Ausgabe 1/2021
Inhalt (162 Artikel)
Time-varying discrimination accuracy of longitudinal biomarkers for the prediction of mortality compared to assessment at fixed time point in severe burns patients
Jaechul Yoon, Dohern Kym, Jun Hur, Jae Hee Won, Haejun Yim, Yong Suk Cho, Wook Chun
The utility of the rapid emergency medicine score (REMS) compared with SIRS, qSOFA and NEWS for Predicting in-hospital Mortality among Patients with suspicion of Sepsis in an emergency department
Onlak Ruangsomboon, Phetsinee Boonmee, Chok Limsuwat, Tipa Chakorn, Apichaya Monsomboon
Health care providers’ perception of the frequent emergency department user issue and of targeted case management interventions: a cross-sectional national survey in Switzerland
Oriane J. Chastonay, Melissa Lemoine, Véronique S. Grazioli, Marina Canepa Allen, Miriam Kasztura, Joanna C. Moullin, Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Olivier Hugli, Patrick Bodenmann
Association between prehospital prognostic factors on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in different age groups
Jyun-Bin Huang, Kuo-Hsin Lee, Yu-Ni Ho, Ming-Ta Tsai, Wei-Ting Wu, Fu-Jen Cheng
Increasing consultant-level staffing as a proportion of overall physician coverage improves emergency department length of stay targets
Dominic Jenkins, Sarah A. Thomas, Sameer A. Pathan, Stephen H. Thomas
Comparison of hypoxemia, intubation procedure, and complications for non-invasive ventilation against high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a non-randomized retrospective analysis for effectiveness and safety (NIVaHIC-aHRF)
Chao Zhang, Min Ou
Can indicators of myocardial damage predict carbon monoxide poisoning outcomes?
Hitoshi Koga, Hideki Tashiro, Kouta Mukasa, Tomohiro Inoue, Aya Okamoto, Shougo Urabe, Shuuichirou Sagara, Kazumi Yano, Kouhei Onitsuka, Hisashi Yamashita
Validity and reliability of the South African Triage Scale in prehospital providers
Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, Julia M. Dixon, Taylor Burkholder, Jennifer L. Pigoga, Michael Lee, Shaheem de Vries, Kubendhren Moodley, Maxene Meier, Kathryn Colborn, Chandni Patel, Lee A. Wallis
A unified machine learning approach to time series forecasting applied to demand at emergency departments
Michaela A.C. Vollmer, Ben Glampson, Thomas Mellan, Swapnil Mishra, Luca Mercuri, Ceire Costello, Robert Klaber, Graham Cooke, Seth Flaxman, Samir Bhatt
Utilization of serum D-dimer assays prior to computed tomography pulmonary angiography scans in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism among emergency department physicians: a retrospective observational study
Leila Salehi, Prashant Phalpher, Hubert Yu, Jeffrey Jaskolka, Marc Ossip, Christopher Meaney, Rahim Valani, Mathew Mercuri
Major challenges and barriers in clinical decision-making as perceived by emergency medical services personnel: a qualitative content analysis
Mostafa Bijani, Saeed Abedi, Shahnaz Karimi, Banafsheh Tehranineshat
Oxygenation laryngoscope vs. nasal standard and nasal high flow oxygenation in a technical simulation of apnoeic oxygenation
H. Herff, W. A. Wetsch, S. Finke, F. Dusse, T. Mitterlechner, P. Paal, V. Wenzel, D. C. Schroeder
Cost-effectiveness of out-of-hospital continuous positive airway pressure for acute respiratory failure: decision analytic modelling using data from a feasibility trial
Praveen Thokala, Gordon W. Fuller, Steve Goodacre, Samuel Keating, Esther Herbert, Gavin D. Perkins, Andy Rosser, Imogen Gunson, Joshua Miller, Matthew Ward, Mike Bradburn, Tim Harris, Maggie Marsh, Kate Ren, Cindy Cooper
Prehospital arterial hypercapnia in acute heart failure is associated with admission to acute care units and emergency room length of stay: a retrospective cohort study
Mathias Fabre, Christophe A. Fehlmann, Birgit Gartner, Catherine G. Zimmermann-Ivoll, Florian Rey, François Sarasin, Laurent Suppan
Why do healthcare professionals fail to escalate as per the early warning system (EWS) protocol? A qualitative evidence synthesis of the barriers and facilitators of escalation
S. M. O’Neill, B. Clyne, M. Bell, A. Casey, B. Leen, S. M. Smith, M. Ryan, M. O’Neill
Derivation and validation of the ED-SAS score for very early prediction of mortality and morbidity with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective observational study
Joseph Miller, Yiyang Wu, Rawan Safa, Georgiana Marusca, Sandeep Bhatti, Guneet Ahluwalia, Jad Dandashi, Harold Gomez Acevedo, Naureen Farook, Ashley Scott, Vidhya Nair, Angie Adhami, Jeffrey Dueweke, Sudarshan Hebbar, Leeland Ekstrom
