Emergency Room Visits Articles & Analysis
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Additionally, from 2001 to 2012, the rate of emergency room visits doubled for treating children with concussions. With the pro2cool system receiving designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a breakthrough device, TecTraum is strongly positioned for revolutionizing the treatment of concussions and providing an essential medical ...
The new service helps RCSM pulmonologists detect changes in clinical condition and intervene before a patient’s condition worsens to potentially avoid an emergency room or hospital visit. “At RCSM it is our mission to be the leader in respiratory and sleep medicine, with best-in-class care delivered with a compassionate, ...
Additionally, a significantly higher proportion of patients treated with nedosiran achieved and sustained normal or near-normal Uox at two or more consecutive visits after Day 90 compared to placebo (p=0.0025). A post hoc subgroup analysis in participants with high baseline Uox (at least one value ≥ 1.6 mmol) also showed significantly greater Uox reduction in those treated ...
The 68.6% of the escalations that were found to require intervention were further broken down by intervention: 33.0% were changes in steroids and/or antibiotics 20.2% inhaled respiratory medication 15.4% both (changes in steroids/antibiotics and inhaled respiratory medication) 31.4% no pharmacological intervention “Early identification and management of exacerbations in chronic ...
The Company’s BrainScope One device is a powerful new non-invasive tool that helps clinicians objectively assess TBI and concussion while helping patients avoid unnecessary and costly emergency room visits and CT scanning and radiation. With the company’s focus on innovation and addressing core market needs, the opportunity to ...
The study demonstrated that the FDA-cleared BrainScope One medical device reduced the use of unnecessary head CT scans by nearly one-third in a hospital emergency room setting when compared to the use of standard clinical practice. Emergency Room (ER) visits for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) have greatly ...
The results revealed that there were more than 150 deaths, about 1,600 hospitalizations and around 2,700 emergency room visits due to the extreme heat. Heat waves are dangerous for everyone, but the elderly, children, the poor and those with pre-existing medical condition are particularly at risk. ...
For people with lung diseases like COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or the 23 million Americans and 6 million children living with asthma, these effects can aggravate their diseases, leading to increased medication use, emergency room visits and hospital admissions. Evidence also indicates that long-term exposure to ozone is likely to ...
Asthma is one of the leading reasons children visit emergency rooms and miss school. Although childhood asthma cannot be cured, eliminating exposure to high levels of mold and other potential links can make a tremendous difference in a child’s health. ...
The plume from the Rim Fire in California triggered emergency warnings in the Reno and Carson City area. Schoolchildren were kept inside for the second time in a week, people went to hospitals complaining of eye and throat irritation and officials urged people to avoid all physical activity outdoors. ...
“This project will ensure more emergency room visits, lost school and work days and new cases of asthma and chronic respiratory disease for local residents while BNSF pulls in more ...
Although the report found the percentage of children reported to currently have asthma increased from 8.7 percent in 2001 to 9.4 percent in 2010 and that minority populations are particularly affected by asthma, the severity of children’s asthma and respiratory symptoms has declined. The rate of emergency room visits for asthma decreased ...
“Each year, asthma accounts for over 15 million physician visits, 2 million emergency room visits and costs the nation over $56 billion dollars. ...
For CAI patients, asthma-related emergency department visits have dropped by 65 percent and hospitalizations have decreased by 81 percent. ...
Twenty-three million people in the United States, including 7 million children, suffer from asthma, which is one of the leading causes of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and school absenteeism for children. ...
During the summer hospital admissions and emergency room visits increase do to an increase in asthma related symptoms. ...
Asthma in children is the cause of seven million physician visits and nearly 200,000 hospitalizations. Thirteen million school days are missed each year due to asthma. ...
Each year, food allergies instigate more than 30,000 emergency room visits, and in rare cases can lead to death. The number of allergy-related incidences in the United States doubled between 1997 and 2002. ...
“As our climate changes with more extreme events, Californians can expect longer, more intense heat waves like the one in the summer of 2006, which means more heat-related illnesses and emergency room visits,” said Kim Knowlton, global warming and health scientist with NRDC. ...
Diesel engines emit a toxic brew of pollutants, causing adverse health impacts, such as asthma, increased risk for cardiovascular disease, increased emergency room visits, birth defects, premature births, and other respiratory illnesses. ...