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- Collection: VOLUME 21 ISSUE 1 MARET 2021
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Emergency department use by patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States
Background: We sought to describe the national characteristics of ED visits by patients with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) in the United States in order to improve the emergency treatment and screening of ESRD patients.
Methods: We analyzed data…
disease (ESRD) in the United States in order to improve the emergency treatment and screening of ESRD patients.
Methods: We analyzed data…
Discharge against medical advice from the emergency department in a university hospital
Background: Patients discharged against medical advice (DAMA) act as a high-risk population for the Emergency
Department (ED), regardless of their presentations, and can pose a serious burden for the hospital. This study
examines the prevalence,…
Department (ED), regardless of their presentations, and can pose a serious burden for the hospital. This study
examines the prevalence,…
Difficult airway predictors were associated with decreased use of neuromuscular blocking agents in emergency airway management: a retrospective cohort study in Thailand
Background: It is recommended that difficult airway predictors be evaluated before emergency airway
management. However, little is known about how patients with difficult airway predictors are managed in
emergency departments. We aimed to explore…
management. However, little is known about how patients with difficult airway predictors are managed in
emergency departments. We aimed to explore…
Acute cannabis intoxication in the emergency department: the effect of legalization
Background: On October 17, 2018, the Cannabis Act decriminalized the recreational use of cannabis in Canada.
This study seeks to determine how legalization of cannabis has impacted emergency department (ED) visits for
acute cannabis…
This study seeks to determine how legalization of cannabis has impacted emergency department (ED) visits for
acute cannabis…
A two-year review of adult emergency department mortality at Tikur Anbesa specialized tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background: Adult emergency department mortality remains high in resource-limited lower-income countries. The
majority of deaths occur within the first 24 h of presentation to the emergency department. Many of these
mortality’s can be alleviated…
majority of deaths occur within the first 24 h of presentation to the emergency department. Many of these
mortality’s can be alleviated…
A pilot study of 17 wrist-cutting suicide injuries in single institution: perspectives from a hand surgeon
Background: Self-cutting is a special type of emergency in hand surgery. Despite its low mortality rate, it is
clinically significant because there is a possibility of permanent disability and repeated suicide attempts are likely to
occur.…
clinically significant because there is a possibility of permanent disability and repeated suicide attempts are likely to
occur.…