Association between supportive interventions and healthcare utilization and outcomes in patients on long-term prescribed opioid therapy presenting to acute healthcare settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jean Deschamps, James Gilbertson, Sebastian Straube, Kathryn Dong, Frank P. MacMaster, Christina Korownyk, Lori Montgomery, Ryan Mahaffey, James Downar, Hance Clarke, John Muscedere, Katherine Rittenbach, Robin Featherstone, Meghan Sebastianski, Ben Vandermeer, Deborah Lynam, Ryan Magnussen, Sean M. Bagshaw, Oleksa G. Rewa
Testing mechanical chest compression devices of different design for their suitability for prehospital patient transport - a simulator-based study
Maximilian Jörgens, Jürgen Königer, Karl-Georg Kanz, Torsten Birkholz, Heiko Hübner, Stephan Prückner, Bernhard Zwissler, Heiko Trentzsch
Barriers, enablers, and opportunities for organisational follow-up of workplace violence from the perspective of emergency department nurses: a qualitative study
Brodie Thomas, Anthony McGillion, Kristina Edvardsson, Peter O’Meara, Julia Van Vuuren, Evelien Spelten
Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit, a cross-sectional study from Norway
Randi Olsson Haave, Hilde Hammerud Bakke, Agneta Schröder
Validation of the modified Skåne emergency department assessment of patient load (mSEAL) model for emergency department crowding and comparison with international models; an observational study
Jens Wretborn, Håkan Starkenberg, Thoralph Ruge, Daniel B. Wilhelms, Ulf Ekelund
Impact of a visual indicator on the noise level in an emergency medical dispatch centre - a pilot study
Justin Outrey, Jean-Baptiste Pretalli, Sophie Pujol, Alice Brembilla, Thibaut Desmettre, Christophe Lambert, Jean-Marc Labourey, Frédéric Mauny, Abdo Khoury
Disaster safety assessment of primary healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional study in Kurdistan province of Iran
Arezoo Yari, Yadolah Zarezadeh, Farin Fatemi, Ali Ardalan, Siamak Vahedi, Homa Yousefi-Khoshsabeghe, Mohsen Soufi Boubakran, Farzam Bidarpoor, Mohamad Esmaeil Motlagh
Prognostic value of neutrophil- lymphocyte count ratio (NLCR) among adult ICU patients in comparison to APACHE II score and conventional inflammatory markers: a multi center retrospective cohort study
Tao Zhou, Nan Zheng, Xiang Li, Dongmei Zhu, Yi Han
Emergency department use by patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States
Ningyuan Wang, Jiao Pei, Hui Fan, Yaseen Ali, Anna Prushinskaya, Jian Zhao, Xingyu Zhang
Multi-centre implementation of an Educational program to improve the Cardiac Arrest diagnostic accuracy of ambulance Telecommunicators and survival outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest victims: the EduCATe study design and methodology
Christian Vaillancourt, Manya Charette, Sarika Naidoo, Monica Taljaard, Matthew Church, Stephanie Hodges, Shannon Leduc, Jim Christenson, Sheldon Cheskes, Katie Dainty, Michael Feldman, Judah Goldstein, John Tallon, Jennie Helmer, Aaron Sibley, Matthew Spidel, Ian Blanchard, Jim Garland, Kathryn Cyr, Jamie Brehaut, Paul Dorian, Colette Lacroix, Sandra Zambon, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy
Anterior-posterior view by full-body digital X-ray to rule out severe spinal injuries in Polytraumatized patients
Sonja Häckel, Elena Hofmann, Helen Anwander, Christoph E. Albers, Jasmin Basedow, Sebastian F. Bigdon, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Marius J. B. Keel, Robert N. Dunn, Sithombo Maqungo, Lorin M. Benneker, Michael Held, Sven Hoppe
Bomb blast: imaging findings, treatment and clinical course of extremity traumas
Mehmet Tahtabasi, Sadettin Er, Recep Karasu, Erhan Renan Ucaroglu
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)
Marc S. Schehadat, Guido Scherer, David A. Groneberg, Manfred Kaps, Michael H. K. Bendels
Clinical factors associated with bloodstream infection at the emergency department
Pariwat Phungoen, Nunchalit Lerdprawat, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, Verajit Chotmongkol, Kamonwon Ienghong, Sumana Sumritrin, Korakot Apiratwarakul
Discharge against medical advice from the emergency department in a university hospital
Feras H. Abuzeyad, Moonis Farooq, Salah Farhat Alam, Mudhaffar Ismael Ibrahim, Luma Bashmi, Shaikha Sami Aljawder, Najeh Ellouze, Abdulla Almusalam, Stephanie Hsu, Priya Das
Acute cannabis intoxication in the emergency department: the effect of legalization
Robert Baraniecki, Puru Panchal, Danya Deepsee Malhotra, Alexandra Aliferis, Zaka Zia
A two-year review of adult emergency department mortality at Tikur Anbesa specialized tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hanna Daniel Yosha, Achamyelesh Tadele, Sisay Teklu, Kidest Getu Melese
