Emergency Medicine News

• Tramadol Linked to Higher Risk of Mortality Compared to Codeine Tramadol in widely used for noncancer pain but as compared with codeine, it was associated with a higher risk for adverse outcomes, including death.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2021
• PA Defends Against License Suspension for COVID Treatment Physician assistant responds to allegations that he prescribed ivermectin, among other unorthodox cures for the deadly virus, and thanks supporters for raising more than $59,000 for his legal fees.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2021
• Why We Lose Weight and Why We Don't According to the NIDDK, more than 70% of American adults are overweight or obese.
  WebMD Health News, October 18, 2021
• New Antimigraine Drugs Linked With Less Risk for Adverse Events New classes of antimigraine drugs demonstrate efficacy and improved tolerability for patients with chronic migraine, according to new research.
  Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2021
• Waivers Mitigated COVID-19 Bills for Hospital Services Many hospitalized COVID-19 patients were billed for professional and ancillary services, suggesting limits of insurance waivers.
  Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2021
• Lawsuits Demand Unproven Ivermectin for COVID Patients At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the US, many in recent weeks, by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin.
  Associated Press, October 18, 2021
• Colin Powell, 84, Dies of COVID Complications The former US secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff died early Monday from complications of COVID-19, his family said in a statement.
  WebMD Health News, October 18, 2021
• When Can Uncomplicated Appendicitis Be Treated Nonoperatively? Careful patient selection is key to optimizing treatment for adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, a secondary analysis of the APPAC II randomized trial showed.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• FDA Panel Backs Second Shot for Those Who Got J&J Vaccine While the advisory panel felt the data supporting a booster was limited and unfocused, they unanimously backed a second shot for recipients of the J&J vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• AAP 2021 Biomarkers May indicate Severity of COVID in Children Biomarkers detected in saliva samples could be potential indicators of disease severity in children with COVID, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• Female Docs Continue to Earn Less Than Male Peers: Survey Among all physicians, men earn 35% more than their female counterparts; pay gap among specialists is greater than that in primary care.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• Mixing COVID Vaccine Boosters May Be Better Option: Study New research shows that there were few safety issues when mixing and matching vaccines for booster doses, and the immune responses appear to be more potent in cases where vaccines are mixed.
  Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2021
• FDA Advisors Vote to Recommend Moderna Boosters Those who might need a booster are the same groups who've gotten a green light for third Pfizer doses.
  WebMD Health News, October 14, 2021
• No Unemployment Checks for Health Workers Who Refuse Vaccine "Refusing to comply with an employer's policies, including a health or safety policy, typically disqualifies a person from being eligible to receive unemployment benefits."
  Associated Press, October 14, 2021
• Indiana Couple Says Kids Got COVID Vaccines Rather Than Flu Shots A pharmacist called after they returned home and reported that they were accidentally given the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, which is not yet authorized for children under age 12.
  WebMD Health News, October 14, 2021
• New York Surgeon Dies in Hit-and-Run Car Crash John Chambers Hordines, Jr, was an avid outdoorsman, loved classic rock, and had "one of the biggest hearts you'll ever find," a colleague recalled.
  Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2021
• Half of COVID Survivors Report Effects Beyond 6 Months: Review In a review of studies involving more than 250,000 patients, the most common sequelae included mental health, pulmonary, and neurologic disorders.
  Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2021
• Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence Healthcare workers already bore the brunt of workplace violence in the U.S. Now, tensions from an exhausting pandemic are spilling over into hospitals.
  Kaiser Health News, October 14, 2021
• New Safety Data Regarding COVID Vaccines A recent pharmacovigilance monitoring report flags Parsonage-Turner syndrome as a potential adverse effect of mRNA COVID vaccines, and confirms rare cases of myocarditis in 12- to 18-year-olds.
  Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2021
• Failure to Communicate 'Doc-to-Doc' Blamed for Patient's Death A lawsuit alleged that a patient died because the surgical oncologist did not make it clear to the treatment team that the tumor had not been completely resected.
  Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2021