Emergency Department

Pediatric ED visits for asthma in Massachusetts decreased 80% this year during the spring COVID-19 surge and lockdown, researchers reported in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Health care systems have previously acknowledged the importance of — but rarely implemented — strategies for integrating palliative care into ED care, researchers wrote in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Stigma and potential career consequences may prevent ED physicians from seeking mental health care, according to poll data discussed during an American College of Emergency Physicians’ teleconference.

Black race, age older than 80 years and multiple comorbidities are independent risk factors for unplanned emergency department visits after total hip and knee arthroplasties, according to published results.

ED-administered dialysis treatments decreased by 82% in three hospital systems that adopted a DaVita quality improvement program and tracked ED admissions during a 12-month period.

Allergy-related ED visits increased 14% in the United States between 2007 and 2015, researchers wrote in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Mental health-related emergency department utilization significantly increased in the past decade, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Home-based oncology care for patients with cancer has become a necessity amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has been rapidly adopted since the novel coronavirus outbreak began.

Negative perceptions of care in the ED setting appeared to be a barrier to seeking care among adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a prospective survey-based study published in JAMA Network Open.

Daily emergency transfers for STEMI and stroke within the Cleveland Clinic regional health system dropped significantly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported.