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- Collection: VOLUME 21 ISSUE 1 MARET 2021
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Anterior-posterior view by full-body digital X-ray to rule out severe spina injuries in Polytraumatized patients
Background
Spinal injuries are present in 16-31% of polytraumatized patients. Rapid identification of spinal injuries requiring
immobilization or operative treatment is essential. The Lodox-Statscan (LS) has evolved into a promising timesaving…
Spinal injuries are present in 16-31% of polytraumatized patients. Rapid identification of spinal injuries requiring
immobilization or operative treatment is essential. The Lodox-Statscan (LS) has evolved into a promising timesaving…
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…
Clinical factors associated with bloodstream infection at the emergency department.
Background
Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a common urgent condition at the emergency department (ED). However, current
guidelines for diagnosis do not specify the juncture at which blood cultures should be taken. The decision
whether or not to…
Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a common urgent condition at the emergency department (ED). However, current
guidelines for diagnosis do not specify the juncture at which blood cultures should be taken. The decision
whether or not to…
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…
Outpatient care in acute and prehospital emergency medicine by emergency medical and patient transport service over a 10-year period: a retrospective study based on dispatch data from a German emergency medical dispatch centre (OFF-RESCUE).
Background
The number of operations by the German emergency medical service almost doubled between 1994 and 2016.
The associated expenses increased by 380% in a similar period. Operations with treatment on-site, which
retrospectively proved to be…
The number of operations by the German emergency medical service almost doubled between 1994 and 2016.
The associated expenses increased by 380% in a similar period. Operations with treatment on-site, which
retrospectively proved to be…
Management quality indicators and inhospital mortality among acute coronary syndrome patients admitted to tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia: prospective observational study
Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains the leading cause of cardiovascular disease mortality and
morbidity worldwide. While the management quality measures and clinical outcomes of patients with ACS have
been evaluated widely in…
morbidity worldwide. While the management quality measures and clinical outcomes of patients with ACS have
been evaluated widely in…
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…
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.…
Lessons learned from reviewing a hospital’s disaster response to the hydrofluoric acid leak in Gumi city in 2012
Background: This study analyzed the characteristics of hydrogen fluoride-exposed patients (HFEPs) treated in the
emergency department (ED) of a local university hospital, and reviewed the hospital’s disaster response according
to space, staff,…
emergency department (ED) of a local university hospital, and reviewed the hospital’s disaster response according
to space, staff,…
Prospective study of emergency medicine provider wellness across ten academic and community hospitals during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic
Background: While COVID-19 has had far-reaching consequences on society and health care providers, there is a
paucity of research exploring frontline emergency medicine (EM) provider wellness over the course of a pandemic.
The objective of this…
paucity of research exploring frontline emergency medicine (EM) provider wellness over the course of a pandemic.
The objective of this…