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Eleven years of experience in operating a pediatric rapid response system at a children’s hospital in South Korea [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care, 2023
Background Various rapid response systems have been developed to detect clinical deterioration in patients. Few studies have evaluated single-parameter systems in children compared to scoring systems.
Yong Hyuk Jeon, Bongjin Lee, You Sun Kim, Won Jin Jang, June Dong Park   +4 more
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A customized early warning score enhanced emergency department patient flow process and clinical outcomes in a COVID‐19 pandemic

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022
Objective Patient crowding and boarding in the emergency department (ED) is associated with adverse outcomes and has become increasingly problematic in recent years.
Ali Yazdanyar, Megan R. Greenberg, Zhe Chen, Shuisen Li, Marna Rayl Greenberg, Anthony P. Buonanno, David B. Burmeister, Shadi Jarjous   +7 more
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Rapid Response of an Academic Surgical Department to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients, Surgeons, and the Community. [PDF]

, 2020
BackgroundAs the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread, swift actions and preparation are critical for ensuring the best outcomes for patients and providers.
Conte, Michael C, Lancaster, Elizabeth M, Pierce, Logan, Sammann, Amanda, Shen, Wen, Sosa, Julie A, Wick, Elizabeth C   +6 more
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Resident and nurse attitudes toward a rapid response team in a tertiary hospital in South Korea [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care
Background Residents and nurses who activate rapid response teams (RRTs) are well positioned to offer insights on its effectiveness. Here, we assess such evaluation of RRTs and identify barriers to activation in a 1,400-bed teaching hospital.
Sung Yoon Lim, Ho Geol Woo, Jong Sun Park, Young-Jae Cho, Jae Ho Lee, Yeon Joo Lee   +5 more
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Safety and efficacy of a propofol and ketamine based procedural sedation protocol in children with cerebral palsy undergoing botulinum toxin A injections. [PDF]

, 2019
Background Pediatric patients with cerebral palsy (CP) often undergo intramuscular botulinum toxin (BoNT‐A) injections. These injections can be painful and may require procedural sedation.
Abu-Sultaneh, Samer, Abulebda, Kamal, Louer, Ryan, Lutfi, Riad, McKinney, Renee C.   +4 more
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Advanced practice providers versus medical residents as leaders of rapid response teams: A 12-month retrospective analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2022
PurposeIn a time of worldwide physician shortages, the advanced practice providers (APPs) might be a good alternative for physicians as the leaders of a rapid response team.
Herman G Kreeftenberg, Ashley J R De Bie, Eveline H J Mestrom, Alexander J G H Bindels, Peter H J van der Voort   +4 more
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Impact of the National Early Warning Score-based sepsis response system on hospital-onset sepsis in a tertiary hospital in South Korea [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care
Background The effectiveness of electronic medical record-based alert systems, response protocols for sepsis diagnosis, and treatment in hospitalized patients remains unclear.
Dong-gon Hyun, Sohyeon Lee, Sunhui Choi, Jeongsuk Son, So-Hee Park, Sang-Bum Hong, Chae-Man Lim   +6 more
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Pulmonary embolism: the diagnosis, risk-stratification, treatment and disposition of emergency department patients [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2016
The diagnosis or exclusion of pulmonary embolism (PE) remains challenging for emergency physicians. Symptoms can be vague or non-existent, and the clinical presentation shares features with many other common diagnoses.
Daniel Corrigan, Christiana Prucnal, Christopher Kabrhel   +2 more
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Emergency Stroke Calls: Obtaining Rapid Telephone Triage (ESCORTT) - a programme of research to facilitate recognition of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Rapid access to emergency stroke care can reduce death and disability by enabling immediate provision of interventions such as thrombolysis, physiological monitoring and stabilisation.
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Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned [PDF]

, 2020
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, a man with anti-Semitic motivations entered Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three handguns, opening fire upon worshippers. Eventually
Murray, Keith, Roth, Ronald N., Tobias, Adam Z., Weiss, Leonard S., Yealy, Donald M.   +4 more
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