Critical Care News

The overall rate of emergency department visits related to schizophrenia for men was approximately double the rate for women, according to a data brief from the National Center for Health Statistics.

While e-cigarette use was found in 12.3% of households, often alongside regular cigarettes, many parents who used e-cigarettes were unaware of the potential health risks for children, such as nicotine poisoning, according to a recent survey.

ED length of stay did not affect mortality or hospital length of stay among trauma patients, according to recent data.

Analysis of nationally representative U.S. survey data showed a decreased frequency of falls and fall-related injuries among middle-aged adults who engaged in leisure-time physical activity.

A retrospective case series of military members who sustained severe acute kidney injury during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars showed individuals had a better in-hospital survival than predicted historically and by acute kidney injury integer score.

In California, two new pilot programs are being launched by the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care, in collaboration with Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services, to hopefully reduce rates of hospital readmissions, better manage ER overcrowding, cut health care costs and improve patient satisfaction, according to a press release.

Bicycle related injuries and hospital admissions have significantly increased since 1998, with a substantial proportion among adults aged older than 45 years, according to recently published data in JAMA. 

Adults presenting to the ED for self-harm had a higher risk for suicide or all-cause mortality if they underwent psychiatric admission, according to study findings in Lancet Psychiatry.

A mother, father and their two teenage sons were sickened in the U.S. Virgin Islands after the condominium resort where they were vacationing was fumigated with methyl bromide, a toxic pesticide prohibited in the United States for residential use, according to a report in MMWR.

Women who are heavy drinkers and in abusive relationships did not experience improved health outcomes following a brief motivational intervention in the emergency department, according to recently published data in JAMA.