Pediatric mental health crisis skyrocketed and persisted during the pandemic
Mental health crises among children and adolescents requiring emergency department care skyrocketed during the pandemic and have stayed elevated despite ...
Tag: Emergency Medicine
Sexual assault related ER visits increase more than tenfold
An increasing number of people are seeking emergency medical help for sexual assault, a new study suggests. Emergency departments saw ...
Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children
New research from pediatricians at UT Southwestern and Children's Health reveals the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children. ...
FAU researchers explore the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on resident physicians
The COVID-19 pandemic has had many deleterious consequences for health care workers, including the challenges of caring for severely ill ...
Doctors experiencing burnout can jeopardize the quality and safety of patient care
Doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents and four times more likely to ...
Cooler ambient temperatures in the tropics increase risk of heart attacks
Scientists have long known that temperature changes impact the incidence of heart attacks. However, most of the research done so ...
Day-of-injury blood tests predict which TBI patients are likely to die or survive with severe disability
A study finds that blood tests taken the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely ...
Appropriate guidance and follow-up needed for children at high risk for long COVID
Nearly 6 percent of children who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with COVID-19 reported symptoms of long COVID 90 ...
Research tests the effectiveness of a callback program on preventing ER return visits
Can a simple phone call reduce the likelihood that a patient will have to return to the emergency room in ...
Trial: Convalescent plasma does not improve survival or recovery in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to ...