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Reducing inappropriate accident and emergency department attendances: a systematic review of primary care service interventions.

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2013
BACKGROUND Inappropriate attendances may account for up to 40% of presentations at accident and emergency (A&E) departments. There is considerable interest from health practitioners and policymakers in interventions to reduce this burden. AIM To review
S. Ismail, Daniel C Gibbons, S. Gnani
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Seizure as the clinical presentation of massive pulmonary embolism: Case report and literature review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Massive pulmonary embolism (MPE) is a high-risk medical emergency. Seizure as the clinical presentation of MPE is extremely rare, and to our knowledge, there have been no reports on successful percutaneous, catheter-based treatment of MPE presenting with
Waiian Leong, Yueqi Zhang, Xinxiang Huang, Zhendong Luo, Yanli Wang, Timothy Hudson Rainer, Abraham K. C. Wai, Abraham K. C. Wai, Yi Huang   +8 more
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Review on Action Recognition for Accident Detection in Smart City Transportation Systems [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Action detection and public traffic safety are crucial aspects of a safe community and a better society. Monitoring traffic flows in a smart city using different surveillance cameras can play a significant role in recognizing accidents and alerting first responders.
arxiv  

Reduced overtriage and undertriage with a new triage system in an urban accident and emergency department in Botswana: a cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2013
Background Improvements in triage have demonstrated improved clinical outcomes in resource-limited settings. In 2009, the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) in Botswana identified the need for a more objective ...
P. Mullan, S. Torrey, A. Chandra, Ngaire Caruso, A. Kestler   +4 more
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Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block Efficacy in Resource-poor Emergency Departments

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Although the fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) seems to be an ideal technique for femoral neck and shaft fractures occurring in resource-poor settings, it has been unclear how effective it is when used by emergency physicians (EP) with
Daniel St. Louis, Kenneth V. Iserson, Nicolas Forget   +2 more
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The effect of pursed‐lip breathing combined with number counting on blood pressure and heart rate in hypertensive urgency patients: A randomized controlled trial

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021
Hypertensive urgency (HT urgency) is an alarming sign of uncontrolled hypertension. It is aggravated by nonadherence to medication, as well as psychosocial stress.
Thapanawong Mitsungnern, Nipa Srimookda, Supap Imoun, Suntaraporn Wansupong, Praew Kotruchin   +4 more
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Epidemiology of Patients with Head Injury at a Tertiary Hospital in Rwanda

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Traumatic injuries disproportionately affect populations in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) where head injuries predominate. The Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) has dramatically improved access to emergency services by rebuilding ...
Naz Karim, Lise Mumporeze, Vizir J.P. Nsengimana, Ashley Gray, Alexis Kearney, Adam R. Aluisio, Zeta Mutabazi, Janette Baird, Camille M. Clancy, Derek Lubetkin, Jean Eric Uwitonze, Jeanne D’Arc Nyinawankusi, Menelas Nkeshimana, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Adam C. Levine   +14 more
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DeepCrash: A Deep Learning-Based Internet of Vehicles System for Head-On and Single-Vehicle Accident Detection With Emergency Notification

IEEE Access, 2019
Most individuals involved in traffic accidents receive assistance from drivers, passengers, or other people. However, when a traffic accident occurs in a sparsely populated area or the driver is the only person in the vehicle and the crash results in ...
Wan-Jung Chang, Liang-Bi Chen, Ke-Yu Su
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bypassing proximal health care facilities for acute care: a survey of patients in a Ghanaian Accident and Emergency Centre

Tropical medicine & international health, 2012
Objective  To characterise the population that presents to the Accident and Emergency Centre (AEC) at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and to identify risk factors associated with bypassing proximal care facilities.
A. Q. Yaffee, Lauren Whiteside, R. Oteng, P. Carter, P. Donkor, S. Rominski, Margaret E. Kruk, Rebecca M. Cunningham   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical Relevance of Drug–Drug Interactions With Antibiotics as Listed in a National Medication Formulary: Results From Two Large Population‐Based Case‐Control Studies in Patients Aged 65–100 Years Using Linked English Primary Care and Hospital Data

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 423-434, February 2023., 2023
This study evaluated drug–drug interactions (DDIs) between antibiotic and nonantibiotic drugs listed with warnings of severe outcomes in the British National Formulary based on adverse drug reaction (ADR) detectable with routine International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision coding.
Tjeerd Pieter van Staa, Munir Pirmohamed, Anita Sharma, Iain Buchan, Darren M. Ashcroft   +4 more
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