Emergency Medicine News

• Shortages, Cost, and Frustration: Quest for the New COVID Shot As the rollout of the newly formulated shot begins in earnest, many Americans are finding roadblocks.
  WebMD Health News, September 29, 2023
• COVID-19 Virus Infects Coronary Vasculature Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is found in coronary arteries of patients who died of COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2023
• Stroke, High BP Don't Mediate Pollution's Link to Dementia Hypertension and stroke do not mediate or modify associations of fine particulate matter air pollution with dementia, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2023
• Factor XI Inhibitors: Promise of a Safe Anticoagulant? The quest for an anticoagulant that can prevent cardiovascular events without bleeding is something of a holy grail in cardiovascular medicine. Could factor XI inhibitors be the long-sought answer?
  Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2023
• Substance-Induced Psychosis Linked to Schizophrenia Risk Nearly 20% of individuals who visited the ER for substance-induced psychosis were diagnosed with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder within 3 years, results of a large population-based study show.
  Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2023
• Edwards Lifesciences Cooperating With EU Antitrust Regulators Edwards Lifesciences is working with EU antitrust regulators after they raided one of its facilities in an EU country a week ago, medical device maker has said.
  Reuters Health Information, September 26, 2023
• More Good News for Self-Administered Nasal Spray in PSVT The safety and tolerability of etripamil, an investigational nasal spray for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), are maintained in new data from the NODE-302 extension study.
  Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2023
• Information Underload: Device Tracking Seen Falling Short Missed opportunities abound to spot risks with implantable devices. Physicians said identifiers should be included in electronic health records and claims for payment.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
• Does Continuity of Care Affect Outcomes After Arthroplasty? Patients who have had multiple primary care clinicians are more likely to visit the emergency department after hip or knee replacement surgery than those with a single clinician.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
• Rising Temps Linked to Higher Hospitalization for Substance Use Increases in temperature are associated with higher hospital visit rates for both alcohol- and other substance-related disorders.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
• Strategy to Prevent Blood Clots, Deaths in Lung/GI Cancer An approach that involves stratifying patients by thrombosis risk reduced the incidence of thromboembolism and death among high-risk individuals with lung and GI cancers.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
• New Data Lowers Estimate of Long COVID's Impact: CDC An estimated 18 million adults in the US have had long COVID, and half of them are still dealing with the condition, new national survey data shows.
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2023
• No Benefit of EC/IC Bypass vs Meds in Large-Artery Stroke Despite surgical advances, adding extracranial-intracranial bypass to medical therapy does not reduce stroke or death in symptomatic occlusion of the internal carotid or middle cerebral artery.
  Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2023
• Don't Ask Patients for Donations, ACP Says Clinicians should avoid involvement in grateful patient fundraising, according to a new report from the American College of Physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2023
• People With Long COVID Have Specific Blood Biomarkers: Study 'This is a decisive step forward in the development of valid and reliable blood testing protocols for long COVID,' said David Putrino, PhD, lead author of a new study published in the journal Nature.
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2023
• Unique Study Sheds New Light on TBI, Cognitive Decline Link Traumatic brain injury that occurs in early adulthood is associated with cognitive decline in later life, results from a study of identical twins who served in World War II show.
  Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2023
• Substance Use in Pregnancy Linked to Adverse CVD Outcomes Pregnant women who use cannabis, opioids, or other substances have higher rates of cardiovascular disease events, including mortality, new registry data show.
  Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2023
• Paxlovid Weaker Against Current COVID-19 Variants A real-world study found that Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid is now less effective at preventing hospitalization or death in high-risk patients as compared with earlier studies.
  WebMD Health News, September 22, 2023
• A Common Cold Might Set Some Up for Long COVID The research in people with rheumatic diseases could have wider implications, including a blood-based biomarker to predict higher risk.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2023
• How a 'Beer Goggles' Study Could Lead to Sobering Insights Avoiding the health consequences of alcohol starts with understanding its appeal.
  WebMD Health News, September 22, 2023
• Unclaimed Dead: Rising Number Used in Medical Schools The number of unclaimed dead bodies accepted by medical schools in Texas rose by almost seven times between 2017 and 2021.
  Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2023
• Artificial Intelligence Gives Paralyzed Woman Voice Back A brain-computer interface translates neural signals of a woman who is unable to speak, not only into text on a screen but into audible speech using a digital avatar.
  Medscape Medical News, August 23, 2023
• Expert Calls for Sparing Use of Oxygen for Dyspnea in the ED A clinician argues that oxygen therapy is given too readily even though data indicate that excess oxygen is harmful.
  Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
• As MOC Debate Heats Up, Cardiology Societies Weigh In The MOC process is once again under attack by cardiologists and other specialty physicians. A petition aiming to end the requirements has garnered more than 17,000 and counting signatures.
  Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
• New Practice Guidelines on Postdural Puncture Headache The guidelines provide a framework for individual clinicians to assess risk, confirm diagnosis and adopt a systematic approach to management.
  Medscape Medical News, August 18, 2023
• Two Thirds Say They or Family Affected by Substance Use The majority of respondents to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll said addiction had affected family relationships, their mental health, or the mental well-being of a family member.
  Medscape Medical News, August 16, 2023
• Medical Treatment for Appendicitis Effective Long-Term More than 70% of patients who avoided appendectomy in two Swedish clinical trials had successful outcomes over two decades later.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2023
• Vegetarians at Higher Risk of Hip Fracture, Study Finds Both men and women who follow a vegetarian diet had a 50% greater risk of hip fracture compared with those who regularly ate meat, research suggested.
  Medscape News UK, August 01, 2023
• Only 1 in 4 Feel Fully Recovered Following COVID-19 Hospitalisation Being female, obese, and having had mechanical ventilation in hospital are all associated with being less likely to feel fully recovered one year after COVID-19 hospitalisation.
  Medscape News UK, April 26, 2022
• Cardiovascular Risk Linked with Severe COVID Risk People with an elevated 10-year cardiovascular risk score are linked to more severe COVID outcomes, in a new study.
  Medscape News UK, April 14, 2022