Emergency Department
Asthma, age, cardiovascular disease associated with severe anaphylaxis
SAN DIEGO — About a third of adults with anaphylaxis due to food allergy have visited the ED for their allergy before, with asthma, age and cardiovascular disease associated with severe cases, according to a pair of posters presented here.
Electronic symptom reporting reduces ED visits, improves quality of life
Use of a home-based electronic monitoring system for symptom reporting reduced ED visits among people receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, according to study findings.
One-third of people with cancer visit ED within 90 days of diagnosis
Approximately one in three patients diagnosed with cancer in Ontario presented to an ED in the 90 days preceding their diagnosis, according to findings published in Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Many who leave emergency rooms without being seen return within a week
About one in five individuals who leave the ED without being seen return in the next week, usually around the same time of day, according to the results of cohort study.
Canadian wildfire pollution negatively impacted Eastern US residents’ lungs, heart
Despite living far away from Canada, Maryland residents experienced more cardiopulmonary disease health concerns in June 2023 believed to be due to Canadian wildfire pollution, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.
Cost of asthma medication commonly behind nonadherence in adults
Asthma medication nonadherence due to cost has decreased over recent years but still impacted around one in six adults, according to results published in Thorax.
ICU, inpatient admission rates related to asthma rise following Flovent discontinuation
Following the discontinuation of Flovent in January, ICU admissions, inpatient admissions and ED visits related to asthma rose in comparison with previous years, according to study results from Epic Research.
COPD-related health care usage drops with ensifentrine in moderate to severe COPD
BOSTON — Fewer patients with moderate to severe COPD used health care resources related to the disease if they received ensifentrine for 48 weeks, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
Costs, health care utilization rise after patients with COPD become frequent exacerbators
BOSTON — After progressing to Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, group E, patients with COPD faced higher costs and used health care resources more, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
Improving pediatric readiness in EDs may decrease deaths by nearly half
Upgrading pediatric readiness in EDs would reduce the deaths of pediatric patients by almost half, according to study results published in Health Affairs.