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Emergency department crowding increases 10-day mortality for non-critical patients: a retrospective observational study [PDF]

, 2023
The current evidence suggests that higher levels of crowding in the Emergency Department (ED) have a negative impact on patient outcomes, including mortality.
Huhtala, Heini, Anna Eidstø, Jari Ylä-Mattila, Ari Palomäki, Ylä-Mattila, Jari, Koivistoinen, Teemu, Teemu Koivistoinen, Tuominen, Jalmari, Palomäki, Ari, Eidstø, Anna, Jalmari Tuominen, Heini Huhtala   +11 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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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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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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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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Impact of bedside lung ultrasound on physician clinical decision-making in an emergency department in Nepal [PDF]

, 2020
Background Lung ultrasound is an effective tool for the evaluation of undifferentiated dyspnea in the emergency department. Impact of lung ultrasound on clinical decisions for the evaluation of patients with dyspnea in resource-limited settings is not
Russell, Frances M., Nti, Benjamin, House, Darlene R., Amatya, Yogendra   +3 more
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Patient perceptions of diagnostic certainty at discharge and patient satisfaction in the emergency department [PDF]

, 2021
We investigated one critical factor that may influence patients’ subjective experience (and, in turn, satisfaction): perceived diagnostic certainty—or the extent to which patients leave the emergency department (ED) feeling certain they know what caused ...
Hagerty, Serena F, Barasz, Kate, Burke, Ryan C, Smulowitz, Peter B, Isbell, Linda M   +4 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
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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
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Death in the emergency department: A rapid review [PDF]

, 2021
Those who work in emergency departments rarely consider them a ‘good’ place to die. Recent New Zealand research suggests that palliative patients and their whānau/family – particularly those living in more deprived areas – can benefit from hospital ...
Anderson, NE
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