Pediatric Emergency Physicians Absent from Rural America
Vast regions of the rural U.S. and three states have no pediatric emergency specialists, a new study…
About Dawn Antoline-Wang
Ms. Antoline-Wang is editor of ACEP Now.
Posts by Dawn Antoline-Wang
High Deductibles Tied to Fewer ED Visits for Chest Pain, Higher Heart Attack Risk
People with high-deductible health insurance plans are less likely than those with low deductibles to visit the…
More Support for Antibiotics Alone in Kids with Uncomplicated Appendicitis
For children with uncomplicated appendicitis, the success rate of initial treatment with antibiotics is unlikely to differ…
Therapeutic Hypothermia Offers No Survival Benefit for Comatose Patients After Cardiac Arrest
A large multinational study may cool enthusiasm for using hypothermia to treat comatose patients recovering from an…
Privacy May Be at Risk with Medical and Health Apps
Personal data may be at risk with many health and medical apps, a new study suggests. An…
DOAC-prompted Bleeding Fatal in Some Patients, Despite Successful Reversal in Many
Despite a high rate of effective hemostasis with reversal agents following major bleeding tied to direct oral…
Aortic Dissection Tied to Worse Outcomes in Women Than Men
Women with type A acute aortic dissection (TAAD) were more likely to present late, with complications, and…
U.S. Labor Dept Issues Emergency COVID-19 Rule for Health Care Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor issued an emergency rule on June 10, 2021, for controlling COVID-19 and…
Artificial Intelligence Tool Could Help Triage COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool predicted with up to 80 percent accuracy which COVID-19 patients would…
Revisits after ED Care for Pediatric Gastroenteritis Similar in U.S. and Canada
Revisit rates after emergency department care for pediatric gastroenteritis are similar in the U.S. and Canada even…