Lessons learned from reviewing a hospital’s disaster response to the hydrofluoric acid leak in Gumi city in 2012
Heejun Shin, Se Kwang Oh, Han You Lee, Heajin Chung, Seong Yong Yoon, Sung Yong Choi, Jae Hyuk Kim
Perceived occupational stressors among emergency medical service providers: a qualitative study
Ali Afshari, Seyed Reza Borzou, Farshid Shamsaei, Eesa Mohammadi, Leili Tapak
Prospective study of emergency medicine provider wellness across ten academic and community hospitals during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic
Heather Kelker, Kyle Yoder, Paul Musey Jr, Madison Harris, Olivia Johnson, Elisa Sarmiento, Punit Vyas, Brooke Henderson, Zachary Adams, Julie Welch
Difficult airway predictors were associated with decreased use of neuromuscular blocking agents in emergency airway management: a retrospective cohort study in Thailand
Jutamas Saoraya, Komsanti Vongkulbhisal, Norawit Kijpaisalratana, Suthaporn Lumlertgul, Khrongwong Musikatavorn, Atthasit Komindr
Prediction of a time-sensitive condition among patients with dizziness assessed by the emergency medical services
C. Magnusson, J. Gärskog, E. Lökholm, J. Stenström, R. Wetter, C. Axelsson, M. Andersson Hagiwara, N. Packendorff, K. Jood, T. Karlsson, J. Herlitz
The effect of COVID-19 on emergency medical service call volumes and patient acuity: a cross-sectional study in Niagara, Ontario
Richard Ferron, Gina Agarwal, Rhiannon Cooper, Douglas Munkley
A pilot study of 17 wrist-cutting suicide injuries in single institution: perspectives from a hand surgeon
Jong-Ho Kim, Hyokyung Yoo, Seokchan Eun
Management quality indicators and in-hospital mortality among acute coronary syndrome patients admitted to tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia: prospective observational study
Korinan Fanta, Fekede Bekele Daba, Elsah Tegene, Tsegaye Melaku, Ginenus Fekadu, Legese Chelkeba
Differential trends of admissions in accident and emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
Philipp Jaehn, Christine Holmberg, Greta Uhlenbrock, Andreas Pohl, Thomas Finkenzeller, Michael T. Pawlik, Ivo Quack, Antonio Ernstberger, Felix Rockmann, Andreas G. Schreyer
Exploring overcrowding trends in an inner city emergence department in the UK before and during COVID-19 epidemic
J. Panovska-Griffiths, J. Ross, S. Elkhodair, C. Baxter-Derrington, C. Laing, R. Raine
Experience of using video support by prehospital emergency care physician in ambulance care - an interview study with prehospital emergency nurses in Sweden
Veronica Vicente, Anders Johansson, Magnus Selling, Johnny Johansson, Sebastian Möller, Lizbet Todorova
Assessment of patients with suspected sepsis in ambulance services: a qualitative interview study
Agnes Olander, Anders Bremer, Annelie J. Sundler, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Henrik Andersson
Correction to: Comparison of hypoxemia, intubation procedure, and complications for noninvasive ventilation against high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a nonrandomized retrospective analysis for effectiveness and safety (NIVaHIC-aHRF)
Chao Zhang, Min Ou
Development of a pre-hospital emergencies protocol for the management of suicidal patients in Iran
Fatemeh Shirzad, Shakiba Gholamzad, Maisam Shafiee, Seyed Vahid Shariat
A qualitative examination of the current management of opioid use disorder and barriers to prescribing buprenorphine in a Canadian emergency department
David Wiercigroch, Patricia Hoyeck, Hasan Sheikh, Jennifer Hulme
Correction to: Validation of the modified Skåne emergency department assessment of patient load (mSEAL) model for emergency department crowding and comparison with international models; an observational study
Jens Wretborn, Håkan Starkenberg, Thoralph Ruge, Daniel B. Wilhelms, Ulf Ekelund
Characteristics of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) dispatch cancellations during a six-year period in a Dutch HEMS region
E. Berkeveld, T. C. N. Sierkstra, P. Schober, L. A. Schwarte, M. Terra, M. A. de Leeuw, F. W. Bloemers, G. F. Giannakopoulos
A prospective observational study comparing two supraglottic airway devices in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Maja Pålsdatter Lønvik, Odd Eirik Elden, Mats Joakimsen Lunde, Trond Nordseth, Karin Elvenes Bakkelund, Oddvar Uleberg
Endothelial glycocalyx degradation is associated with early organ impairment in polytrauma patients
Feng Qi, Hao Zhou, Peng Gu, Zhi-He Tang, Bao-Feng Zhu, Jian-Rong Chen, Jin-Song Zhang, Feng Li
