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Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2017 Problem/Condition Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has short- and long-term adverse clinical outcomes, including death and disability. TBI can be caused by a number of principal mechanisms, including motor-vehicle crashes, falls, and assaults.
Christopher A Taylor +3 more
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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 +2 more
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Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses at an Urban Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020 Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses at an Urban Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic Psychosocial consequences related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may place individuals at a heightened likelihood of opioid overdose or relapse.1,2 In 1 study,
Taylor A Ochalek +4 more
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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
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Boarding of Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department
Critical Care Medicine, 2020 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Objectives: Emergency department boarding is the practice of caring for admitted patients in the emergency department after hospital admission, and boarding has been a growing problem in the United ...
Nicholas M. Mohr +11 more
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Maintaining places of social inclusion : Ebola and the emergency department [PDF]
, 2021 We introduce the concept of places of social inclusion—institutions endowed by a society or a community with material resources, meaning, and values at geographic sites where citizens can access services for specific needs—as taken-for-granted, essential,
Meyer, Alan +3 more
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Experiences of Individuals Who Were Physically Restrained in the Emergency Department
JAMA Network Open, 2020 Key Points Question How do individuals interpret experiences of physical restraint in the emergency department? Findings This qualitative study of 25 patients who were physically restrained in the emergency department found the 3 following major themes ...
A. Wong +8 more
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Secondary traumatic stress in the emergency department [PDF]
, 2016 Aim: To investigate the prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among Emergency nurses in the West of Scotland and explore their experiences of this. Background: Unexpected death, trauma and violence are regular occurrences that contribute to the ...
Joy, Jane P., Morrison, Lindy E.
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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 +4 more
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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 +5 more
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