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Factors associated with stroke misdiagnosis in the emergency department: A retrospective case-control study. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30092562/ Women and risk of stroke infographic.
At first, the pain is manageable enough. It almost feels like you’ve pulled a muscle or have a stitch in your side. But all too quickly, that pain increases, radiating from back to front until ...
Some CAD risk factors seem to make a bigger impact on a woman’s risk for heart disease than a man’s, including: Diabetes. Low “good” (HDL) cholesterol. Mild to moderate high blood pressure ...
The study noted some common female heart attack symptoms: • shortness of breath (57.9%) • weakness (54.8%) • unusual fatigue (42.9%) Women had other atypical heart attack symptoms, too ...
Death of Gloria Ramirez. Gloria Cecilia Ramirez (January 11, 1963 – February 19, 1994) [1] was an American woman from Riverside, California, who was dubbed the Toxic Lady or the Toxic Woman by the media when several hospital workers became ill after airborne exposure to her body and blood. Ramirez had been admitted to the emergency room ...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 90% of emergency departments in the U.S. regularly reported overcrowding, and wait times averaged more than 2.5 hours in 2022, according to a commentary published ...
A hypertensive emergency is when blood pressure is at or above 180/120 mm Hg. When you have an increase in both numbers plus the symptoms of organ damage mentioned above, it’s an emergency ...
The main patient area inside the Mobile Medical Unit operated in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own ...