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Hypoglycemia in Emergency Department

Journal of Acute Disease, 2015
Objective: To study the epidemiology, etiologies and prognostic factors of hypoglycemia. Methods: A retrospective chart review of hypoglycemic cases from December, 2009 to February, 2012 was conducted to gather the following patient data: age, gender ...
Yu-Jang Su, Chia-Jung Liao
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The Accuracy of Diagnosis and Treatment Made by Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Technicians in Patients Admitted to Hospitals in Qazvin, Iran

The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background Correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment measures of pre-hospital Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are very important in improving the quality of patient care and reducing mortality and costs.
Peyman Namdar, Amir Mohammad Kazemifar, Mahsa Mohammadi   +2 more
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Current patterns of care at adult emergency department in Ethiopian tertiary university hospital

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background The complexity and demands of emergency healthcare service are continuously increasing, and it is important to regularly track the patterns of care at the emergency department (ED).
Kibur Tarkie, Kassaye Demeke Altaye, Yophtahe Woldegerima Berhe   +2 more
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Changes in low‐acuity patient volume in an emergency department after launching a walk‐in clinic

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2023
Objective Unscheduled low‐acuity care options are on the rise and are often expected to reduce emergency department (ED) visits. We opened an ED‐staffed walk‐in clinic (WIC) as an alternative care location for low‐acuity patients at a time when ED visits
Divya Kurian, Vandana Sundaram, Anna Graber Naidich, Shreya A. Shah, Daniel Ramberger, Saud Khan, Shashank Ravi, Sunny Patel, Ryan Ribeira, Ian Brown, Alexei Wagner, Laleh Gharahbhagian, Kate Miller, Sam Shen, Maame Yaa A. B. Yiadom   +14 more
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Volume of intensive care unit patients in the emergency department: Clinical experience in a training and research hospital

Medicine Science, 2020
There is an increasing tendency for critically ill patients to present to emergency departments (EDs). In this study, it was aimed to assess patients who presented to the ED and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and to identify waiting times in ...
Murat Guzel, Sener Cindoruk, Mehmet Tevfik Demir, Mehmet Yorgun, Erdinc Yavuz, Emre Ozgen, Murat Yucel, Ahmet Baydin   +7 more
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Ambulance Diversion: A Solution or Problem?

Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi, 2021
Aim:Ambulance diversion (AD) is defined as redirection of ambulance to an emergency department (ED) different from the initially intended ED with the purpose of both appropriate use of hospital sources for selected patients and relief of ED overcrowding.
Mehmet Ali CEYHAN, Gültekin Günhan DEMİR   +1 more
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Readmissions in the Emergency Department [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2012
Methods All patients admitted to the ED at Hilleroed Hospital were registered during a 6-months period from September 2009 to March 2010. The ED has approximately 50,000 patient contacts annually, a level 2 Trauma centre and the following specialties: Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery and Orthopaedics. Paediatric patients (medicine) and patients to
Mads Strunk Mouridsen, Jakob Lundager Forberg, Charlotte Barfod   +2 more
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Emergency department provider in triage: assessing site‐specific rationale, operational feasibility, and financial impact

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
Emergency department (ED) crowding is recognized as a critical threat to patient safety, while sub‐optimal ED patient flow also contributes to reduced patient satisfaction and efficiency of care. Provider in triage (PIT) programs—which typically involve,
Brian J. Franklin, Kathleen Y. Li, David M. Somand, Keith E. Kocher, Steven L. Kronick, Vikas I. Parekh, Eric Goralnick, A. Tyler Nix, Nathan L. Haas   +8 more
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Variations in volume of emergency surgeries and emergency department access at a third level hospital in Milan, Lombardy, during the COVID-19 outbreak

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background During the recent outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), Lombardy was the most affected region in Italy, with 87,000 patients and 15,876 deaths up to May 26, 2020.
Laura Castoldi, Monica Solbiati, Giorgio Costantino, Elena Casiraghi   +3 more
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Impact of Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine on Repeat Emergency Department Utilization

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Recent studies have demonstrated the promise of emergency department (ED)-initiated buprenorphine/naloxone (bup/nx) for improving 30-day retention in outpatient addiction care programs for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).
Rachel M. Skains, Lindy Reynolds, Nicholas Carlisle, Sonya Heath, Whitney Covington, Kyle Hornbuckle, Lauren Walter   +6 more
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