Critical Care/Emergency Medicine

Credit: Serkan Eldeleklio?lu PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29, 2020 - A study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai addresses a mystery first raised in March: Why do some people with COVID-19 develop…

DES PLAINES, IL -- Antacid monotherapy is more effective in relieving epigastric pain than in combination with lidocaine. That is the conclusion of a study to be published in the September 2020 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM),…

Credit: University of Leeds A major new study has identified 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart disease and stroke during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. On average, that is 17 deaths each day over four months that…

Over half of male patients studied were found to have lower than their normal testosterone levels For the first time, data from a study with patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 suggest that the disease might deteriorate men's…

What The Study Did: Outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest among patients with COVID-19 are examined in this case series. Authors: Corey Mayer, D.O., M.B.A., of the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, is the corresponding…

Introducing high doses of gluten from four months of age into infants' diets could prevent them from developing coeliac disease, a study has found. These results from the Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) Study, published today in JAMA…

A routine test used to monitor patients' breathing may be unreliable and putting them at risk, a study suggests. Incorrect results can mean clinical staff fail to spot how unwell a patient with respiratory problems is becoming,…

ECMO outcomes study at experienced centers suggests key role for treating worst-hit patients as pandemic continuesCredit: University of Michigan It saved lives in past epidemics of lung-damaging viruses. Now, the life-support option…

A Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatrics, offers new details about pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments across the country, a problem that has steadily increased in the last 10 years and been made…

Because COVID-19 may present with medium to large arterial and venous abdominal and extremity macrothrombi, radiologists should raise concern for COVID-19 when identifying thromboembolic abdominopelvic findingsCredit: American Roentgen Ray…

Scientist at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing leads work to identify biomarkers in blood that can indicate often-missed minor strokesCredit: none CLEVELAND--An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the Frances Payne Bolton…

The device measures how the pupil responds to light and showed clear differences in concussions in a prospective study Philadelphia, September 24, 2020 - Building upon years of research, a new study from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia…

New study links wildfire smoke days to asthma hospital visitsCredit: WRCC/DRI Reno, Nev. (Sept. 22, 2020) - For people who suffer from asthma, wildfire smoke is more hazardous than other types of air pollution, according to a new…

'Prediction model' uses data that can help determine if patients' conditions are likely to worsen Using a combination of demographic and clinical data gathered from seven weeks of COVID-19 patient care early in the coronavirus pandemic,…

Cognitive problems stem from episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a serious but common complication of type 1 diabetes, is linked to lower IQ scores and worse memory in children with type 1 diabetes, according to…

UCSF study shows reassuring initial findings for infant health Infants born to women with COVID-19 showed few adverse outcomes, according to the first report in the country of infant outcomes through eight weeks of age. The study, led…

Children and adults exhibit distinct immune system responses to infection by the virus that causes COVID-19, a finding that helps explain why COVID-19 outcomes tend to be much worse in adults, researchers from Yale and Albert Einstein…

Rice University engineers use machine learning to speed bioscaffold developmentCredit: Mikos Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 21, 2020) - A dose of artificial intelligence can speed the development of…

What The Study Did: Changes over nearly two decades in the rate of hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths from alcohol use disorder in the U.S. were examined in this study. Authors: Jasvinder A. Singh, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., of the…

This study of ischemic stroke patients is the first to associate the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in patients with COVID-19 and ischemic stroke and stroke severity.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Stroke patients who also have…