Possible associations between callers’ degree-of-worry and their socioeconomic status when contacting out-of-hours services: a prospective cohort study
Sita LeBlanc Thilsted, Fredrik Folke, Janne S. Tolstrup, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Hejdi Gamst-Jensen
“Is there a doctor on board?”: willingness and confidence of physicians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in assisting with in-flight medical emergencies
Nouf A. AlShamlan, Reem S. AlOmar, Majd Mohammed Alrayes, Saud K. Alkhaldi, Ali Hamad Alomar, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Fares Mohammad Nassef, Sarah Hussain Al-Matar, Hatem A. Alqahtani
Consequences of the emergency response to COVID-19: a whole health care system review in a single city in the United Kingdom
Jeremy W. Tankel, David Ratcliffe, Martin Smith, Andrew Mullarkey, Jennifer Pover, Zoe Marsden, Paula Bennett, Darren Green
Delayed emergency healthcare seeking behaviour by Dutch emergency department visitors during the first COVID-19 wave: a mixed methods retrospective observational study
Maaike Nab, Robyn van Vehmendahl, Inne Somers, Yvonne Schoon, Gijs Hesselink
Tidal volume according to the 4-point sealing forces of a bag-valve-mask: an adult respiratory arrest simulator-based prospective, descriptive study
Dongchoon Uhm, Ajung Kim
Association of blood culture with carbapenem use in pyogenic liver abscess: a two-center retrospective study
Shuangjun He, Jie Yu, Hairong Wang, Lifeng Wang, Yi Chen, Wei Zhou
Variations in volume of emergency surgeries and emergency department access at a third level hospital in Milan, Lombardy, during the COVID-19 outbreak
Laura Castoldi, Monica Solbiati, Giorgio Costantino, Elena Casiraghi
Predicting venous thromboembolism in hospitalized trauma patients: a combination of the Caprini score and data-driven machine learning model
Lingxiao He, Lei Luo, Xiaoling Hou, Dengbin Liao, Ran Liu, Chaowei Ouyang, Guanglin Wang
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and severity of acute appendicitis: a comparison between 2019 and 2020
Jochem C. G. Scheijmans, Alexander B. J. Borgstein, Carl A. J. Puylaert, Wouter J. Bom, Said Bachiri, Eduard A. van Bodegraven, Amarins T. A. Brandsma, Floor M. ter Brugge, Steve M. M. de Castro, Roy Couvreur, Lotte C. Franken, Marcia P. Gaspersz, Michelle R. de Graaff, Hannah Groenen, Suzanne C. Kleipool, Toon J. L. Kuypers, Milou H. Martens, David M. Mens, Ricardo G. Orsini, Nando J. M. M. Reneerkens, Thomas Schok, Wouter J. A. Sedee, Shahzad Tavakoli Rad, José H. Volders, Pepijn D. Weeder, Jan M. Prins, Hester A. Gietema, Jaap Stoker, Suzanne S. Gisbertz, Marc G. H. Besselink, Marja A. Boermeester, C. S. Andeweg, E. G. Boerma, M. D. M. Bolmers, M. J. Bolster van-Eenennaam, L. S. F. Boogerd, P. van Duijvendijk, S. L. Gans, A. A. W. van Geloven, P. D. Gobardhan, E. R. Hendriks, J. T. ten Holder, J. M. Hoogendoorn, T. de Hoop, J. van Kesteren, J. L. M. Konsten, S. Kucukcelebi, A. M. F. Lopes Cardozo, G. M. H. Marres, R. A. Matthijsen, A. W. F. du Mée, S. van der Meij, J. Melenhorst, F. H. M. van Osch, G. A. Patijn, R. A. W. Ploumen, T. J. M. Quanjel, T. F. D. van Rees Vellinga, M. A. J. de Roos, C. C. van Rossem, H. M. E. Quarles van Ufford, H. C. van Santvoort, N. Sosef, D. Schweitzer, T. Verhagen
Previously undiagnosed scoliosis presenting as pleuritic chest pain in the emergency department – a case series and a validating retrospective audit
Gabor Xantus, Derek Burke, Peter Kanizsai
Identification of new demands regarding prehospital care based on 35,188 missions in 2018
Séverine Vuilleumier, Assunta Fiorentino, Sandrine Dénéréaz, Thierry Spichiger
Changes in the proportion and severity of patients with fever or common cold symptoms utilizing an after-hours house call medical service during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan: a retrospective cohort study
Ryota Inokuchi, Kojiro Morita, Masao Iwagami, Taeko Watanabe, Masatoshi Ishikawa, Nanako Tamiya
Epidemiology and outcomes from severe hypoglycemia in Kuwait: a prospective cohort study
Dalal Al Hasan, Ameen Yaseen, Mohammad Al Roudan, Lee Wallis
24-hr observation unit is safe location for rapid glucose control in uncomplicated severe hyperglycaemia
I. Ibrahim, R. Macatangay, C. Y. Chai, C. M. Khoo, M. Mahadevan
Epidemiological characteristics and mortality risk factors among COVID-19 patients in Ardabil, Northwest of Iran
Davoud Adham, Shahram Habibzadeh, Hassan Ghobadi, Shabnam Asghari Jajin, Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Eslam Moradi-Asl
Internal validation and comparison of the prognostic performance of models based on six emergency scoring systems to predict in-hospital mortality in the emergency department
