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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits — United States, January 1, 2019–May 30, 2020

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020
On March 13, 2020, the United States declared a national emergency to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As the number of persons hospitalized with COVID-19 increased, early reports from Austria (1), Hong Kong (2), Italy (3), and California (4 ...
Kathleen P. Hartnett, A. Kite-Powell, Jourdan DeVies, M. Coletta, T. Boehmer, J. Adjemian, A. Gundlapalli   +6 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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Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths — United States, 2007 and 2013

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, Jeneita M. Bell, M. Breiding, Likang Xu   +3 more
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Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2020
This cross-sectional study examines trends in emergency department visits and visits that led to hospitalizations during a 4-month period leading up to and during the COVID-19 outbreak in the US.
M. Jeffery, G. D'Onofrio, H. Paek, T. Platts-Mills, W. Soares, J. Hoppe, N. Genes, Bidisha Nath, E. Melnick   +8 more
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The Emergency Department Crash Cart: A systematic review and suggested contents [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: As the field of Emergency Medicine grows worldwide, the importance of an Emergency Department Crash Cart (EDCC) has long been recognized. Yet, there is paucity of relevant peer-reviewed literature specifi cally discussing EDCCs or proposing ...
Rasha Sawaya, Eveline Hitti, Gabrielle A. Jacquet, Jacquet, Gabrielle A., Gilbert Abou Dagher, Karim A. Diab, Jamil D. Bayram, Abou Dagher, Gilbert, Hamade, Bachar, Diab, Karim Assaad, Bachar Hamade, Sawaya, Rasha Dorothy, Hitti, Eveline A., Bayram, Jamil D.   +13 more
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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
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Suicide Ideation and Attempts in a Pediatric Emergency Department Before and During COVID-19

Pediatrics, 2020
In this study, we examined rates of positive suicide-risk screen results in a pediatric ED from January to July 2020 as compared with similar screens conducted between January and July 2019.
Ryan M. Hill, Katrina A. Rufino, Sherin R. Kurian, Johanna E. Saxena, K. Saxena, L. Williams   +5 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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Characterizing pediatric emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic

American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Objective We determine how pediatric emergency department (ED) visits changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large sample of U.S. EDs. Methods Using retrospective data from January–June 2020, compared to a similar 2019 period, we calculated weekly ...
J. Pines, M. Zocchi, Bernard Black, J. Carlson, Pablo Celedon, A. Moghtaderi, A. Venkat   +6 more
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