Emergency Medicine News

• Taming the Virus: US Deaths Hit Lowest Level in 10 Months The last time US deaths from the pandemic were this low was in early July of last year.
  Associated Press, May 13, 2021
• Ear Tubes No Better Than Antibiotics for Otitis Media Tympanostomy tubes were not superior to antibiotic treatment for recurrent acute otitis media.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2021
• New Drug Helps COVID-19 Patients Breathe on Their Own Lenzilumab given to hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were still breathing on their own significantly improved their odds of not needing invasive mechanical ventilation, researchers have found.
  Reuters Health Information, May 11, 2021
• Should Courts Weigh In on Medical Treatment? A ventilated COVID-19 patient got ivermectin after a court order.
  Medscape Reader Polls, May 12, 2021
• Third-Generation Quinolones May Be Safer for Tendons Third-generation fluoroquinolones may not pose the same risk to tendon health as earlier-generation agents, the findings of a new study suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• New Clues Show How the Immune System Fights COVID-19 Scientists have focused on antibodies the immune system makes to protect people from one part of the coronavirus spike, but now they report that antibodies can shield in other areas too.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• Neurologic Complications in COVID Patients Common, Deadly A global study shows neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 in 82% of hospitalized patients -- and they have a sixfold increased risk for death.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• ACC 2021 Less Care for Young Women With Chest Pain in the Emergency Room? Younger women with chest pain were less likely than similar younger men to be triaged as urgent, get an ECG test, be seen by a consultant, or be admitted, in a study of US emergency rooms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• Patient Gets Six COVID-19 Vaccine Doses in a Single Shot The 23-year-old patient received the vaccination on Sunday morning and was observed at the Noa Hospital, in Tuscany, Italy, for 24 hours.
  WebMD Health News, May 11, 2021
• Alert FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Teens 12-15 In a 'significant' step toward controlling COVID-19 in the US, the FDA has amended its original EUA of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to include younger teens.
  WebMD Health News, May 10, 2021
• 5 More Women Allege Sexual Harassment at LSU Med School A lawyer for women alleging misconduct among leaders at the medical school described their stories as 'the tip of the iceberg.'
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• SHM 2021 Survey Offers Snapshot of Nationwide COVID-19 Discharge Practices More than one-quarter of sites gave little or no guidance for clinical discharge criteria, while 14% gave very specific detailed algorithms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• SHM 2021 Torsemide Over Furosemide as First-Line Loop Diuretic for HF 'One thing we do for no reason is use furosemide rather than torsemide as loop diuretic for patients with heart failure,' said an expert.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Our Readers Respond: Require Doctors Be COVID-19 Vaccinated? A WebMD poll and another from Medscape approach the same COVID-19 vaccination requirement question from different angles.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Woman Gives Birth to 9 Babies 'I'm very happy,' the woman's husband, Adjudant Kader Arby, told the BBC. 'My wife and the babies are doing well.'
  WebMD Health News, May 07, 2021
• SHM 2021 Evidence or Anecdote: Clinical Judgment in COVID Care Friendly debate emphasizes the need to weigh evidence for drug treatment of COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• APA 2021 Novel Drug Offers Rapid Relief From Agitation in Serious Mental Illness An investigational, orally dissolving film formulation of dexmedetomidine may offer rapid relief of acute agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, phase 3 data indicate.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• 'Malicious Peer Review' Destroyed Doc's Career, He Says A longtime cardiothoracic surgeon is suing a Texas hospital after he says a sham peer review forced him out of practice.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• Ohio Surgeon Who Wrote His Own Colorful Obituary Dead at 48 Thomas Flanigan, an Army veteran and married father of three, called himself the "Ginger God of Surgery and Shenanigans." Colleagues share fond memories.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2021
• Covid 'Doesn't Discriminate by Age': Cases Rising in Young Adults With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who remain unvaccinated.
  Kaiser Health News, May 04, 2021