Zahra Rahmatinejad, Fariba Tohidinezhad, Fatemeh Rahmatinejad, Saeid Eslami, Ali Pourmand, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Hamidreza Reihani
Evaluation of comprehensiveness and reliability of electronic health records concerning resuscitation efforts within academic intensive care units: a retrospective chart analysis
Michael S. Dittmar, Sabrina Zimmermann, Marcus Creutzenberg, Sylvia Bele, Diane Bitzinger, Dirk Lunz, Bernhard M. Graf, Martin Kieninger
Predicting mortality in adult patients with sepsis in the emergency department by using combinations of biomarkers and clinical scoring systems: a systematic review
Kirby Tong-Minh, Iris Welten, Henrik Endeman, Tjebbe Hagenaars, Christian Ramakers, Diederik Gommers, Eric van Gorp, Yuri van der Does
Development and validation of a scoring system for mortality prediction and application of standardized W statistics to assess the performance of emergency departments
Jinwoo Jeong, Sung Woo Lee, Won Young Kim, Kap Su Han, Su Jin Kim, Hyungoo Kang
Characteristics of visits and predictors of admission from a paediatric emergency room in Saudi Arabia
Mohammad H. Al-Qahtani, Abdullah A. Yousef, Bassam H. Awary, Waleed H. Albuali, Mohammed A. Al Ghamdi, Reem S. AlOmar, Nouf A. AlShamlan, Haneen A. Yousef, Sameerah Motabgani, Naheel A. AlAmer, Kawthar M. Alsawad, Fatimah Y. Altaweel, Kawther S. Altaweel, Roaya A. AlQunais, Fatima A. Alsubaie, Malak A. Al Shammari
Determinants of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards first aid among kindergarten and elementary school teachers in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia
Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Mohammed Seid Ali
Emergency department reorganisation to cope with COVID-19 outbreak in Milan university hospital: a time-sensitive challenge
A. Jachetti, G. Colombo, B. Brignolo-Ottolini, J. Franchi, M. Solbiati, M. Pecorino Meli, P. Bosco, G. Costantino
Incidence rate and topography of intra-pelvic arterial lesions associated with high-energy blunt pelvic ring injuries: a retrospective cohort study
Anna-Eliane Abboud, Sana Boudabbous, Elisabeth Andereggen, Michaël de Foy, Alexandre Ansorge, Axel Gamulin
Ultrasonography indicators for predicting difficult intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mehran Sotoodehnia, Hosein Rafiemanesh, Hadi Mirfazaelian, Arash Safaie, Alireza Baratloo
Factors associated with survival in adult patients with traumatic arrest: a retrospective cohort study from US trauma centers
Abdel-Badih Ariss, Rana Bachir, Mazen El Sayed
Prehospital time and mortality in polytrauma patients: a retrospective analysis
E. Berkeveld, Z. Popal, P. Schober, W. P. Zuidema, F. W. Bloemers, G. F. Giannakopoulos
Incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest at general wards before and after implementation of an early warning score
Andreas Creutzburg, Dan Isbye, Lars S. Rasmussen
Comparison of base excess, lactate and pH predicting 72-h mortality of multiple trauma
Junfang Qi, Long Bao, Peng Yang, Du Chen
Study of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and immunocyte ratios in 194 patients with sepsis
Tian Tian, Bing Wei, Junyu Wang
Factors influencing paramedics’ and emergency medical technicians’ level of knowledge about the 2015 basic life support guidelines
Celal Levent Kayadelen, Ayşe Nilgün Kayadelen, Polat Durukan
Data from emergency medicine palliative care access (EMPallA): a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of specialty outpatient versus telephonic palliative care of older adults with advanced illness presenting to the emergency department
Abigail M. Schmucker, Mara Flannery, Jeanne Cho, Keith S. Goldfeld, Corita Grudzen, Caroline Blaum, Jason Bischof, Kei Ouchi, Marie-Carmelle Elie, Robert Swor, Karen Jubanyik, Jeffrey T. Berger, Bharath Chakravarthy, Richelle J. Cooper, Christopher J. Coyne, Chinwe H. Ogedegbe, Isabel Castro, Holden Caplan, Simar Randhawa, Jordan Carpenter, Nikita Umale, Rebecca Murray, Matthew Shaw, Nora Daut, Jennifer Bonito, Nancy Hernandez, Julia Vargas, Alexandrea Cronin, Diana McCarthy
Predicting mortality among septic patients presenting to the emergency department–a cross sectional analysis using machine learning
Adam Karlsson, Willem Stassen, Amy Loutfi, Ulrika Wallgren, Eric Larsson, Lisa Kurland
A first-aid fast track channel for rescuing critically ill children with airway foreign bodies: our clinical experience
Yong-chao Chen, Zhi-xiong Xian, Sai-hong Han, Lan Li, Yi-shu Teng
Pre-operative fluid resuscitation in the emergency general surgery septic patient: does it really matter?
