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Individual biocontainment unit protects health care workers against aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 virus

Especially in settings where personal protective equipment, or PPE, is in short supply, intubation -- inserting a breathing tube down a patient's throat -- poses a major risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure for doctors and nurses as viral particles are released into the air.

3 Sep 2020

New biocontainment unit could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients

The U.S. Army partnered with the University of Pittsburg Medical Center to create a biocontainment unit that could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients.

3 Sep 2020

UChicago Medicine launches clinical trial to test the potential of antibody against SARS-CoV-2

The University of Chicago Medicine is launching a clinical trial to examine the potential of an antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein for treating COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

3 Sep 2020

Study underscores the importance of interventions to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrests outcomes

A new study published in The Lancet Public Health found that a series of public health interventions in Singapore cumulatively increased the likelihood of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by bystanders during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) nearly eightfold and survival over threefold, underscoring the importance of such interventions to improve OHCA outcomes.

3 Sep 2020

Dozens of U.S. hospitals poised to defy FDA’s directive on COVID plasma

Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID patients to treat the disease in favor of dedicating their resources to a gold-standard clinical trial that could help settle the science for good.

3 Sep 2020

Study offers a possible explanation for prevalence of autism spectrum disorder

Recent estimates indicate a prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States of 1 in 59 children with a well-established 4:1 male predominance.

2 Sep 2020

Yale trial tests new tool to address health disparities in treatment of alcohol use disorders

Yale researchers are completing a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to test the efficacy of an automated bilingual alcohol screening and intervention tool for use in emergency departments (EDs).

1 Sep 2020

Artificial intelligence could help identify infants with low risk of bacterial infection

Artificial intelligence, or "supervised machine learning," could help identify which well-appearing infants with fever, who are 60 days old or younger, are at low risk for a serious bacterial infection, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

27 Aug 2020

Higher dosage of opioids for outpatient knee surgery is linked to increased risk of overdose death

A new study published in BMJ Open found that opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery vary widely across the country, but the strength of the average prescription in the United States is at a level that has been linked to an increased risk of overdose death.

26 Aug 2020

VUMC receives $34 million grant for nationwide convalescent plasma study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a one-year, $34-million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct a nationwide study of "convalescent plasma" as a treatment for COVID-19.

21 Aug 2020

‘Is this when I drop dead?’ Two doctors report from the COVID front lines

Health workers across the country looked on in horror when New York became the global epicenter of the coronavirus.

14 Aug 2020

America’s rural emergency physician shortage expected to worsen in future, analysis reveals

Despite the nation's growing reliance on emergency departments, large areas of rural America are experiencing shortages of emergency physicians, according to a new emergency medicine workforce analysis in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

12 Aug 2020

Nurses and doctors sick with COVID feel pressured to get back to work

The first call in early April was from the testing center, informing the nurse she was positive for COVID-19 and should quarantine for two weeks.

12 Aug 2020

Persistent hiccups an unusual COVID-19 symptom

Now, a team of researchers revealed another atypical symptom reported by patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – persistent hiccups.

10 Aug 2020

Study shows higher COVID-19 rates among minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged children

Minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged children have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 infection, a new study led by Children's National Hospital researchers shows.

5 Aug 2020

UVA now supports engineering-to-medicine faculty fellowships

The University of Virginia's Center for Engineering in Medicine now supports faculty fellowships that embed engineering faculty members within the UVA School of Medicine.

31 Jul 2020

UOttawa's Faculty of Medicine awards 58 clinical research chairs to top clinician-scientists

The Faculty of Medicine has awarded 58 clinical research chairs to top clinician-scientists in a five-year, $40 million investment to drive clinical research excellence and enhance health and patient care.

30 Jul 2020

Gender inequities in surgical residencies may take decades to reach parity

Women compose half of the entering classes of medical students, yet they are underrepresented in many of the largest surgical specialties.

29 Jul 2020

Injury patterns may help spot differences between abuse and accidents in elderly people

The signs of physical abuse among elderly people can be challenging for health care professionals to recognize, resulting in as few as one in 24 cases being reported to authorities.

28 Jul 2020

Pitt collaborative receives $7 million to evaluate convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

A team of University of Pittsburgh, Michigan Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina and Stanford Medicine. researchers recently were awarded funds from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, totaling more than $7 million to collaboratively study the role of convalescent plasma in mitigating symptoms of COVID-19 in patients with mild illness and preventing the progression of the disease from mild to severe.

28 Jul 2020

Emergency Medicine News and Research

Individual biocontainment unit protects health care workers against aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 virus

New biocontainment unit could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients

UChicago Medicine launches clinical trial to test the potential of antibody against SARS-CoV-2

Study underscores the importance of interventions to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrests outcomes

Dozens of U.S. hospitals poised to defy FDA’s directive on COVID plasma

Study offers a possible explanation for prevalence of autism spectrum disorder

Yale trial tests new tool to address health disparities in treatment of alcohol use disorders

Artificial intelligence could help identify infants with low risk of bacterial infection

Higher dosage of opioids for outpatient knee surgery is linked to increased risk of overdose death

VUMC receives $34 million grant for nationwide convalescent plasma study

‘Is this when I drop dead?’ Two doctors report from the COVID front lines

America’s rural emergency physician shortage expected to worsen in future, analysis reveals

Nurses and doctors sick with COVID feel pressured to get back to work

Persistent hiccups an unusual COVID-19 symptom

Study shows higher COVID-19 rates among minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged children

UVA now supports engineering-to-medicine faculty fellowships

UOttawa's Faculty of Medicine awards 58 clinical research chairs to top clinician-scientists

Gender inequities in surgical residencies may take decades to reach parity

Injury patterns may help spot differences between abuse and accidents in elderly people

Pitt collaborative receives $7 million to evaluate convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

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