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Mapping study for health emergency and disaster risk management competencies and curricula: literature review and cross-sectional survey

Globalization and Health
Background With the increasing threat of hazardous events at local, national, and global levels, an effective workforce for health emergency and disaster risk management (Health EDRM) in local, national, and international communities is urgently needed ...
Kevin K. C. Hung, Makiko K. MacDermot, Theresa S. I. Hui, Suet Yi Chan, Sonoe Mashino, Catherine P. Y. Mok, Pak Ho Leung, Ryoma Kayano, Jonathan Abrahams, Chi Shing Wong, Emily Y. Y. Chan, Colin A. Graham   +11 more
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Accidents in the accident and emergency department. [PDF]

Emergency Medicine Journal, 1990
Ian K. Dukes, G. S. Pathakji, M. K. Grant   +2 more
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Burnout in emergency physicians in Hong Kong—A cross‐sectional study on its prevalence, associated factors, and impact

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Objective To evaluate the prevalence of burnout, its underlying personal or occupational stressors, and impact on individual well‐being and patient care. Design Cross‐sectional survey.
Tsz Kit Chan, Chun Tat Lui, Wing Yee Clara Wu, Timothy Rainer, Chin San Leung   +4 more
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Acetaminophen overdose treatment in patients admitted to two tertiary centers in Oman, variation and pitfalls

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine
Acetaminophen overdose treatment in patients admitted to two tertiary centers in Oman, variation and pitfalls [SJEMed 2024; 5(2.000): 134-140]
Fatma AL-Balush, Saad Al-Jumma, Salim Al-Masroori1, Suad Al-Abri   +3 more
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Impact of the peak period of coronavirus disease 2019 on 28‐day mortality, emergency department visits and length of hospital stay of emergency admissions: A single center retrospective observational study in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background During the fifth wave of COVID‐19, accident and emergency departments in Hong Kong experienced significant overcrowding yet there was limited evidence available regarding emergency services and patients' clinical outcomes.
Rebecca Sin Tung Li, Alex K. K. Law, Colin A. Graham   +2 more
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Acute non-traumatic abdominal pain presenting to emergency unit of a university teaching hospital in Rwanda

African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background: Emergency Department consultation for non-traumatic abdominal pain is one of the common reasons for presentation; accounting for 5.76–20 % of all Emergency Department consultations.
Faustin Turamyimana, Jean Paul Dushime, Appolinaire Manirafasha, Deninson Martin Kyle, Doris Lorette Uwamahoro, Francois Regis Twagirumukiza, Pascal Mugemangango, Seraphina Negash, Anna Dobbins   +8 more
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The nutritional knowledge and the perception of weight‐loss strategies for obese patients among emergency medicine doctors in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction Obesity is commonly seen in patients attending the emergency department (ED). Opportunities to provide nutritional advice to patients with obesity are often overlooked in ED settings.
Kwun Bun Wong, Kwong Hang Yeung, Shi Ying Christine Li, Kevin Kei Ching Hung   +3 more
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Dynamic CRRT Prescription for Complicated Critically Ill Patient: A Case Report

Case Reports in Critical Care
Continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRTs) and sequential extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) therapies can be used in patients with severe COVID-19 disease to support kidney failure and restore immune homeostasis.
Clemente Santorsola, Alberto Corona, Matteo Cecchi, Niccolò Castellani Nicolini, Elena Zendra, Alice Capone, Ivan Gatti, Matteo Brivio, Silvia Falsini, Gianluca Villa   +9 more
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Early sepsis care with the National Early Warning Score 2-guided Sepsis Hour-1 Bundle in the emergency department: hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation pilot stepped wedge randomised controlled trial (NEWS-1 TRIPS) protocol

BMJ Open
Introduction Early sepsis treatment in the emergency department (ED) is crucial to improve patient survival. Despite international promulgation, the uptake of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) Hour-1 Bundle (lactate measurement, blood culture, broad ...
Chi Hung Cheng, Wendy Wing Tak Lam, Rex Pui Kin Lam, Kevin Kei Ching Hung, Chun Tat Lui, Wai Shing Kwok, Eric Ho Yin Lau, Siddharth Sridhar, Peter Yau Tak Ng, Tat Chi Tsang, Matthew Sik Hon Tsui, Colin Alexander Graham, Timothy Hudson Rainer   +12 more
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Epidemiology of suicidal charcoal burning in Hong Kong and long‐term outcomes for survivors

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Objectives To present the epidemiology of suicidal charcoal burning in Hong Kong and long‐term outcomes for survivors presenting to the Accident and Emergency Department.
Ka Lok Cheng, Kwan Leong Au Yeung, Chi Keung Chan   +2 more
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