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Almost a third of road users fail to notice approach of emergency ambulances
Almost a third of road users fail to notice the approach of emergency ambulances, despite sirens and flashing lights, reveals a survey in Emergency Medicine Journal. But among those who do, the encounter is often stressful, and in a significant minority of cases, potentially hazardous. The findings are based on a survey of 200 road users aged... view more... (2003-05-13)

New cardiac MRI pinpoints closed arteries without surgery
A new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique can noninvasively demonstrate blockage of the coronary arteries with high diagnostic accuracy, according to a study featured in the July issue of Radiology.   view more (2006-06-27)

The future of non-invasive cardiac imaging
Imaging has gained attention in many areas of medicine but its relevance and importance in clinical cardiology cannot be underestimated.   view more (2008-09-02)

Hospital emergency departments vary greatly across country
A large percentage of hospital emergency departments across the U.S. are very different from the high-intensity setting familiar to viewers of the television program "ER." A database developed by a research team based at Massachusetts General Hospital - the first comprehensive list of emergency departments (EDs) across the country -... view more... (2006-12-05)

Bowel cancer screening halves emergency admissions and cuts deaths
Bowel cancer screening halves emergency admissions for the disease and significantly cuts death rates, reveal the fifth year results from one of the first UK pilot sites.   view more (2007-12-03)

LA BioMed researchers find few emergency rooms fully equipped for pediatric patients
In the first survey to specifically measure hospital pediatric preparedness, a team of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers found few U.S. emergency rooms are properly equipped for children.   view more (2007-12-04)

High intracoronary attenuation improves accuracy of 64-slice CT-CA
High intracoronary attenuation significantly improves diagnostic accuracy in 64-slice CT-CA of the coronary arteries.   view more (2007-05-07)

Mammography plus sonography can help rule out breast cancer in patients with palpable lesions
When mammography and sonography are used together to evaluate palpable breast lesions, they can rule out cancers in most patients, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Baystate Health in Springfield, MA. However, uncommonly, malignancies cannot be diagnosed using this imaging protocol.   view more (2008-04-14)

New chip set to revolutionise science and medicine
An engineer at the University of Sheffield is leading a £4.5m project that could revolutionise the way scientists, medics and others see the world - by allowing the earlier detection of cancer, the instant analysis of medical screening tests, and permitting the emergency and security services to work effectively in murky surroundings. It... view more... (2004-05-18)

Emergency departments test chest pain patients differently, based on race, gender and insurance
The study, conducted by Liliana E. Pezzin, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at the Medical College, along with co-investigators Gary B. Green, M.D., MPH, and Penelope Keyl, Ph.D., at Johns Hopkins, appears in the February 2007 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.   view more (2007-02-02)

Cardiac CT Is More Cost Effective When Managing Low-Risk Patients with Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
The use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department, instead of the traditional standard of care (SOC) workup, may reduce a patient's length of stay and hospital charges.   view more (2009-07-10)

Improved diagnostic technology for Crohn's disease
The diagnostic value of CT enteroclysis is superior to conventional enteroclysis, previously considered the gold standard, as an imaging method for the evaluation of the small bowel in patients with Crohn's disease, a new study shows.   view more (2006-01-31)

Academy Medal for MRI Pioneer
Professor Ian Young, OBE, FREng, FRS, one of the pioneers of the diagnostic engineering technology Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has won this year's prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Sir Frank Whittle Medal. This year awarded for 'engineering innovations in medicine', and presented to Professor Young to recognise his contributions to the... view more... (2004-06-10)

Education may improve hospital prescription rate of emergency contraception to teens
Many doctors don't offer emergency contraception pills to adolescents who may benefit from them during emergency department visits because of misinformation about how the medicine works, according to a study by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.   view more (2009-03-06)

Northwest hospitals unprepared for chemical emergencies
Many hospitals in the northwest of England are ill-prepared to deal with a major chemical incident. According to a survey published in the online open access journal BMC Emergency Medicine.   view more (2007-12-20)

One in four patients has been drinking before arrival at accident and emergency
One in four patients has been drinking before arrival at accident and emergency, reveals a study in Emergency Medicine Journal. Alcohol was implicated in almost all cases of self-harm, almost half of collapses, half of all assaults, and half of admissions to hospital, the findings show. A survey was carried out of all new attenders aged 10 and... view more... (2001-06-29)

Data: Actual imaging use far below President's rec. 95 percent utilization rate for Medicare
The amount of time imaging equipment is in use in outpatient settings does not approach use rates President Obama and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommend Medicare utilize to calculate reimbursement for imaging   view more (2009-06-19)

Take away opiate antidote saves lives
Distributing naloxone (the antidote for opiate overdose) to opiate addicts saves lives, according to the first ever results of two pilot schemes published in this week's BMJ Opiate users in two centres (Berlin and Jersey) were offered training in emergency resuscitation after overdose and were given supplies of naloxone to take home. They were... view more... (2001-04-10)

Survey: Refusal to Evacuate, Complacency Remain Problems During Hurricanes
After the state had been battered by three hurricanes last year, many residents ignored the threat of Hurricane Jeanne and refused to leave their homes in evacuation zones, county emergency managers reported in a survey released today by a University of Central Florida researcher.   view more (2005-12-01)

Ruling out pulmonary embolism with a simple bedside protocol
Although clots in the lung (pulmonary embolism or PE) are the second-leading cause of sudden death in the United States, blood tests and ultrafast CT scanning to detect PE are being used on so many patients that over 90% of these tests are negative.   view more (2007-05-16)
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