Emergency Department

Preterm and full-term infants faced similar elevated risks for ED visits in their first year when they were exposed to higher levels of fine particulate matter 2.5 m or less in diameter, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

The lack of an established tool to predict disease severity among children with pneumonia may lead to ineffective management decisions, according to a press release from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Adults with obstructive sleep apnea faced elevated risks for developing COVID-19 and experiencing COVID-19-related complications, according to study results published in Thorax.

For 3 days last week, both of our junior fellows have been attending the annual American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Endocrine University educational program.

Opioid tapering was associated with “unintended negative consequences,” including fewer primary care visits, more hospitalization and ED visits and reduced chronic condition medicine adherence, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

A recent systematic review commissioned by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality revealed that roughly one in 18 patients are misdiagnosed in the ED each year.

Healio compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in January.

An ED screening program identified patients with undiagnosed prediabetes and type 2 diabetes or undermanaged disease, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and patients with low income, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

A recent study in CMAJ found no association between a shift to virtual care during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in ED visits.

A physician-owned acute care practice and a virtual psychiatry and therapy practice have announced a partnership that aims to provide comprehensive acute medical and psychiatric care services to EDs across the country.