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Factors that Influence the Way Communities Respond to Proposals for Major Changes to Local Emergency Services: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
According to policy commentators, decisions about how best to organise care involve trade-offs between factors relating to care quality, workforce, cost, and patient access.
Barratt, H   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Experience of a tutor centric model for sonography training of emergency department registrars in an Australian urban emergency department 2009–2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose: To assess the impact of a regular sonographer proctored training program for emergency medicine trainees in the use of Emergency Department bedside ultrasound Methods: Emergency Department (ED) Registrars in the Swan District Hospital ED were ...
Fear, Mark   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

A framework for measuring quality in the emergency department [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There is increasing concern that medical care is of variable quality, with variable outcomes, safety, costs and experience for patients. Despite substantial efforts to improve patient safety, some studies suggest little evidence of reductions in adverse ...
Cameron, Peter   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesBMC 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to primary care and the route of emergency admission to hospital: retrospective analysis of national hospital administrative data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: The UK government is pursuing policies to improve primary care access, as many patients visit accident and emergency (A and E) departments after being unable to get suitable general practice appointments.
Bottle, A   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Emergency Department Utilization and Capacity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Synthesizes research on who utilizes emergency departments, how often for non-urgent or preventable conditions and why, how cost-sharing affects utilization, and how utilization patterns affect hospital finances, overcrowding, and cost ...
Derek DeLia, Joel Cantor
core  

Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EP`S ACTIVITIES AT THE PRE-HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL STAGES

open access: yesУчёные 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Geriatric ED: Structure, Patient Care, and Considerations for the Emergency Department Geriatric Unit

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2014
The emergency department (ED) is a unique medical care environment with many challenges. Aging populations increasingly use the ED as an acute and chronic treatment site given the accessibility and resources inherent to emergency provider staff.
John H. Burton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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