Emptiness of ERs Worries Doctors as Heart Attack and Stroke Patients Delay Care
The patient described it as the worst headache of her life. She didn’t go to the hospital, though. Instead, the Washington state resident waited almost a week. When Abhineet Chowdhary, MD, finally saw her, he discovered she had a brain bleed that had gone untreated. The neurosurgeon did his best, but it was too late. […]
How much radiation is your child exposed to?
Radiation exposure, and the cumulative radiation a child receives, continues to be a topic of research and study. The less radiation a child receives the better. Ultrasounds are an imaging modality that does not expose a child to radiation. There are more and more instances where ultrasounds are being used rather than X-ray or CT […]
Fighting risky pain pill use in the ER
Source: University of Michigan Health System As America battles an epidemic of deaths from misused pain pills, a new study suggests an inexpensive way to cut risky use of these drugs by people who have a high chance of overdosing. And it could happen exactly where many patients get those drugs in the first place: […]
