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In one emergency department, more than three-quarters of all healthcare workers said they experienced a violent assault in the prior 12 months.
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As of Jan. 1, 2022, accredited facilities must educate, train, monitor, and assess more often.
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Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health problem worldwide. As practicing emergency physicians know, anxiety is common in emergency department patients.
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Agency notes rising number of related emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts between early 2019 and early 2021.
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Optimizing positive end-expiratory pressure to minimize driving pressure may be a better strategy for ventilator adjustment than maximizing partial pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (P/F) ratios to improve outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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In this prospective uncontrolled cohort study of COVID-19 survivors performed four months after their hospitalization, many patients reported at least one symptom not previously present, and abnormalities on lung computed tomography scan were common.
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High airway pressure is required to recruit lung atelectasis in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and body mass index ≥ 35 kg/m2.
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Phenylephrine pushes in septic patients were associated with early hemodynamic stability, but higher intensive care unit mortality.
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Plaintiffs expected to challenge ruling in ongoing saga over Houston facility’s policy.
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Controversy emerges over recent change from “physician assistant” to “physician associate.”
