Emergency Medicine
Conference Coverage
Guidance defines vaping-related respiratory syndrome
ORLANDO – The guidance is designed to help critical care professionals efficiently identify those individuals at high risk of respiratory failure...
News
2019-nCoV: Structure, characteristics of key potential therapy target determined
The 2019-nCoV spike protein, critical to infection in coronaviruses, has been sequenced and synthesized and the 3-D structure determined.
Conference Coverage
IBD quality initiative slashes ED utilization
A quality initiative led to sharp drops in emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and opioid use for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis...
News
HHS declares coronavirus emergency, orders quarantine
The order “offers the greatest level of protection for the American public in preventing introduction and spread,” Dr. Cetron said.
News
Wuhan virus: What clinicians need to know
“It’s not good enough to just download CDC’s guidance; use it to make your own local plan and know what to do 24/7.”
Radiology Review
X-Ray Goes Knee Deep
Conference Coverage
Treating LDL to below 70 reduces recurrent stroke
PHILADELPHIA – Results of TST, a rare cholesterol study in patients with a history of ischemic stroke, explore the benefits of treating to a lower...
Radiology Review
Is It More Than a Cold?
For a week, this 70-year-old woman has had symptoms of subjective fever, chills, and occasional chest pain while breathing. A x-ray elucidates the...
Conference Coverage
Getting high heightens stroke, arrhythmia risks
Cannabis use or abuse among the young was associated with adverse cardiovascular consequences in two studies.
Conference Coverage
Previously healthy patients hospitalized for sepsis show increased mortality
WASHINGTON – U.S. patients hospitalized with community-acquired sepsis had higher mortality when they had no other comorbidities.