Month: October 2013
A Look at Patients’ Willingness to Wait for ED Care
As the number of patients seeking emergency care in the United States continues to grow, so too...
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Advances in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a lateral and rotational deformity of the spine that...
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CHEST 2013
New research is being presented at CHEST 2013, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest...
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Video Capsule Endoscopy in the ED
Esophagoduodenoscopy is the current gold standard for stratifying risk in patients with...
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Gaining Control of Hypertension Early in Patients With Diabetes
Hypertension is a common comorbidity of diabetes that increases risks for cardiovascular disease...
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Substance & Alcohol Use After Weight Loss Surgery
Weight loss surgery (WLS) has been an effective treatment for many patients with clinically severe...
Read MoreAffordable Care Act: Glitches Beyond the Websites
Now that the government shutdown is over, it’s time to focus on the Affordable Care Act. Many have written about website sign-up difficulties including the apparent mother of all the bad ones, healthcare.gov. Here are some...
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Can Financial Incentives for Patients Induce Weight Loss?
Several studies have suggested that financial incentives appear to help overweight and obese...
Read MoreACEP 13: Improving Discharge Instruction Recall
The Particulars: Previous studies indicate that patient understanding of ED discharge instructions is limited. Other studies have shown that the teach-back method—asking patients in a non-shaming manner to repeat in their own...
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ACEP 13: IV Antihypertensive Therapies for High BP in the ED
The Particulars: Few studies have looked at the appropriateness of intravenous (IV)...
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ACEP 13: Automated Pain Tracker Ups Analgesia Use
The Particulars: Data indicate that pain is one of the leading complaints among ED patients....
Read MoreACEP 13: The Benefits of an ED Sepsis Alert
The Particulars: Early identification of septic patients in the ED may allow for earlier treatment and therefore decreased mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock. Researchers have hypothesized that using a sepsis alert...
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ACEP 13: Opioid Misuse in Discharged ED Patients
The Particulars: The rate of opioid misuse among discharged ED patients who receive prescriptions...
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Developing a Cardiology-Oncology Partnership
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are the most prevalent diseases in the current era, and...
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Smart Knife Detects Cancer Cells During Tumor Surgery
An “intelligent knife” that can immediately determine whether tissue is healthy or cancerous was...
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PSA Screening: More Harm Than Good
A new analysis presented at the European Cancer Conference 2013 adds fuel to the ongoing debate...
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Updated Breast Cancer Guidelines for HER2 Testing
A new update to clinical practice guidelines for HER2 testing in breast cancer was published...
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Anesthesiology 2013: Trends in PACU Complications
The Particulars: Time spent in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) has been identified as a...
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Anesthesiology 2013: The Impact of Starting Surgery On Time
The Particulars: Anecdotal evidence suggests that less than half of first surgical cases of the...
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