Emergency department utilization in elderly patients: a report from the National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS) of Korea, 2018-2022 [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2023 Objective With general aging of the population, emergency department (ED) utilization by elderly patients is increasing. In this study, we analyzed data on ED visits of patients aged 65 years and older in Korea.
Sun Young Lim +6 more
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Identification of violence in the hospital environment: perceptions of nurses
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Violence is recognised by the WHO as a major and ubiquitous public health problem, that is constantly worsening. Objectives The aim of our work was to estimate the frequency of aggressions against nurses in psychiatric and emergency ...
M. Mnif +9 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background There is a lack of knowledge how patients with COVID-19 disease differ from patients with similar signs or symptoms (but who will have a diagnosis other than COVID-19) in the prehospital setting.
Markku Kuisma +6 more
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The Effect of Emergency Department Expansion on Emergency Department Overcrowding [PDF]
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2007 Abstract Objectives: To examine the effects of emergency department (ED) expansion on ambulance diversion at an urban, academic Level 1 trauma center. Methods: This was a pre‐post study performed using administrative data from the ED and hospital electronic information systems.
Jin H, Han +6 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2020 Background Emergency department crowding may impact patient and provider outcomes. We describe emergency department crowding metrics based on presentations by children to different categories of high volume emergency departments in Alberta, Canada ...
Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Brian H. Rowe
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Triggers of Workplace Violence in Emergency Departments: A Qualitative Study
Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2022 Background: Workplace violence has become an alarming phenomenon facing healthcare systems worldwide. Emergency nurses were the most victimized from workplace violence incidents.
Ibrahim Ayasreh +4 more
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Quality of gout care in the emergency departments: a multicentre study
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2020 Background To report on prevalence of gout flare in emergency departments and to report the quality of gout care in emergency departments and causes of admission at emergency departments.
Patapong Towiwat +8 more
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Overcrowded ERs: analysis of the phenomenon and managing proposals
Emergency Care Journal, 2010 The “overcrowding” in Emergency Departments (EDs) and its potentially negative consequences, is a well known phenomenon in western countries.
Gianfranco Cervellin +2 more
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Demographic features of pediatric patients with burn injuries referred to the emergency department of Sina hospital in Tabriz, Iran, in 2014 [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2017 Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the demographic status of children with burn injuries who were referred to the emergency department of the Sina hospital in Tabriz, Iran, in 2014.
Farzad Rahmani +4 more
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Moral Distress and Related Factors among Nurses Working in the Emergency Departments: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Bulletin of Emergency and TraumaObjective: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of moral distress (MD) and itsassociated factors among emergency department nurses.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 on 172 nurses from the emergency ...
Hedayat Jafari +6 more
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