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Studying the variability in patient inflow and staffing trends on Sundays versus other days in the academic emergency department

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2017
Background: Resource limitation, staff deficiency, and variability in patient inflow contribute to emergency department (ED) overcrowding, associated with delayed care, poor care, and poor patient outcomes.
K T Madavan Nambiar, Nisanth Menon Nedungalaparambil, Ottapura Prabhakaran Aslesh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A 92-Year-Old Man with Abdominal Pain Following Intractable Vomiting; a Photo Quiz

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2019
A 92-year-old man with hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), peptic ulcer disease and dementia presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of abdominal pain in the left upper quadrant, distention, dry cough and ...
Chin-Chu Wu, Aming Chor-Ming Lin
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Department Crowding and Outcomes After Emergency Department Discharge [PDF]

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2015
We assess whether a panel of emergency department (ED) crowding measures, including 2 reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is associated with inpatient admission and death within 7 days of ED discharge.We conducted a retrospective cohort study of ED discharges, using data from an integrated health system for 2008 to 2010.
Gelareh Z, Gabayan, Stephen F, Derose, Vicki Y, Chiu, Sau C, Yiu, Catherine A, Sarkisian, Jason P, Jones, Benjamin C, Sun   +6 more
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Independent determinants of prolonged emergency department length of stay in a tertiary care centre: a prospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2018
Background Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a potential threat for patient safety. We searched for independent determinants of prolonged ED length of stay (LOS) with the aim to identify factors which can be targeted to reduce ED LOS, which may ...
Daniël van der Veen, Claudia Remeijer, Anne J. Fogteloo, Christian Heringhaus, Bas de Groot   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing the patients' throughput in an Emergency Department in Tabriz city with International Standards

Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, 2014
Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patients'throughput includes all the processes that patients go through; this study was designed to investigate the patients throughput and the duration of stay in this department.Methods: In a prospective cross ...
Akram Mikaeilpour, Mahsa Sharifi Namin, Paria Habibollahi, Samad Shams Vahdati, Seyed Hossein Ojaghi Haghighi, Sonya Sharifi Namin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Childhood Mortality in Emergency Department

Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 2019
Aim:The aim of the present study was to analyze the mortality rate, demographic characteristics and cause of death in pediatric patients who were referred to our emergency department.Methods:Patients aged 0-18 years with or without arrest within 24 hours
Serkan Doğan, Esin Aldemir, Utku Murat Kalafat, Özgü Hançerli, Merih Çetinkaya, Başar Cander   +5 more
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EP`S ACTIVITIES AT THE PRE-HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL STAGES

Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2019
Emergency medical education is becoming increasingly challenging as a result of shifting the workplace of emergency physician from ambulance to Emergency Department.
V. M. Teplov, I. P. Minnullin, V. V. Kolomoytsev, N. V. Razumnyi, S. F. Bagnenko   +4 more
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Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges, consequences, and lessons for way–outs to emergencies at hospitals: a systematic review study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding adversely affects patients’ health, accessibility, and quality of healthcare systems for communities. Several studies have addressed this issue.
Hamid Reza Rasouli, Ali Aliakbar Esfahani, Mohsen Abbasi Farajzadeh   +2 more
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Developmental Disorders in Children Recently Diagnosed With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurocognitive deficits in adult survivors of childhood cancer are well established, but less is known about developmental disorders (DD) arising shortly after cancer diagnosis. Using 2016–2019 linked Ohio cancer registry and Medicaid data, we compared DD among 324 children with cancer and 606,913 cancer‐free controls.
Jamie Shoag, Long Vu, Ritika Miryala, Jeffrey M. Albert, Molly McVoy, Siran M. Koroukian   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source