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March 25, 2021
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Primary care visits may lower nonemergent ED visits in unhoused women

Primary care visits may lower nonemergent ED visits in unhoused women

Receiving care at a primary care clinic appears to lower nonemergent ED visits among women experiencing homelessness, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

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March 11, 2021
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Opioid use for migraines opens door to future ED visits

Opioid use for migraines opens door to future ED visits

Patients with migraine who were given opioids in the ED were more likely to return to the ED in the next 6 months compared with patients who were not prescribed opioids, according to findings from single-center, retrospective cohort study.

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March 05, 2021
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Violence-related injury ED visits decreased following UK’s COVID-19 lockdown

Violence-related injury ED visits decreased following UK’s COVID-19 lockdown

ED visits for violence-related injuries appeared to decrease during the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown, according to study results conducted in Wales and published in JAMA.

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March 01, 2021
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Single troponin test at ED admission may be enough to rule out acute MI

Single troponin test at ED admission may be enough to rule out acute MI

Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Health System observed that a single troponin test at ED admission for patients with suspected ACS may be enough to rule out acute MI and reduce hospital stay.

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February 18, 2021
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One-third of ED-admitted COVID-19 patients may experience PTSD

One-third of ED-admitted COVID-19 patients may experience PTSD

Nearly one-third of patients with severe COVID-19 had PTSD after acute infection, according to results of a research letter published in JAMA Psychiatry.

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February 04, 2021
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COVID-19 pandemic has shifted ED use related to mental health, substance use, violence

COVID-19 pandemic has shifted ED use related to mental health, substance use, violence

The COVID-19 pandemic appeared to shift ED use and priorities for care, particularly related to mental health, substance use and violence risk screening and prevention, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

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January 29, 2021
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Non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic children less likely to undergo diagnostic imaging

Non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic children less likely to undergo diagnostic imaging

Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic children were less likely to undergo radiography, CT, ultrasonography and an MRI during ED visits than non-Hispanic white children, an analysis of more than 13 million ED visits showed.

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January 20, 2021
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ED visits by children declined early in pandemic

While the number of visits to one ED declined overall among children in the early months of the pandemic, the proportion of trauma-related visits increased significantly, researchers reported.

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January 05, 2021
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EDs, urgent care centers ‘easy targets’ for antibiotic stewardship

EDs, urgent care centers ‘easy targets’ for antibiotic stewardship

More than 40% of antibiotics prescribed in Veterans Health Administration EDs and urgent care centers for acute respiratory infections were prescribed with an inappropriate indication, according to a study.

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January 05, 2021
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Prior acute MI may not affect time to ED presentation with chest pain

Prior acute MI may not affect time to ED presentation with chest pain

Time from chest pain onset to ED presentation did not differ between patients who had a prior acute MI and those who did not, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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