Benjamin Moran, Erin Major, Joseph A. Kufera, Samuel A. Tisherman, Jose Diaz
Validity and risk factor analysis for helicopter emergency medical services in Japan: a pilot study
Noriaki Yamada, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Takahiro Yoshida, Sho Nachi, Hideshi Okada, Shinji Ogura
Effect of COVID-19 on epidemiological characteristics of road traffic injuries in Suzhou: a retrospective study
Wenjuan Huang, Qi Lin, Feng Xu, Du Chen
Hemogram-derived ratios as prognostic markers of ICU admission in COVID-19
Sara Velazquez, Rodrigo Madurga, José María Castellano, Jesús Rodriguez-Pascual, Santiago Ruiz de Aguiar Diaz Obregon, Sara Jimeno, Juan Ignacio Montero, Paula Sol Ventura Wichner, Alejandro López-Escobar
Comparison of the novel VieScope with conventional and video laryngoscope in a difficult airway scenario – a randomized, controlled simulation trial
Hannes Ecker, Simone Kolvenbach, Sebastian Stranz, Holger Herff, Wolfgang A. Wetsch
Emergency medical staffs’ knowledge and attitude about organ donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) and its related factors
Jafar Kondori, Rouzbeh Rajaei Ghafouri, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Ahmad Mirza Aghazadeh Attari, Stephen R. Large, Zahra Sheikhalipour
Does Case Management Provide Support for Staff Facing Frequent Users of Emergency Departments? A Comparative Mixed-Method Evaluation of ED Staff Perception
Michael von Allmen, Véronique S. Grazioli, Miriam Kasztura, Oriane Chastonay, Joanna C. Moullin, Olivier Hugli, Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Patrick Bodenmann
Identifying trauma patients with benefit from direct transportation to Level-1 trauma centers
Charlie A. Sewalt, Benjamin Y. Gravesteijn, Daan Nieboer, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Dennis Den Hartog, David Van Klaveren
Predicting surgical resource consumption and in-hospital mortality in resource-scarce conflict settings: a retrospective study
Måns Muhrbeck, Zaher Osman, Johan von Schreeb, Andreas Wladis, Peter Andersson
Management of COVID-19-related challenges faced by EMS personnel: a qualitative study
Fateme Mohammadi, Banafsheh Tehranineshat, Mostafa Bijani, Ali Asghar Khaleghi
Impact of video quality when evaluating video-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a randomized, controlled simulation trial
Christopher Plata, Martin Nellessen, Rebecca Roth, Hannes Ecker, Bernd W. Böttiger, Johannes Löser, Wolfgang A. Wetsch
The COVID-19 pandemic: the effect on airway Management in non-COVID emergency patients
Onlak Ruangsomboon, Phetsinee Boonmee, Akarin Nimmannit
Prehospital assessment and management of postpartum haemorrhage- healthcare personnel’s experiences and perspectives
Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen, Ann Karin Helgesen, Linn Ulvøy, Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl
Correction to: Characteristics of visits and predictors of admission from a paediatric emergency room in Saudi Arabia
Mohammad H. Al-Qahtani, Abdullah A. Yousef, Bassam H. Awary, Waleed H. Albuali, Mohammed A. Al Ghamdi, Reem S. AlOmar, Nouf A. AlShamlan, Haneen A. Yousef, Sameerah Motabgani, Naheel A. AlAmer, Kawthar M. Alsawad, Fatimah Y. Altaweel, Kawther S. Altaweel, Roaya A. AlQunais, Fatima A. Alsubaie, Malak A. Al Shammari
Laypeople perception and interpretation of simulated life-threatening bleeding: a controlled experimental study
Erik Prytz, Rachel Phillips, Susanna Lönnqvist, Marc Friberg, Carl-Oscar Jonson
Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies
