Mel Otten Fund

• Mel Otten Endowed Chair
  Establishment of the Edward J. Otten, MD Chair for Education in Emergency Medicine will help provide yearly financial support for the Department of Emergency Medicine. It is fitting that this Chair bear the name of Dr. Otten who has championed efforts for many years within the Department of Emergency Medicine.
  
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UC EM at the International Stroke Conference

Study by Kyle Wash, MD and Opeolu Adeoye, MD, UC Department of Emergency Medicine, presented  at the International Stroke Conference. They reported that the risk for intracerebral hemorrhage is more than nine times higher for men and women with untreated hypertension compared with those with treated hypertension. Treatment of hypertension appears to have substantial impact on risk for intracerebral hemorrhage, according to Kyle Walsh, MD.  Read More >>

In Spotlight

Jordan Bonomo, MD Named to Neurocritical Care Society Board of Directors

Emergency Medicine's Jordan Bonomo, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, neurology and neurosurgery / neurocritical care and director of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship, has been elected to serve as an at-large director on the Neurocritical Care Society Board of Directors.

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Research Updates

• Hooker EA, Bochan M, Reiff TT, Blackwell C, Webb KW, Hart KW. Decreasing Clostridium difficile health care-associated infections through use of a launderable mattress cover. Am J Infect Control. 2015; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.002
• Shaw GJ, Meunier JM, Korfhagen J, Wayne B, Hart K, Lindsell CJ, Fermann G. Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial Comparing Daptomycin to Vancomycin for the Treatment of Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections in an Observation Unit. J Emerg Med. 2015; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.07.026
• Collins SP, Jenkins CA, Harrell FE Jr, Liu D, Miller KF, Lindsell CJ, Naftilan AJ, McPherson JA, Maron DJ, Sawyer DB, Weintraub NL, Fermann GJ, Roll SK, Sperling M, Storrow AB. Identification of Emergency Department Patients With Acute Heart Failure at Low Risk for 30-Day Adverse Events: The STRATIFY Decision Tool. JACC Heart Fail 2015; 3 (10): 737-47.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2015.05.007
• Stein DM, Pineda JA, Roddy V, Knight WA. Emergency Neurological Life Support: Traumatic Spine Injury. Neurocrit Care. 2015http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26438460