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Overdose Receiving Centers - An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Authors: Hern HG, Goldstein D, Tzvieli O, Mercer M, Sporer K, Herring AA Abstract Drug overdose deaths have been the leading cause of accidental death in the United States with two thirds involving opioids. Strong evidence supports the efficacy of medications for addiction treatment such as buprenorphine and harm reduction strategies such as naloxone distribution. While emergency medical service (EMS) systems have defined specialty centers for the treatment of many significant life threatening disease (trauma, stroke, myocardial infarction) implementation of opioid use disorder systems of care that integrate EMS ar...
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - January 30, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research

Sexual Orientation Disparities in Risk Factors for Adverse COVID-19-Related Outcomes, by Race/Ethnicity - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2017-2019.
Abstract Sexual minority persons experience health disparities associated with sexual stigma and discrimination and have a high prevalence of several health conditions that have been associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (1,2). Current COVID-19 surveillance systems do not capture information about sexual orientation. To begin bridging the gap in knowledge about COVID-19 risk among sexual minority adults, CDC examined disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual adults in the prevalence of underlying conditions with strong or mixed evidence of associations with severe COVID-19-related i...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - February 5, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Heslin KC, Hall JE Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

Aggressive Therapy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Systemic Thrombolysis and Catheter-Directed Approaches
This article reviews current clinical evidence and societal guidelines for the use of systemic and catheter-directed thrombolysis for treatment of acute PE. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - February 6, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Todoran, Thomas M. Petkovich, Bradley Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Predictors of change in cardiovascular disease risk and events following gastric bypass: a 7-year prospective multicenter study
CONCLUSION: This study identified multiple presurgery factors that characterize patients who may have more cardiovascular benefit from RYGB, and patients who might require additional support to improve their cardiovascular health.PMID:33582036 | DOI:10.1016/j.soard.2020.12.013
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - February 14, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Amanda S Hinerman Samar R El Khoudary Abdus S Wahed Anita P Courcoulas Emma J M Barinas-Mitchell Wendy C King Source Type: research

Peripheral Nerve Block for Hip Fracture
Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Feb 26. doi: 10.1111/acem.14239. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBetween 2000 and 2010, there were 2.6 million hospitalizations for hip fractures in the United States among women over 55 years of age alone.1 This is nearly as many hospitalizations as those for myocardial infarction or stroke among that same population and outnumbered hospitalizations for all other fractures combined.1 Studies have also demonstrated an increased risk for mortality in the months after hip fracture.PMID:33638287 | DOI:10.1111/acem.14239
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - February 27, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Gottlieb Brit Long Source Type: research

Sex differences in outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States
Approximately 1,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occur each day in the United States. Although sex differences exist for other cardiovascular conditions such as stroke and acute myocardial infarction, they are less well understood for OHCA. Specifically, the extent to which neurological and survival outcomes after OHCA differ between men and women remains poorly characterized in the U.S.
Source: Resuscitation - March 30, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Pavitra Kotini-Shah, Marina Del Rios, Shaveta Khosla, Oksana Pugach, Kimberly Vellano, Bryan McNally, Terry Vanden Hoek, Paul S. Chan Tags: Clinical paper Source Type: research

Cardiovascular Risk of Concomitant Use of Atypical Antipsychotics and Stimulants Among Commercially Insured Youth in the United States
Conclusions: Severe cardiovascular events are rare. Concomitant stimulant/AAP use elevates the risk of less severe cardiovascular events. Periodic heart rate or blood pressure monitoring for youth on stimulant/AAP treatment may be warranted.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Challenges in managing ST elevation myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSION: This single academic center study in the United States suggests that there is a delay in patients with STEMI seeking medical attention during the COVID-19 pandemic which could be translating into worse clinical outcomes.PMID:33968306 | PMC:PMC8069518 | DOI:10.4330/wjc.v13.i4.76
Source: World Journal of Cardiology - May 10, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Megan Smith Aniruddha Singh Douglas McElroy Shilpi Mittal Richard Pham Source Type: research