Usually, a head CT is not necessary for diagnostic purposes in children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), according to new guidelines from the CDC. Instead, these recommendations suggest clinicians use validated clinical decision rules to identify children with mTBI at low risk for intracranial injury, as well as those at higher risk for the condition who require a head CT.
In a new study, researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs offer insight into which patients are most likely to end up in the ED because of hypoglycemia stemming from prandial insulin use.
When a young woman with few conventional atherosclerotic risk factors presents to the ED with possible cardiac symptoms, clinicians are urged to consider spontaneous coronary artery dissection, according to a recent American Heart Association scientific statement.
A new study conducted at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center sought to determine the causes of anaphylaxis at that facility and how etiologies and episodes have evolved.
Is it better for patients presenting to the ED with nonpurulent skin and soft tissue infections to receive IV antibiotics, or will oral therapy suffice? Because guideline recommendations are unclear, researchers sought more information.
When it comes to medical errors in the ED, clinicians know the correct information but miscalculate how they process that information and verify data, according to a new study.
Location isn’t the only difference between hospital-based and freestanding EDs, according to information from a report that compared clinical characteristics for adult visits with these facilities.
For years, public health officials have urged more widespread hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing, even outside the typical high-risk population. A new study shows how EDs can play a critical role.
