Do poorer neighborhoods experience longer ambulance times?
Bottom Line: Patients from the poorest neighborhoods who had cardiac arrest had longer total ambulance times than those from the ...
Tag: Critical Care/Emergency Medicine
Transfusions with older blood linked to adverse events, death, new study finds
WASHINGTON, DC -- After a serious injury, the leading cause of death is loss of blood. Major trauma victims who ...
New service transforms childhood cancer treatment
Children with cancer are to benefit nationally from a service which for the first time will allow doctors to personalise ...
Over half of former ICU patients in the UK report symptoms of psychological disorders
Patients in the UK who have survived critical illnesses requiring care in an intensive care unit (ICU) frequently report symptoms ...
Screening tools can miss sepsis in pregnancy; study urges action
A woman lies in her hospital bed. Her heart rate is elevated, she has a slight fever and an elevated ...
Anabolic steroids linked to higher rates of premature death in men
Men who use androgenic anabolic steroids--such as testosterone--may face a higher risk of early death and of experiencing more hospital ...
Screening tool is effective for identifying child sex trafficking victims in a pediatric ED
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.Sc., Mbchb, Mres, Ph.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- An initial screening tool ...
Older, frail heart attack patients at greater risk of bleeding
Many older patients who are considered frail by medical standards receive anticoagulants (blood thinners) and undergo cardiac catheterization during a ...
Noise pollution in hospitals — a rising problem
In an editorial published today in the BMJ, researchers from King's College London and the University of the Arts London ...
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Study reshapes understanding of mass extinction in Late Devonian era
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Ancient Balkan genomes trace the rise and fall of Roman Empire’s frontier, reveal Slavic migrations to southeastern Europe
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Geoscientists map changes in atmospheric CO2 over past 66 million years
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Taking antibiotics back in time
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ORNL engineer Karen White honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
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Virtual reality simulations can help autistic people complete real-world tasks, MU study finds