Emergency Department

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTLA, was passed to protect patients without insurance who were experiencing medical emergencies.

Using positive airway pressure therapy each night lowered the rate of hospitalizations and emergency room visits in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Patients with opioid use disorder, or OUD, who were treated with buprenorphine during an ED visit had greater odds of continued treatment engagement 30 days later, a study in JAMA Network Open showed.

A significant number of low-risk patients who visited the ED for acute pulmonary embolism were hospitalized despite evidence supporting outpatient management, according to a recent study.

Both social risk and social need increased the odds of ED use, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Most EDs do not have specific guidelines for observation time following anaphylaxis, and the average duration depends largely on comorbidities and the type of hospital, according to a survey study.

Peer-to-peer telemedicine consultations may be a cost-effective triage strategy prior to ambulance transfer to the ED for pediatric patients with orthopedic trauma, according to published results.

A new clinical decision rule could help physicians determine which older ED patients who experienced a fall will require imaging, according to a study published in CMAJ.

Older patients who spent the night in the ED had higher in-hospital mortality rates vs. those who were admitted to a ward, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Compared with IV tranexamic acid, nebulized tranexamic acid resulted in more instances of hemoptysis cessation and lower amounts of bleeding as time passed from administration, according to results published in CHEST.