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.
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.
A coating applied to endotracheal tubes can release antimicrobial peptides that target infectious bacteria and reduce upper-airway bacterial inflammation during intubation.
The FDA approved an 8mg dose naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray to treat opioid overdose, an increase from the previous 2 mg and 4 mg approved products.
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For every 10-minute delay between arrival at the ER and the start of stroke treatment, patients with severe strokes may lose eight weeks of healthy life.
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Approximately 52,000 additional emergency department visits for asthma, COPD, or asthma-COPD overlap occurred as the result of thunderstorms in a 14-year study period.
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Researchers report that a 2017 wildfire near San Diego resulted in 16 more visits each day to the ER by children under the age of 19 for breathing complaints.
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Health officials are concerned about the long-term health ramifications from the smoke and air pollution being generated by wildfires throughout Australia.
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Meth users had a greater risk of hospitalization for pneumonia and acute respiratory failure. Women also had a greater risk of acute exacerbation of COPD.
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Zoll Medical Corp is calling for EMS presentations for the Zoll Summit 2020, in Denver, Colo from June 9-11, 2020.
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Access to naloxone remains limited but the FDA continues to support efforts to expand access in order to get the drug to those at risk of opioid overdose.
Read MoreResearchers of a study recently published in the Journal of Asthma have reported a positive association between methyl-bromide concentrations and asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits among youths...
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Monitoring oxygen reserve index can detect hyperoxemia in patients under general anesthesia and possibly avoid unnecessary administration of high concentration oxygen.
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Infants born to women exposed to high levels of air pollution in the week before delivery are more...
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Health officials in Detroit, Michigan have confirmed one case of measles in the city and are warning patients and relatives at a children’s hospital emergency room of possible exposure.
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