August 16, 2024 by Elana Gotkine In 2022, the emergency department visit rate was 47 visits per 100 people, according to an August data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics. Christopher Cairns, M.P.H., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues used data from the 2022 National Hospital...
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Use of HINTS exam in emergency department is of limited value
SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE DES PLAINES, IL – The diagnostic value of the Head-Impulse, Nystagmus, Test of Skew (HINTS) exam in the emergency department setting is limited. This is the result of a study titled Diagnostic Accuracy of the HINTS Exam in an Emergency Department: A Retrospective Chart Review, which will be published in the...
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Possible blood-clotting mechanism in COVID-19 found
Why so many COVID-19 patients get blood clots (thrombosis) remains uncertain. But scientists at Uppsala University and the University Hospital have now identified a mechanism they believe to be implicated. A particular protein triggers a part of our immune system that can boost the blood’s tendency to coagulate and form clots. The study is now...
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Research shows ibuprofen does not hinder bone fracture healing in children
Study results indicate ibuprofen is also an effective and safe option for fracture pain UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA SUMIT GUPTA, MD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EXAMINES A PEDIATRIC PATIENT DURING A CLINIC APPOINTMENT. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE Doctors have traditionally avoided prescribing nonsteroidal...
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Producing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand
Method could shed light on nitric oxide’s role in the neural, circulatory, and immune systems. Nitric oxide is an important signaling molecule in the body, with a role in building nervous system connections that contribute to learning and memory. It also functions as a messenger in the cardiovascular and immune systems. But it has been...
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6 TIPS TO KEEP FOOD SAFE AND LIMIT WASTE
By: University of Missouri There are things you can do to make sure the food you’re eating during the COVID-19 pandemic is safe and to limit waste, experts say. With most of the US under stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, people are stocking up on household essentials and groceries. Because of this, it’s vitally...
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Emergency department study reveals patterns of patients at increased risk for suicide
by National Institutes of Health A new study found that people who presented to California emergency departments with deliberate self-harm had a suicide rate in the year after their visit 56.8 times higher than those of demographically similar Californians. People who presented with suicidal ideation had suicide rates 31.4 times higher than those of demographically...