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As COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns begin to recede, long-standing health issues that were overshadowed during the crisis have re-emerged — in particular, the number of patients presenting to medical facilities with violence-related injuries.
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Measles and mumps virus outbreaks have become increasingly common in the United States between 2000 and 2019. While reported cases declined in 2020 and have remained low so far in 2021, reduced vaccination rates provide concern for post-COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks of both infections.
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Right after the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for one drug, feds pressed pause on distributing another.
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In one emergency department, more than three-quarters of all healthcare workers said they experienced a violent assault in the prior 12 months.
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Around 2,000 Americans younger than age 25 die each year because of sudden cardiac death.
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As of Jan. 1, 2022, accredited facilities must educate, train, monitor, and assess more often.
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Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health problem worldwide. As practicing emergency physicians know, anxiety is common in emergency department patients.
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Agency notes rising number of related emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts between early 2019 and early 2021.
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Controversy emerges over recent change from “physician assistant” to “physician associate.”
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Sore throats are common! Being able to differentiate low-acuity self-limited infections from those processes that may result in sepsis or life-threatening airway compromise is critical. The author, in this two-part article, reviews the range of pathologies that may present with a sore throat.
