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Surgery Patients Infected with COVID-19 Experience Poor Outcomes
Researchers found patients infected with COVID-19 die at a rate of 23.8% within 30 days after surgery.
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Managing Surgical Risk, Budgets Is Trickier Than Ever
Surgery centers face multiple challenges as they navigate the new landscape of fewer cases, risk from COVID-19, and little government help.
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Emergency Providers Identify Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Patients
A new study highlights the critical role emergency providers play in identifying the incidence of pulmonary embolisms (PE) in patients who present with COVID-19. Researchers have delineated some factors that either heighten or decrease the risk that a patient has or may develop a PE so that treatment can be optimized at an early stage.
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Chicago ED Accelerates Care, Improves Behavioral Health Prescribing Practices
The emergency department at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago has implemented a two-pronged approach aimed at improving the way behavioral health patients are managed. This includes a new risk-stratification process that categorizes patients as low-, moderate-, or high-risk based on their diagnosis, and also promotes using newer-generation antipsychotic drugs.
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Advocacy Groups Call for Removing Barriers to Mental Healthcare for Clinicians
Considering the unprecedented strain they face while working on the COVID-19 frontline, leading U.S. medical associations have outlined a series of steps intended to ensure all clinicians can access the self-care resources they need.
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Address Patients’ COVID-19 Fears Through Thoughtful Design Changes, Clear Messaging
While some state hospital associations are leveraging their collective power to reassure patients that accessing needed care is important and safe, there are steps individual hospitals and emergency departments can take, too.
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Clinical Leaders Urge Patients to Seek Care for Critical, Time-Sensitive Conditions
While COVID-19 continues surging in many regions, emergency departments across the country are confronting another significant problem: plummeting patient volumes. Many people with time-sensitive conditions such as stroke and heart attack are delaying or avoiding care, a reality that is leading to tragic results.
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An Over-the-Counter Progestin-Only Pill Would Appeal to Millions
In a model based on a national survey of 2,539 reproductive-age women in the United States, an over-the-counter, progestin-only contraceptive pill would appeal to 12.5 million adults and 1.75 million teens, assuming there were no out-of-pocket costs.
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Intervention Reduces Pregnancy and STI Risk Among Young Women with Depression
Young women with depression experience a higher rate of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections than young women, in general. The challenge for family planning clinicians is to find an effective intervention to help them prevent pregnancy and maintain their health.