Emergency Department

Fine particulate matter from wildfires resulted in more cardiopulmonary ED visits among older adults, Native Americans and rural area residents, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Use of artificial intelligence triage software led to a significant reduction in 30- and 120-day all-cause mortality for those with intracranial hemorrhage compared with those treated without the algorithm, according to research.

From 2010 to 2021 — a period during which cannabis legalization and commercialization took place in Canada — ED visits for traffic injury involving cannabis have occurred more often, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Visual field irregularities, afferent pupillary defects or abnormal optical discs were associated with positive neuroimaging findings among patients presenting to the ED with neuro-ophthalmological complaints, according to a study.

ED pediatric readiness was associated with decreased mortality among children with both acute medical emergencies and traumatic injuries, a study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Adults in the U.K. quickly transferred to a specialized cardiac arrest center after resuscitated cardiac arrest were no less likely to die at 30 days than patients transferred to their closest ED, researchers reported.

There is a lack of evidence on how sedatives used during tracheal intubation impact patient survival and likelihood for PTSD symptoms, and researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center plan to find the answer.

A hospital in California offered patients who tested positive for HIV in the emergency department an initial 14-day supply of ART, believing it would minimize treatment barriers and encourage them to seek outside care.

Patients presenting with low-risk pulmonary embolism are managed in different ways based on CT scan findings and not clinical risk factors, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Physicians may anchor on initial information when making decisions, a habit that was associated with delayed diagnoses, according to the results of research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.