Science news articles about 'emergency room patients'

... a major driver of health care costs: the emergency room. Yet in a policy brief released ... Likely to Delay Prescription Drugs and Use the Emergency Room." Patient income and illness did not predict ER ...

... acute heart failure (AHF) in emergency room patients. Research findings published in the Journal ... pressure) and the clinician's judgement to help diagnose patients whose history, physical or chest X- ...

Many emergency room patients are discharged without understanding how to care for themselves once they get home, researchers say.

... balances not paid by insurers. Emergency room patients can no longer be stuck with the bill when hospitals ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to ...

... findings help identify potential new targets for drugs which may eventually help physicians better treat emergency room patients suffering from wheezing, coughing and shortness of ...

... findings help identify potential new targets for drugs which may eventually help physicians better treat emergency room patients suffering from wheezing, coughing and shortness of ...

All too often, a stethoscope and a doctor's touch are still the primary tools for diagnosing emergency-room patients. UC Irvine physician Chris Fox aims to change that.