Critical Care News

The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine has issued emergency contraception guidelines for health care providers in the latest issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.

The recovery position, which protects the airway, may reduce the hospital admission rate of infants who had lost consciousness, and education campaigns aimed at correcting caregivers who perform the wrong maneuvers should be promoted, according to a study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

The American College of Cardiology and American College of Radiology have issued a joint document establishing appropriate use of diagnostic imaging for patients presenting to the ED with chest pain.

Methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol, 1,3-propandiol and -hydroxybutyric acid can be recovered and detected in human saliva through the use of a polydimenthylsiloxane oral sampler, according to a study published in the Journal of Breath Research.

Healio.com/Internal Medicine presents the latest research on the use of proton pump inhibitors, including possible implications of usage and prescription guidelines for physicians.

Healio.com/Internal Medicine presents the latest research and news in cardiac arrest, including a timeframe for warning signs, associations with improved survival rates and CPR guidelines.

Low percentages of physicians engage in the discussion of test-ordering principles during teaching rounds, according to a findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Black patients receiving in-hospital end-of-life care often experienced fewer positive, rapport-building nonverbal cues from their physicians, compared with white patients, according to recently published data.

An analysis of medical care surveys found a significant increase in the use of CT in the assessment of respiratory symptoms in U.S. EDs during the past 10 years, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

As 2015 winds down, Healio.com/Internal Medicine presents its most popular stories of the year, which includes industry news, updates in care guidelines and meeting news coverage.