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Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:17
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Characteristics of emergency department admissions with congestive heart failure in the United States: a Nationwide cross-sectional study
To understand the characteristics and clinical presentation of patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) visiting the emergency department (ED), and to examine the factors associated with clinical outcomes ...
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Predictors of short- and long-term mortality in critically ill, older adults admitted to the emergency department: an observational study
In the future, we can expect an increase in older patients in emergency departments (ED) and acute wards. The main purpose of this study was to identify predictors of short- and long-term mortality in the ED a...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:15 -
Comparison of 3-factor versus 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate for emergent warfarin reversal: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Patients requiring emergent warfarin reversal (EWR) have been prescribed three-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC3) and four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC4) to reverse the anticoagulant ...
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Biomechanical analysis of force distribution in one-handed and two-handed child chest compression- a randomized crossover observational study
Even force distribution would generate efficient external chest compression (ECC). Little research has been done to compare force distribution between one-hand (OH) and two-handed (TH) during child ECC. Therefo.....
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:13 -
Patients’ experiences of attending emergency departments where primary care services are located: qualitative findings from patient and clinician interviews from a realist evaluation
Patient experience is an important outcome and indicator of healthcare quality, and patient reported experiences are key to improving quality of care. While patient experience in emergency departments (EDs) ha...
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Comparison and outcomes of emergency department presentations with respiratory disorders among Australian indigenous and non-indigenous patients
There is sparse evidence in the literature assessing emergency department presentation with respiratory disorders among Indigenous patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteris...
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Assessing the quality of patient handovers between ambulance services and emergency department – development and validation of the emergency department human factors in handover tool
Patient handover between prehospital care and the emergency department plays a key role in patient safety. Therefore, we aimed to create a validated tool for measuring quality of communication and interprofess...
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Effectiveness of clotting factor replacement therapy after antivenom treatment on coagulopathic envenomation following green pit viper bites: a retrospective observational study
Green pit vipers (GPVs), namely Trimeresurus albolabris and Trimeresurus stejnegeri accounts for most snakebites in Southern China. Green pit viper venom contains thrombin-like enzymes, resulting in defibrination...
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Usability and effectiveness of inhaled methoxyflurane for prehospital analgesia - a prospective, observational study
Pain relief in the prehospital setting is often insufficient, as the administration of potent intravenous analgesic drugs is mostly reserved to physicians. In Australia, inhaled methoxyflurane has been in rout...
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Epidemiology of trauma in the subarctic regions of the Nordic countries
The northern regions of the Nordic countries have common challenges of sparsely populated areas, long distances, and an arctic climate. The aim of this study was to compare the cause and rate of fatal injuries...
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Point-of-care testing in Paediatric settings in the UK and Ireland: a cross-sectional study
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is diagnostic testing performed at or near to the site of the patient. Understanding the current capacity, and scope, of POCT in this setting is essential in order to respond to ne...
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German emergency department measures in 2018: a status quo based on the Utstein reporting standard
Compelling data on clinical emergency medicine is required for healthcare system management.
