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Development and validation of a multivariable risk score for prolonged length of stay in the surgical intensive care unit

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2019
BACKGROUND Chronically critical illness is highly relevant in intensive care units, but the definitions in literature vary greatly. The timely detection of prolonged intensive care unit length of stay could support care planning for ...
Conrad Wesch, Kris Denhaerynck, Ursi Barandun Schaefer, Martin Siegemund, Michael Wehrli, Hans Pargger, Susanne Look   +6 more
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Accuracy of Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher and Crew Diagnosis of Stroke in Clinical Practice. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Accurate recognition of stroke symptoms by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is necessary for timely care of acute stroke patients. We assessed the accuracy of stroke diagnosis by EMS in clinical practice in a major US city.
Abboud, Michael E., Band, Roger, Carr, Brendan G., David, Guy, Guo, Michelle, Jia, Judy, Mechem, C. Crawford, Messé, Steven R, Mullen, Michael T, Pajerowski, William   +9 more
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Serious outcomes among emergency department patients with presyncope: A systematic review

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Syncope is transient loss of consciousness, and in presyncope, patients experience same prodromal symptoms without losing consciousness. While studies have extensively reported the risk of serious outcome among emergency department (ED) syncope, the outcome for patients with presyncope and their management are not well studied.
Hadi Mirfazaelian, Ian Stiell, Rasoul Masoomi, Khazar Garjani, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient and clinician factors associated with prehospital pain treatment and outcomes: cross sectional study [PDF]

, 2018
Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Objective: We aimed to identify how patient (age, sex, condition) and paramedic factors (sex, role) affected prehospital analgesic administration and pain alleviation.
,, Asghar, Zahid, Foster, Theresa, Lord, Bill, Phung, Viet-Hai, Pocock, Helen, Siriwardena, A. Niroshan, Snooks, Helen, Williams, Julia   +8 more
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Factors, influencing medication errors in prehospital care

Medicine, 2019
To determine the frequency of medication errors in prehospital care and to investigate the influencing factors - diagnostic agreement (DA), the medical educational status, the specialty, the approval for emergency medicine of the prehospital emergency ...
Nikolai Ramadanov, Roman Klein, U. Schumann, Abner Daniel Valdez Aguilar, W. Behringer   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prehospital use of a modified HEART Pathway and point-of-care troponin to predict cardiovascular events

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2020
Objective: Use of point-of-care (POC) troponin (cTn) testing in the Emergency Department (ED) is well established. However, data examining POC cTn measurement in the prehospital setting, during ambulance transport, are limited.
J. Stopyra, A. Snavely, J. Scheidler, Lane M. Smith, R. Nelson, J. Winslow, G. Pomper, N. Ashburn, Nella W Hendley, Robert F. Riley, Lauren E. Koehler, Chadwick D Miller, S. Mahler   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Added predictive value of prehospital measurement of point-of-care lactate in an adult general EMS population in Sweden: a multi-centre observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel must rapidly assess and transport patients with time-sensitive conditions to optimise patient outcomes.
Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Christer Axelsson, Robert Höglind, Elin Lökholm, Thea Hillberg Hörnfeldt, Agnes Olander, Joakim Björås, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Pär Wennberg   +9 more
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Bivalirudin started during emergency transport for primary PCI. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Bivalirudin, as compared with heparin and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, has been shown to reduce rates of bleeding and death in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Berg, J. van den, Bernstein, D., Clayton, T., Clemmensen, P., Coste, P., Deliargyris, E.N., Eggink, G.J., et al., Goldstein, P., Grunsven, P. van, Hamm, C.W., Hamon, M., Hof, A. van't, Huber, K., Lapostolle, F., Nef, H., Nibbe, L., Orto, M. Campo dell', Pocock, S., Prats, J., Schuette, D., Soulat, L., Steg, P.G., Steinmetz, J., Verheugt, F.W.A., Zeymer, U.   +25 more
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Management of Agitation in Emergency Medical Services for Older Adults: A Qualitative Exploration

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are often first responders to agitated older adults, providing critical clinical care and transport. However, significant knowledge gaps persist in our understanding of agitation management for older adults in the prehospital setting.
Fatima I. Shah, Grace Lew, Ryan Lee, Krista Reich, Kathryn Crowder, Stephanie VandenBerg, Margaret McGillivray, Ian E. Blanchard, Zahra Goodarzi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exception From Informed Consent Community Consultation Surveys—Do Respondent Characteristics Accurately Reflect Targeted Communities?

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Community consultation (CC) is crucial for exception from informed consent (EFIC) trials. Digital marketing platforms offer a novel and efficient way to gather community input through surveys. This study aimed to determine if the demographics of digital CC survey respondents align with those of their targeted communities. Methods We
Alexander Keister, Shannon W. Stephens, Kathleen Adelgais, Nichole Bosson, Kathleen Brown, Cara Elsholz, Gregory W. Faris, Jennifer Frey, Marianne Gausche‐Hill, Sara F. Goldkind, Matthew Hansen, Kammy Jacobsen, Julie C. Leonard, Daniel K. Nishijima, Amber D. Rice, Mohsen Saidinejad, Manish I. Shah, Doug Swanson, John M. VanBuren, Wendi‐Jo Wendt, Matthew Wilkinson, Henry E. Wang   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source