Emergency Room
Air pollution increases risks for respiratory ED visits, hospitalizations
Air pollution increased the risk for ED visits and hospitalizations due to asthma and other respiratory diseases, according to a poster presented at ERS Congress 2024.
More triptan use linked to more acute treatment, hospital visits, health care costs
SAN DIEGO — Patients who used two or more triptans for migraine faced more acute treatment, more emergency-related hospital visits and higher medical costs compared with those who used one, data show.
Psychiatric ED visits declined among youths during first year of pandemic
Among children and adolescents in Israel, use of psychiatric emergency departments declined sharply during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the year prior, according to a study in BMC Psychiatry.
ED visits for seizures, epilepsy decreased during pandemic, especially in young children
Seizure- and epilepsy-related emergency department visits decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-pandemic levels, with the largest drop seen among young children, per a study in MMWR.
High-dose buprenorphine safe, well-tolerated in opioid users
Patients with untreated opioid use disorder responded well to a high-dose of buprenorphine in the ED.
Hospitals need more ‘energy, focus’ on urgent-start dialysis programs in emergency rooms
Similar to how emergency departments have teams ready to treat patients after cardiac arrest or stroke, a speaker argued it is equally necessary to have interventional teams for patients who develop rapid kidney failure.