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Streamlined Lyme Disease Guidelines for Frontline Providers

With the peak period for Lyme disease approaching, new guidelines help clinicians understand when to consider the ailment in patients who present to the ED, how to properly diagnosis a case, and how to treat.

Tools Keep Tabs on Patients Remotely, Predicting Outcomes and Conserving Resources

Researchers developed an automated text messaging approach that can monitor patients who have been discharged from the ED. Other investigators have leveraged artificial intelligence to train an algorithm to help emergency clinicians better predict outcomes and manage resources.

Leaders Plot How They Will Leverage the Lessons of COVID-19

Caregiver well-being, peer support, and accelerated technology should factor into what happens next after the pandemic.

COVID-19 Exposed America’s Healthcare Faultlines. What Now?

Healthcare leaders and policymakers are working to correct these problems. They are reaching out to underserved communities to better understand their needs and concerns.

Biden Administration Takes First Steps Against COVID-19

The new president signed a series of executive actions to accelerate nation’s pandemic response.

Management of Problem Wounds in the Emergency Department

Most acute wounds will heal with good topical care. However, some wounds, especially chronic ones occurring in impaired hosts, are more problematic. To properly manage these types of wounds and optimize healing, there should be an evidence-based approach to wound care in the emergency department.

Protecting At-Risk Patients from Self-Harm in the ED

Researchers try to create a safer environment to keep patients and staff alike safe.

HHS Eases Standards Regarding Opioid Addiction Care

Regulatory changes make it easier for more physicians to prescribe medication-assisted treatment.

COVID-19 Patients Can Be Managed Safely with Noninvasive Respiratory Strategies

In this retrospective chart review of adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 over a one-month period, the implementation of a noninvasive respiratory protocol that encouraged high-flow nasal cannula, noninvasive mechanical ventilation, and self-proning did not result in any significant increase in mortality.

In the Setting of Non-COVID ARDS, Improvement in Oxygenation with Proning Predicts Survival

In this retrospective cohort study, improvement in the PaO₂/FiO₂ (P/F) ratio by 54% was the optimal cutoff to predict those more likely to be alive at 28 days.