Emergency Medicine News

• ESOC 2022 Uncertain Results for Tenecteplase in 'Wake-up' Stroke The TWIST trial aimed to show benefit of the new bolus thrombolytic in patients with 'wake-up' stroke selected by noncontrast CT, but turned out to be underpowered to achieve a definitive result.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Taking ICH Cases Straight to Endovascular Center May Cause Harm RACECAT trial results suggest the longer travel times to the comprehensive stroke center -- rather than going to a closer primary stroke center -- could be harmful for patients having a hemorrhagic stroke.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ED Staff Speak Out About Workplace Violence, Ask for Mitigation How much is workplace violence contributing to the great resignation in healthcare and what might be done to make clinicians feel more supported? ED doctors and nurses have some ideas.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• HRS 2022 Nasal Spray for Stopping PSVT Seems Feasible, Safe in Long Term The self-administered spray using a calcium-channel blocker, seen as faster-acting than a pill-in-the-pocket, usually terminated multiple bouts of the arrhythmia over months of use in a cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Cardiologist Hit With Additional Sexual Assault Charges been charged with four additional counts as more victims have come forward, police confirm.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Civil Rights Lawsuit Alleges Racism Caused Mother's Death A Black widower claims Cedar-Sinai ignored his wife's medical distress after her cesarean delivery because of the color of her skin.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• CDC: Gun Homicides Increased 35% in 2020 The report highlighted troubling racial, ethnic, and class disparities. Black people saw the largest increase in firearm homicides, at 39%.
  WebMD Health News, May 11, 2022
• ED Visits, Readmissions Common After CAR T Therapy Toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapy typically emerge in the first month after treatment, a new analysis suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Grit Your Teeth for a Lesser-Known Complication of Diabetes In addition to neuropathy, nephropathy, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease, tooth loss is a lesser-known potential complication of type 2 diabetes. A large meta-analysis quantifies the risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Second Trial Shows Thrombectomy Benefit in Basilar Artery Stroke The BAOCHE trial has shown a large benefit of endovascular thrombectomy for patients with a stroke caused by a basilar artery occlusion.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ACP-IM 2022 When Medical 'Myths' Outlast the Evidence Long-held dogma engraved during training or early in the careers of many physicians can be difficult to overcome despite new evidence to the contrary.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• ESOC 2022 No Benefit to Early Tracheostomy in Severe Stroke The findings don't end debate on whether an early or standard approach to tracheostomy yields better outcomes, but does give clinicians a choice.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Mysterious Hepatitis in Kids: What We Know and Don't Know Now Global reports of a mysterious hepatitis affecting young children continue to mount as health officials search for definitive answers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Stanford Health Care's Residents Vote to Join Union Stanford's residents are participating in a growing national trend toward unionization in medical education.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Endovascular Benefit Finally Confirmed for Basilar Artery Stroke The benefit of endovascular therapy in the treatment of stroke caused by an occlusion of the basilar artery has finally been confirmed in the ATTENTION randomized controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Innocent Doc Sued After 'Secret' Med Expert Says Claim Has Merit In some states, plaintiffs can conceal the identity of experts used for affidavits of merit. Is this fair to physician defendants?
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Docs Find New and Better Ways to Cut EHR Input Time Physicians have been trying all types of methods to cut EHR input time and chart documentation. Here are some of their answers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Safety Concerns Halt High-dose Tenecteplase Stroke Study The NOR-TEST 2A trial was stopped after increased rates of ICH and mortality were seen in the group assigned to tenecteplase 0.4 mg/kg compared with the standard dose of alteplase.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Booster After Infection Adds Little Extra Benefit vs Omicron Among people who were previously infected with the coronavirus, a third dose of an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna may not boost their protection against the Omicron variant of the virus, according to new data.
  Reuters Health Information, May 04, 2022
• Multi-State Opioid Crackdown Nets Indictment Against 7 Physicians Individuals across six states were charged with the illegal distribution of more than 115 million opioid pills, according to officials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022