety and Code Blue Care
Dynarex Corp has launched DynaSafety and Code Blue Care, emergency medical products designed to meet the rigorous demands of emergency response and safety needs.
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Greater Success of First-pass Intubation with Video Laryngoscopy
A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine says video laryngoscopy is superior to direct laryngoscopy in successful first-pass intubation attempts across staff experience levels in the ICU and emergency department.
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Using AI Helped Predict Sepsis, Reduced Mortality
An AI algorithm used in emergency departments at UC San Diego Health allowed clinicians to quickly predict sepsis infection in high-risk patients and reduce mortality, according to a new study, published in npj Digital Medicine.
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State Mandates Aren’t Boosting AED Use During Cardiac Arrest
Researchers say the data similarities between states with AED mandates and those without suggest that improving bystander AED use will need to go beyond legislative measures.
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Improving Neighborhood Characteristics Could Reduce Childhood Asthma Morbidity
Neighborhoods with improved socioeconomic and educational opportunities are more likely to have lower rates of asthma-related ED visits among young children in Washington, DC, a new study finds.
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Emergency Departments Have Similar Survival Rates to Cardiac Arrest Centers
Among resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, 30-day survival rates were similar for those taken to a cardiac arrest center compared to those delivered to the geographically-closest emergency department.
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FDA Clears FebriDx Test to Differentiate Viral and Bacterial Respiratory Infections
The clearance allows FebriDx to be marketed in the United States for use by healthcare professionals as an aid in the diagnosis of bacterial acute respiratory infection and differentiation from non-bacterial etiology in patients presenting in urgent care or emergency care settings.
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Bias May Affect Testing for Pulmonary Embolism
ED patients with congestive heart failure and dyspnea are less likely to be tested for pulmonary embolism when their ED forms specifically mention CHF instead of “shortness of breath.”
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Video Laryngoscope Improves First-Attempt Intubation Rates
Until now, there hasn’t been definitive data to indicate whether a video laryngoscope is better than a direct laryngoscope for intubation of critically ill adults, according to one of the study’s authors.
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CT Scans Potentially Over-hospitalizing Pulmonary Embolism Patients
A new study suggests CT results alone may not confer as much risk as traditionally thought—a finding that will come as a surprise to most emergency physicians, according to one of the study’s authors.
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Emergency Room Anaphylaxis Observation Times Could Be Halved
New research suggests most children visiting hospital emergency departments with anaphylaxis could be discharged after two hours or less—half the time of current minimum guidelines.
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ED Use of Buprenorphine Safe, Effective for Fentanyl Users
Results from a multi-site clinical trial showed that less than 1% of people with opioid use disorder whose drug use includes fentanyl experienced withdrawal when starting buprenorphine in the emergency department.
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Pediatric Readiness Standards Improve ED Survival
More than 1,400 children’s deaths may have been prevented if hospital emergency departments had adopted national pediatric care readiness standards as laid out by the National Pediatric Readiness Project.
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86.4% of Infants with Anaphylaxis Appropriately Received Epinephrine
Only 10% of infants aged 0-24 months who presented to the emergency department for anaphylaxis required hospitalization, due in part to effective ED/prehospital epinephrine administration.
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Telehealth Follow-up Tied to Increased ED Returns, Hospitalizations
Telehealth follow-up consultations following an ED visit were associated with 28 more repeat ED encounters and nearly 11 more return hospital admissions per 1000 patients compared with in-person follow-ups, UCLA research suggests.
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Restrictive Oxygenation Not Harmful After Cardiac Arrest
A restrictive oxygenation target in comatose patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not worsen survival or neurological outcome compared with a liberal target, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.
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Basic CPR Training in Schools, Communities Essential to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival
Basic CPR training in schools and communities is essential to improve survival from cardiac arrest, according to European Society of Cardiology Guidelines that call for more AEDs in public places.
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Getinge Flow Family Anesthesia Machines Contracted by Premier Inc
Getinge Flow Family anesthesia machines will now be available to Premier Inc’s network of 4,400 US hospitals and health systems and 225,000 other providers and organizations.
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Vyaire Airway Stent Mask Available
Vyaire Medical has released the SuperNO2VA Et, a mask that stents open the airway, thus avoiding airway collapse while accurately monitoring EtCO2.
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How Healthcare Workers Stay Safe During CPR and Resuscitation Training
When the novel coronavirus pandemic hit in March of 2020, large medical facilities reinvented the way they deliver critical care training, and ushered in new tools to the frontlines against COVID-19.
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Peptide-coated Endotracheal Tubes Target Airway Bacteria
A coating applied to endotracheal tubes can release antimicrobial peptides that target infectious bacteria and reduce upper-airway bacterial inflammation during intubation.
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