Handoff Delays Vary in Emergency Dept Boarding
Research highlights significant delays in the transition from emergency care to inpatient management for admitted patients.
Category: Critical Care
Critical Care
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Critical Care
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Female ED Physicians Order More Tests, Admit More Patients
Female emergency department physicians ordered 3% to 5% more imaging and laboratory tests and admitted 3% to 5% more patients.
Critical Care
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NASCAR Champion Dies of Pneumonia-related Sepsis
A two-time NASCAR champion driver died Thursday from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, according to multiple media outlets.
ICU & Ventilation
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Emergency Intubation Study to Examine Neuromuscular Blockers
The INSPIRE study will examine whether seriously ill patients being intubated should receive sedation alone or with the addition of a neuromuscular blocker.
Emergency Room
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ED Screening Tool Predicts Gun Violence Risk in Young Adults
A study of emergency department patients found that the SaFETy score can identify the risk of firearm-related incidents within one year.
Ambulance & EMS
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Fatal Pediatric Anaphylaxis Linked to Delays in Epinephrine Treatment
New studies suggest that airway and breathing failures are the primary causes of death in childhood food anaphylaxis, requiring a shift in emergency management protocols.
ARDS
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Rapid Test Detects ARDS Subtypes
An immunoassay measured key inflammatory biomarkers and classified patients into two ARDS subtypes—hyperinflammatory and hypoinflammatory—within approximately one hour.
Sepsis
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Illness Severity Alters Sepsis Survival Risk
Sepsis reduced 30-day survival in patients with less severe acute kidney injury but was paradoxically associated with higher survival rates in the most severely ill AKI patients.
Other Acute Disorders
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Alcohol Intake Tied to Small Airway Obstruction
Higher alcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of small airway obstruction, even before major lung disease develops.