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An economic evaluation of triage tools for patients with suspected severe injuries in England
Many health care systems triage injured patients to major trauma centres (MTCs) or local hospitals by using triage tools and paramedic judgement. Triage tools are typically assessed by whether patients with an...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:4 -
Early fluid bolus in adults with sepsis in the emergency department: a systematic review, meta-analysis and narrative synthesis
Early intravenous fluids for patients with sepsis presenting with hypoperfusion or shock in the emergency department remains one of the key recommendations of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines to reduce...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:3 -
Pre-hospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with stroke mimics: data from the RIGHT-2 randomised-controlled ambulance trial
Prehospital stroke trials will inevitably recruit patients with non-stroke conditions, so called stroke mimics. We undertook a pre-specified analysis to determine outcomes in patients with mimics in the second...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:2 -
Incidence of emergency neurosurgical TBI procedures: a population-based study
The rates of emergency neurosurgery in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients vary between populations and trauma centers. In planning acute TBI treatment, knowledge about rates and incidence of emergency neuro...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:1 -
The impact of Ramadan on visits related to diabetes emergencies at a tertiary care center
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar were Muslims fast from dawn until sunset. This prolonged fasting period might have an impact on patients with diabetes and their disease control. This study a...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:162 -
Prognostic value of diagnostic scales in community-acquired sepsis mortality at an emergency service. Prognosis in community-adquired sepsis
To asses the prognostic value of diagnostic scales in mortality of community-adquired sepsis and added value of additional parameters.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:161 -
Driving the ambulance: an essential component of emergency medical services: an integrative review
The transport of patients from one location to another is a fundamental part of emergency medical services. However, little interest has been shown in the actual driving of the ambulance. Therefore, this revie...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:160 -
Pre- and post-home visit behaviors after using after-hours house call (AHHC) medical services: a questionnaire-based survey in Tokyo, Japan
After-hours house call (AHHC) medical services have been implemented in Japan to reduce ambulance use, as well as overcrowding at the emergency department (ED). Examining the pre-and post-home visit behaviors ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:159 -
Towards enhanced telephone triage for chest pain: a Delphi study to define life-threatening conditions that must be identified
Improving telephone triage for patients with chest pain has been identified as a national research priority. However, there is a lack of strong evidence to define the life-threatening conditions (LTCs) that te...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:158 -
Changes in peripheral arterial blood pressure after resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic cardiac arrest patients
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) may be an adjunct treatment to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Aortic occlusion may increase aortic pressure and increase the coronary per...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:157 -
Limited need for hospital resources among patients brought to hospital by the emergency medical services
In Sweden, the majority of patients who are transported to hospital by the emergency medical services (EMS) are relatively old and the majority suffer from comorbidity. About half these patients are admitted t...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:156 -
Factors associated with undertriage in patients classified by the need to visit a hospital by telephone triage: a retrospective cohort study
Prehospital telephone triage stratifies patients into five categories, “need immediate hospital visit by ambulance,” “need to visit a hospital within 1 hour,” “need to visit a hospital within 6 hours,” “need t...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:155 -
Non-conveyance of older adult patients and association with subsequent clinical and adverse events after initial assessment by ambulance clinicians: a cohort analysis
Older adults (age ≥ 65 years) represent a significant proportion of all patients who are not transported to hospital after assessment by ambulance clinicians (non-conveyed patients). This study aimed to fill t...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:154 -
Evaluating the transitions in care for children presenting with acute asthma to emergency departments: a retrospective cohort study
Acute asthma is a common presentation to emergency departments (EDs) worldwide and, due to overcrowding, delays in treatment often occur. This study deconstructs the total ED length of stay into stages and est...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:153 -
Prognostic scores and early management of septic patients in the emergency department of a secondary hospital: results of a retrospective study
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and other illness prognostic scores predict adverse outcomes in critical patients. Their validation as a decision-making tool in the emergency department (ED) of seco...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:152 -
Intravenous infusion route in maternal resuscitation: a scoping review
The concept that upper extremities can be used as an infusion route during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pregnant women is a reasonable recommendation considering the characteristic circulation of pregnant ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:151 -
Regular feedback on inter-hospital transfer improved the clinical outcome and survival in patients with multiple trauma: a retrospective cohort study
Undertriage of major trauma patients is unavoidable, especially in the trauma system of rural areas. Timely stabilization and transfer of critical trauma patients remains a great challenge for hospitals with l...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:150 -
suPAR cut-offs for stratification of low, medium, and high-risk acute medical patients in the emergency department
Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) levels have previously been associated with readmission and mortality in acute medical patients in the ED. However, no specific cut-offs for suPAR have ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:149 -
Survival after traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Vietnam: a multicenter prospective cohort study
Pre-hospital services are not well developed in Vietnam, especially the lack of a trauma system of care. Thus, the prognosis of traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) might differ from that of other c...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:148 -
Monocyte distribution width (MDW) as a new tool for the prediction of sepsis in critically ill patients: a preliminary investigation in an intensive care unit
Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW), a simple proxy marker of innate monocyte activation, can be used for the early recognition of sepsis along with Procalcitonin. This study explored the added value of MDW as a...
