In patients with ischemic stroke, initial hyperlactatemia appears to be an independent risk factor for poor outcomes, according to South Korean investigators. In a retrospective analysis involving 292 patients with ischemic...
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If you wonder why hospitals are under fire for outrageous and often baffling accounting practices,...
Read MoreMost ED professionals who use the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)—a five-level ED triage algorithm designed to help sort patients in the emergency room—appear to be satisfied with using the tool, according to findings from a...
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The advent of antibiotic therapy has led to dramatic reductions in mortality and morbidity due to...
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When PCI is used to treat multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), single-vessel or multivessel...
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The quality of care coordination is important to the United States healthcare system as hospital...
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Much of health information technology (IT) focuses on patient documentation, compliance, and...
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Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical attention. The condition...
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A new blood test may predict patients at risk of an imminent heart attack. Researchers have...
Read MoreA decrease in access to EDs throughout the United States has strained the healthcare system significantly. When patients leave the ED without being seen, the emergency care delivery system has failed to provide care to...
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COPD has vaulted to the third-leading cause of death in the United States and continues to tax...
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There has been greater recognition over the past several decades of the pervasiveness of poorly...
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Unexpected findings from a new study published in Archives of Internal Medicine found that higher...
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The overuse of some screening and diagnostic tests that fail to provide high-value, cost-conscious...
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The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that we will face a shortage of up to...
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According to the CDC, suicide is the seventh-leading cause of death among males. A 2007 analysis...
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Cerebral venous thrombosis is caused by clots in the dural sinuses and/or cortical veins, and it...
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Those who undergo major surgical procedures or who have certain medical hardware placed, such as a...
Read MoreRapid fire delivery of critical information between clinicians is commonplace in the ED, but most departments rarely plan and assess the effectiveness of their communication methods. Research has indicated that more than half of...
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An estimated 80,000 patients each year experience catheter-related bloodstream infections during...
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