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Comparison of Antibiotic Prescribing in Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers, Emergency Departments, and Traditional Ambulatory Care Settings in the United States

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2018
This cohort study compares antibiotic prescribing in 2014 among retail clinics, urgent care centers, emergency departments, and traditional medical offices in the United States.
Danielle L. Palms, L. Hicks, M. Bartoces, A. Hersh, Rachel M Zetts, David Y. Hyun, K. Fleming-Dutra   +6 more
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Prehospital characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Helsinki – experience of the first wave of the pandemic

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, Heini Harve-Rytsälä, Jussi Pirneskoski, James Boyd, Mitja Lääperi, Ari Salo, Tuukka Puolakka   +6 more
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Early diagnosis of sepsis in emergency departments, time to treatment, and association with mortality: An observational study

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Early recognition of sepsis is critical for timely initiation of treatment. The first objective of this study was to assess the timeliness of diagnostic procedures for recognizing sepsis in emergency departments.
G. Husabø, R. M. Nilsen, H. Flaatten, E. Solligård, Jan Frich, G. T. Bondevik, G. S. Braut, K. Walshe, S. Harthug, Einar Hovlid   +9 more
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Type of facility influences lengths of stay of children presenting to high volume emergency departments

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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Decreased hospital admissions through emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic

American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Study objective Emergency Department (ED) visits decreased significantly in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. A troubling proportion of this decrease was among patients who typically would have been admitted to the hospital, suggesting ...
Sara Nourazari, S. Davis, Rachel Granovsky, Randolph Austin, D. Straff, J. Joseph, L. Sanchez   +6 more
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Incidence of acute type A aortic dissection in emergency departments

Scientific Reports, 2020
Due to the symptoms, patients with acute type A aortic dissection are first seen by the ambulance service and diagnosed at the emergency department. How often an aortic dissection occurs in an emergency department per year has been studied. The incidence
Maximilian Wundram, V. Falk, J. Eulert-Grehn, H. Herbst, Jana Thurau, B. A. Leidel, Eva Göncz, W. Bauer, H. Habazettl, S. Kurz   +9 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, Pariwat Phungoen, Kitti Tantrawiwat, Pavita Laohakul, Duangkamol Aiewruengsurat, Chokchai Thanadetsuntorn, Nopparat Ruchakorn, Passagorn Sangsawangchot, Bodin Buttham   +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, Mario Cavazza, Gianni Rastelli   +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, Haniyeh Ebrahimi Bakhtavar, Atefeh Zamani, Fariba Abdollahi, Farnaz Rahmani   +4 more
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Analysis of Diagnoses, Symptoms, Medications, and Admissions Among Patients With Cancer Presenting to Emergency Departments

JAMA Network Open, 2019
Key Points Question What are the characteristics of patients with active cancer presenting to US emergency departments? Findings In this multicenter cohort study of 1075 adult patients with active cancer in the Comprehensive Oncologic Emergencies ...
J. Caterino, D. Adler, D. Durham, S.-C. Jim Yeung, M. Hudson, A. Bastani, S. Bernstein, C. Baugh, C. Coyne, C. Grudzen, D. Henning, A. Klotz, T. Madsen, D. Pallin, C. Reyes-Gibby, J. Rico, Richard J. Ryan, N. Shapiro, R. Swor, A. Venkat, Jason Wilson, Charles R. Thomas, J. Bischof, G. Lyman   +23 more
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