Gitte Linderoth, Freddy Lippert, Doris Østergaard, Annette K. Ersbøll, Christian S. Meyhoff, Fredrik Folke, Helle C. Christensen
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trauma-related emergency medical service calls: a retrospective cohort study
Michael Azbel, Mikko Heinänen, Mitja Lääperi, Markku Kuisma
Predictive value of qSOFA score for death in emergency department resuscitation room among adult trauma patients:a retrospective study
Wenjuan Huang, Peng Yang, Feng Xu, Du Chen
Association between emergency medical service transport time and survival in patients with traumatic cardiac arrest: a Nationwide retrospective observational study
Hiromichi Naito, Tetsuya Yumoto, Takashi Yorifuji, Tsuyoshi Nojima, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, Taihei Yamada, Kohei Tsukahara, Mototaka Inaba, Takeshi Nishimura, Takenori Uehara, Atsunori Nakao
Impaired kidney function at ED admission: a comparison of bleeding complications of patients with different oral anticoagulants
Martin Müller, Michaela Traschitzger, Michael Nagler, Spyridon Arampatzis, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Thomas C. Sauter
Differences in radiation dose for computed tomography of the brain among pediatric patients at the emergency departments: an observational study
Xi Min Tan, Mohammad Taufik Bin Mohamed Shah, Shu-Ling Chong, Yong-Kwang Gene Ong, Peck Har Ang, Nur Diana Bte Zakaria, Khai Pin Lee, Jen Heng Pek
Development of a simulation-based curriculum for Pediatric prehospital skills: a mixed-methods needs assessment
Kevin A. Padrez, John Brown, Andy Zanoff, Carol C. Chen, Nicolaus Glomb
Antibiotic prescription consistent with guidelines in emergency department is associated with 30-day survival in severe community-acquired pneumonia
Kang Seung Hyun, Jo You Hwan, Lee Jae Hyuk, Jang Dong-Hyun, Kim Yu Jin, Inwon Park
Factors associated with hospital outcomes of patients with penetrating craniocerebral injuries in armed conflict areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective series
Paterne Safari Mudekereza, Gauthier Bahizire Murhula, Charles Kachungunu, Amani Mudekereza, Fabrice Cikomola, Leon-Emmanuel Mukengeshai Mubenga, Patrick Birindwa Balungwe, Paul Munguakonkwa Budema, Christian Molima, Erick Namegabe Mugabo, Hervé Monka Lekuya
Starting ambulance care professionals and critical incidents: a qualitative study on experiences, consequences and coping strategies
Jorik Loef, Lilian C. M. Vloet, Peter-Hans Vierhoven, Leonie van der Schans, Yvonne Neyman-Lubbers, Christine de Vries-de Winter, Remco H. A. Ebben
Comparison of a metronome-guided prehospital medication infusion technique with standard calculation: a simulated randomized, controlled, cross-over study
Samuel M. Galvagno, James Cloepin, Jeannie Hannas, Kurt S. Rubach, Andrew Naumann, Jonathan Wendell
A machine learning model to predict critical care outcomes in patient with chest pain visiting the emergency department
Ting Ting Wu, Ruo Fei Zheng, Zhi Zhong Lin, Hai Rong Gong, Hong Li
Abdominopelvic CT-scan in emergency departments for patients with suspected complications of Crohn’s disease: a single tertiary center experience
Mikael Verdalle-Cazes, Cloé Charpentier, Coralie Benard, Luc-Marie Joly, Jean-Nicolas Dacher, Guillaume Savoye, Céline Savoye-Collet
Assessment of breathing in cardiac arrest: a randomised controlled trial of three teaching methods among laypersons
Niklas Breindahl, Anders Granholm, Theo Walther Jensen, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Helge Myklebust, Freddy Lippert, Anne Lippert
EMS non-conveyance: A safe practice to decrease ED crowding or a threat to patient safety?