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Pediatric triage variations among nurses, pediatric and emergency residents using the Canadian triage and acuity scale
Emergency care continues to be a challenge, since patients’ arrival is unscheduled and could occur at the same time which may fill the Emergency Department with non-urgent patients. Triaging is an integral par...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:146 -
Organisational determinants and consequences of diagnostic discrepancy in two large patient groups in the emergency departments: a national study of consecutive episodes between 2008 and 2016
Diagnostic discrepancy (DD) is a common phenomenon in healthcare, but little is known about its organisational determinants and consequences. Thus, the aim of the study was to evaluate this among selected emer...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:145 -
Drug-free tracheal intubation by specialist paramedics (critical care) in a United Kingdom ambulance service: a service evaluation
Drug-free tracheal intubation has been a common intervention in the context of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest for many years, however its use by paramedics has recently been the subject of much debate. Recent ...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:144 -
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions
To better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital healthcare, we studied activity in the emergency department (ED) and acute medicine department of a major UK hospital.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:143 -
Predicting factors for abnormal brain computed tomography in children with minor head trauma
Deciding whether a cranial Computed Tomography (CT) scan in a patient with minor head trauma (MHT) is necessary or not has always been challenging. Diagnosing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a fundamental part...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:142 -
Electrocardiographic abnormalities in COVID-19 patients visiting the emergency department: a multicenter retrospective study
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can be associated with myocardial injury. Identification of at-risk patients and mechanisms underlying cardiac involvement in COVID-19 remains uncle...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:141 -
Correction to: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trauma-related emergency medical service calls: a retrospective cohort study
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:140 -
Learning from diagnostic errors to improve patient safety when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: incorporating realist methodology into patient safety incident report analysis
Increasing demand on emergency healthcare systems has prompted introduction of new healthcare service models including the provision of GP services in or alongside emergency departments. In England this led to...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:139 -
The Alternative Pre-hospital Pathway team: reducing conveyances to the emergency department through patient centered Community Emergency Medicine
Internationally increasing demand for emergency care is driving innovation within emergency services. The Alternative Pre-Hospital Pathway (APP) Team is one such Community Emergency Medicine (CEM) initiative d...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:138 -
The timing of administering aspirin and nitroglycerin in patients with STEMI ECG changes alter patient outcome
Both chewed aspirin and sublingual nitroglycerin are fast acting medications and reach therapeutic levels within a few minutes. Current guidelines for managing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) do not recognize th...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:137 -
Timely intubation with early prediction of respiratory exacerbation in acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury
Early routine intubation in motor-complete cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) above the C5 level is a conventional protocol to prevent unexpected respiratory exacerbation (RE). However, in the context of recen...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:136 -
Qualitative development and content validation of the “SPART” model; a focused ethnography study of observable diagnostic and therapeutic activities in the emergency medical services care process
Clinical reasoning is a crucial task within the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) care process. Both contextual and cognitive factors make the task susceptible to errors. Understanding the EMS care process’ str...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:135 -
Does the time of the day affect multiple trauma care in hospitals? A retrospective analysis of data from the TraumaRegister DGU®
Optimal multiple trauma care should be continuously provided during the day and night. Several studies have demonstrated worse outcomes and higher mortality in patients admitted at night. This study involved t...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:134 -
A dangerously underrated entity? Non-specific complaints at emergency department presentation are associated with utilisation of less diagnostic resources
Patients presenting with non-specific complaints (NSC), such as generalised weakness, or feeling unwell, constitute about 20% of emergency care consultations. In contrast to patients presenting with specific s...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:133 -
Risk prediction of biomarkers for early multiple organ dysfunction in critically ill patients
Shock and organ damage occur in critically ill patients in the emergency department because of biological responses to invasion, and cytokines play an important role in their development. It is important to pr...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:132 -
The impact of chest pain center on treatment delay of STEMI patients: a time series study
To study the effect of the establishment of a Chest Pain Center (CPC) on the treatment delay of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and the influencing factors of treatment delay in a large hos...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:129 -
Comparison of QSOFA and sirs scores for the prediction of adverse outcomes of secondary peritonitis among patients admitted on the adult surgical ward in a tertiary teaching hospital in Uganda: a prospective cohort study
SIRS and qSOFA are two ancillary scoring tools that have been used globally, inside and outside of ICU to predict adverse outcomes of infections such as secondary peritonitis. A tertiary teaching hospital in U...
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2021 21:128
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