Emergency Medicine News

• AHA 2022 Perceived Discrimination Tied to Worse Recovery After MI in Young Among adults aged 55 and younger who survived an MI, experiencing discrimination in day-to-day life was associated worse recovery — greater chest pain, worse quality of life — a year later.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2022
• Don't Call Me 'Dr', Say Some Physicians. Most Disagree Patients "untitling" physicians has become more common. Some doctors think it's a positive trend, but others feel that the honorific title helps reinforce the physician's medical knowledge.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2022
• A Post–Super Bowl Airplane Emergency When an airline passenger develops unexplainable life-threatening symptoms midflight, two physicians treat her while the clock ticks.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• Philips Recalls Some Previously Replaced Ventilators: FDA Statement Philips, which has been struggling with a major recall of ventilators, is recalling some machines it has previously replaced, according to an FDA statement.
  Reuters Health Information, November 21, 2022
• Opt-out HIV Testing in Emergency Rooms Helps Identify New Cases 'Notional consent testing' can be an effective tool.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• New, Simple Technique for cSDH Cuts Recurrence by 50% A new study suggests using irrigation at body temperature instead of room temperature could cut recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma in half.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• New Docs Find Both Fulfillment and Frustration in First Years Whether you just became an attending or have a few years under your belt, the newest generation of physicians speaks out about the good, the bad and the ugly within the medical field.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2022
• NP Fined $20K for Advertising Herself as 'Doctor Sarah' Although the California nurse practitioner held a doctor of nursing practice degree, she violated the state’s patient protection law restricting who may call themselves "doctor."
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2022
• Fentanyl Vaccine a Potential 'Game Changer' for Opioid Crisis Researchers have developed a vaccine that blocks the ability of fentanyl to enter the brain, eliminating the synthetic opioid's euphoric effects.
  Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2022
• Is Substance Abuse Among Physicians on the Rise Since COVID? What's COVID got to do with substance use among physicians? Think stress, burnout, overwork, and higher rates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
  Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2022
• Doctors Fume Over Harmful Delays in Prior Authorizations Physicians feel overwhelmed by the rising volume of prior authorizations that insurers require and denials that can harm patients, sounding off in a recent Medscape poll.
  Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2022
• A Plane Crash Interrupts A Doctor's Vacation When a small plane crashes into a lake, a doctor must literally dive in head-first to save a 5-year-old girl from drowning. The outcome is not what you'd expect.
  Medscape Medical News, November 16, 2022
• Residents React: Has Residency Become Easier or Overly Difficult? Do medical residents have it easier than in years past? What have pass-fail Step 1 exams and online interviews done for residency? Here's what residents are saying.
  Medscape Medical News, November 16, 2022
• And the Winners Are…Feds Award $400K for Most Innovative Masks From an initial pool of 1500 entries, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority whittled down entrants to two winners and two runners up, awarding $400,000.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2022
• Patient Harm, Not Malpractice, Top of Mind for Emergency Medicine Physicians A new study found that fears of patient harm and malpractice peak early in emergency medicine practice and may subside as providers gain more experience.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2022
• A Blood Test at the Touch of a Button, Without the Needle A new sensor technology can determine what's in a person's blood by way of a fingerprint touch as simple as the one found on many smartphones.
  WebMD Health News, November 15, 2022
• FDA Takes New Steps to Support OTC Naloxone for Opioid Overdose The US Food and Drug Administration has announced some naloxone products may be approvable for over-the-counter use, which they hope will encourage manufacturers to seek OTC approval.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2022
• Experts Explain the 'Perfect Storm' of Rampant RSV and Flu Infectious disease experts share why they think more than 2 years of COVID-19 helped create a treacherous environment for unusual RSV and flu outbreaks.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2022
• 'COVID-22' Case Studies: What Can We Learn From Them? French doctor Colas Tcherakian discusses two clinical cases that suggest this new wave has similarities with the first one. What lessons can we learn from this?
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2022
• ED Visits for Kids With Suicidal Thoughts Increasing: Study Emergency department visits for "suicidal ideation" (or suicidal thoughts) among 5- to 19-year-olds increased 59% from 2016 to 2021, and hospitalizations rose 57% from fall 2019 to the fall of 2020.
  WebMD Health News, November 14, 2022