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A systematic review examining the impact of redirecting low-acuity patients seeking emergency department care: is the juice worth the squeeze?
Objectives Diverting patients away from the emergency department (ED) has been proposed as a solution for mitigating overcrowding. This systematic review examined the impact of interventions designed ...
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An Emergency Medicine Research Priority Setting Partnership to establish the top 10 research priorities in emergency medicine
Defining research priorities in a specialty as broad as emergency medicine is a significant challenge. In order to fund and complete the most important research projects, it is imperative that we ...
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Non-sterile gloves and dressing versus sterile gloves, dressings and drapes for suturing of traumatic wounds in the emergency department: a non-inferiority multicentre ...
Background Patients with traumatic wounds frequently present to the ED. Literature on whether to treat these wounds sterile or non-sterile is sparse. Non-sterile treatment has the advantage of saving ...
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Pulmonary embolism diagnosis and the D-dilemma
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Removing systolic blood pressure from the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for mortality prediction: an observational study
Background Vital signs in triage are essential for effective risk stratification in the emergency department (ED). They are also increasingly used to calculate an early warning score at the time of ...
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Identifying and profiling prearrival characteristics of avoidable emergency department visits transported by paramedics: a cohort study using linked prehospital and hospital data
Background Increasing demand and crowding in emergency departments (EDs) remain persistent challenges for healthcare systems worldwide. A portion of these visits is avoidable, indicating they could ...
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Prevalence of serious bacterial infections and performance of inflammatory markers in febrile infants with and without proven viral illness
1 Department of Paediatric Medicine, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children’s Hospital, Singapore 2 Department of Children’s Emergency, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children’s Hospital, Singapore 3 ...
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Valsalva manoeuvre using a syringe: physics and implications
Correspondence to Leszek Pstras, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ks. Trojdena 4, Warsaw 02-109, Poland; lpstras{at}ibib.waw.pl The study by ...
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A simple clinical assessment is superior to systematic triage in prediction of mortality in the emergency department
Objective To compare the Danish Emergency Process Triage (DEPT) with a quick clinical assessment (Eyeball triage) as predictors of short-term mortality in patients in the emergency department (ED).
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Have we forgotten to teach how to think?
Correspondence to Dr Damian Roland, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Leicester Academic (PEMLA) Group, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK; dr98{at}le.ac.uk Emergency medicine is a varied ...
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Are acute asthma presentations to the emergency department an opportunity for optimising long-term management? A qualitative study on beliefs and behaviours of healthcare ...
Background Guidelines recommend Emergency Department (ED) healthcare professionals (HCPs) ensure patients have a supply of inhaled corticosteroid on discharge after an acute asthma presentation. By ...
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Erector spinae plane block as analgesia for acute renal colic
A brief systematic review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of erector spinae plane block (ESPB) as an analgesic option for adults attending the emergency department with renal colic. MEDLINE ...