Tag: emergency medicine
Fall-prevention efforts in emergency departments could benefit older adults once they return home
Falls are among the most frequent reasons older adults seek care in emergency departments, and many of these…
Novel Domestic Intervention May Decrease Emergency Hospital Visits Among the Elderly
A groundbreaking service designed to support older adults who are beginning to experience frailty has the potential to…
Alcohol Consumption in Elderly Doubles Risk of Brain Hemorrhage Due to Falls
Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries in older adults across the United States,…
Study Finds Higher Healthcare Costs Linked to Unplanned Utilization Among Patients with Cognitive Impairment
Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine utilised population-based Singapore Chinese…
Closing the Care Gap: CU Anschutz Researchers Aim to Enhance Heart Disease Treatment for Women
Researchers from the Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research have recently published a significant paper in the…
Early Management of Blood Pressure in Acute Stroke: Balancing Benefits and Risks
New research highlighted at the 10th European Stroke Organisation Conference in Basel, Switzerland and concurrently published in the…
Reconsidering the Care of Patients Admitted for Social Reasons
The categorisation of vulnerable hospital patients as "socially admitted" has been identified as potentially obstructing their medical treatment,…