Emergency Trauma
High resting heart rate may signal exacerbation risk in COPD patients
AT CHEST 2016 LOS ANGELES (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Higher resting heart rate may ...
Navigating the ambiguity around whether to admit or discharge
In my first week of intern year, I learned the criteria for admission to ...
Pulmonary embolism common in patients hospitalized for syncope
FROM THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE When specifically looked for, pulmonary embolism was ...
Earlier ischemic stroke presentation may sometimes mean delayed tPA
AT ANA 2016 BALTIMORE (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Going to the hospital soon after ...
Psychiatric patients face inordinately long wait times in emergency departments
FROM AN ACEP TELECONFERENCE Individuals with psychiatric conditions are facing increasingly longer wait times ...
ZMapp shows promise for Ebola treatment, but misses efficacy goal
FROM THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ZMapp, a potential monoclonal antibody treatment for ...
Conservative oxygen therapy in the ICU reduces mortality
FROM ESICM CONGRESS 2016 A strategy of conservatively controlling oxygen delivery to patients in ...
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Novel device provides real-time glucose monitoring of critically ill
AT THE AAST ANNUAL MEETING WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Use of an automated bedside blood ...
Elevated troponins are serious business, even without an MI
Sometimes it seems like cardiac troponin testing has become nearly as ubiquitous as the ...
New chikungunya diagnostic assay proves quick, effective
FROM PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES A reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-RPA) assay was ...
Benefits of early endovascular thrombectomy outlined in five trials
FROM JAMA For patients with large-vessel ischemic stroke, endovascular thrombectomy produces better functional outcomes ...
EpiPen cost increases far exceed overall medical inflation
Total Medicare part D spending on EpiPen auto-injectors rose from $7.0 million in 2007 ...
Update on the third international consensus definitions for sepsis and septic shock
Sepsis is the primary cause of death from infection. Early identification and treatment of ...