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A Pearl From Medical School

A Country Doctor Writes

Before he ever got the test, he ended up in the emergency room with pneumonia. I ordered some lab tests, including a sed rate. It came back at 100 mm, five times the normal limit. I ordered a CT of his abdomen to look for kidney cancer. That could have explained the abnormal lab result.

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My First Case of Algophobia? Or Münchausen Syndrome? Or maybe Just Another Patient with Opiate Induced Hyperalgesia, Allodynia, or Maybe Just Opiate Use Disorder?

A Country Doctor Writes

After many prescriptions of oral pain medication, he landed on Butrans, the buprenorphine patch that stays on for a week, hits the mu receptor for pain just like the regular opiates but not the depression inducing kappa receptor. It’s about getting the medical attention that new symptoms, even if self inflicted, could bring.

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Cancer survivors with transportation barriers to care face risk for emergency room use and mortality, new study shows

Medical Xpress

New research from scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has found delayed care due to lack of transportation is associated with increased emergency room (ER) use and mortality risk among adults with and without cancer history.

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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We determined personal adherence rates by calculating the mean adherence rates of the medications prescribed to each individual. The mean age was 81.2

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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

Furthermore, an emergency is also defined as an urgent need for assistance or relief. When thinking about emergency room settings, even, one can easily correlate the words of Webster to what one would necessitate to be a situation requiring emergency medical treatment. What brought you to our emergency room?"

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Rise in seniors, people with non?acute medical issues being left at emergency departments

Medical Xpress

They are usually older, tend to be women, are often living with dementia and are increasingly being taken to emergency rooms by family members or friends having trouble caring for them.

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This winter, keep your balance to avoid the emergency room

Medical Xpress

Balance is defined as the body's ability to maintain its center of mass over the base of support. More importantly, especially when snowstorms hit, being balanced can prevent falls, which can lead to a reduction in injury.