Jani Paulin, Jouni Kurola, Mari Koivisto, Timo Iirola
Fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study assessing correlates of adult mortality
Paul Munguakonkwa Budema, Roméo Bujiriri Murhega, Tshibambe Nathanael Tshimbombu, Georges Kuyigwa Toha, Fabrice Gulimwentuga Cikomola, Paterne Safari Mudekereza, Léon-Emmanuel Mubenga, Ghislain Maheshe-Balemba, Darck Cubaka Badesire, Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye
Examining the association between paramedic transport to the emergency department and hospital admission: a population-based cohort study
Ryan P. Strum, Fabrice I. Mowbray, Andrew Worster, Walter Tavares, Matthew S. Leyenaar, Rebecca H. Correia, Andrew P. Costa
Determinants of time-to-disposition in patients who underwent CT for pulmonary embolism: a retrospective study
Ali Hassan, Omran Al Dandan, Khaled Awary, Besma Bukhamsin, Reema Bukhamseen, Alaa Alzaki, Amal Al-Sulaibeekh, Hind S. Alsaif
Fair prioritization of casualties in disaster triage: a qualitative study
Vahid Ghanbari, Ali Ardalan, Armin Zareiyan, Amir Nejati, Dan Hanfling, Alireza Bagheri, Leili Rostamnia
Barriers and facilitators to cardiopulmonary resuscitation within pre-hospital emergency medical services: a qualitative study
Nahid Dehghan-Nayeri, Hassan Nouri-Sari, Fatemeh Bahramnezhad, Fatemeh Hajibabaee, Mojtaba Senmar
Adherence to the ABCDE approach in relation to the method of instruction: a randomized controlled simulation study
Marjolein Linders, Mathijs Binkhorst, Jos M. T. Draaisma, Arno F. J. van Heijst, Marije Hogeveen
Emergency department admissions to the intensive care unit – a national retrospective study
Susanne B. Wilhelms, Daniel B. Wilhelms
Factors contributing to delay intensive care unit admission of critically ill patients from the adult emergency Department in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital
Helen Teklie, Hywet Engida, Birhanu Melaku, Abdata Workina
Workplace violence and influencing factors among paramedic pre hospital paramedic personnel (city and road) in Iran: a quality content analysis
Marziye Hadian, Alireza Jabbari, Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri
Using the South African Triage Scale for prehospital triage: a qualitative study
Julia Dixon, Taylor Burkholder, Jennifer Pigoga, Michael Lee, Kubendhren Moodley, Shaheem de Vries, Lee Wallis, Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman
Isolated calf deep venous thrombosis: frequency on venous ultrasound and clinical characteristics
Thomas Heller, Mattes Becher, Jens-Christian Kröger, Ebba Beller, Susanne Heller, Raimund Höft, Marc-André Weber, Felix G. Meinel
Amino acids predict prognosis in patients with acute dyspnea
Karolin Wiklund, Klas Gränsbo, Peter Almgren, Marjaneh Peyman, Lena Tegnér, Maria Toni-Bengtsson, Mattias Wieloch, Olle Melander
Comparison of QSOFA and sirs scores for the prediction of adverse outcomes of secondary peritonitis among patients admitted on the adult surgical ward in a tertiary teaching hospital in Uganda: a prospective cohort study
Emmanuel Nkonge, Olivia Kituuka, William Ocen, Herbert Ariaka, Alfred Ogwal, Badru Ssekitoleko
The impact of chest pain center on treatment delay of STEMI patients: a time series study
Xiaolin Sun, Bo Yao, Kexin Shi, Yajiong Xue, Huigang Liang
Association between prehospital arterial hypercapnia and mortality in acute heart failure: a retrospective cohort study
Mathias Fabre, Christophe A. Fehlmann, Kevin E. Boczar, Birgit Gartner, Catherine G. Zimmermann-Ivol, François Sarasin, Laurent Suppan
Prevention of alcohol withdrawal seizure recurrence and treatment of other alcohol withdrawal symptoms in the emergency department: a rapid review
Justin Jek-Kahn Koh, Madeline Malczewska, Mary M. Doyle-Waters, Jessica Moe
Risk prediction of biomarkers for early multiple organ dysfunction in critically ill patients
Shigeto Ishikawa, Yuto Teshima, Hiroki Otsubo, Takashi Shimazui, Taka-aki Nakada, Osamu Takasu, Kenichi Matsuda, Junichi Sasaki, Masakazu Nabeta, Takeshi Moriguchi, Takayuki Shibusawa, Toshihiko Mayumi, Shigeto Oda
A dangerously underrated entity? Non-specific complaints at emergency department presentation are associated with utilisation of less diagnostic resources
Tanja Birrenbach, Andrea Geissbühler, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Wolf E. Hautz, Thomas C. Sauter, Martin Müller
Does the time of the day affect multiple trauma care in hospitals? A retrospective analysis of data from the TraumaRegister DGU®
Stefanie Fitschen-Oestern, Sebastian Lippross, Rolf Lefering, Tim Klüter, Matthias Weuster, Georg Maximilian Franke, Nora Kirsten, Michael Müller, Ove Schröder, Andreas Seekamp
Qualitative development and content validation of the “SPART” model; a focused ethnography study of observable diagnostic and therapeutic activities in the emergency medical services care process
Bert Dercksen, Michel M. R. F. Struys, Fokie Cnossen, Wolter Paans
Timely intubation with early prediction of respiratory exacerbation in acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury
Takafumi Yonemitsu, Azuna Kinoshita, Keiji Nagata, Mika Morishita, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Seiya Kato
The timing of administering aspirin and nitroglycerin in patients with STEMI ECG changes alter patient outcome
Kristijan B. Todoroski
The Alternative Pre-hospital Pathway team: reducing conveyances to the emergency department through patient centered Community Emergency Medicine
Andrew Patton, Cathal O’Donnell, Owen Keane, Kieran Henry, Donal Crowley, Adrian Collins, Eoghan Redmond, Nicky Glynn, Martin Dunne, Conor Deasy
Learning from diagnostic errors to improve patient safety when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: incorporating realist methodology into patient safety incident report analysis
Alison Cooper, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Matthew Cooke, Peter Hibbert, Thomas Hughes, Faris Hussain, Aloysius Siriwardena, Helen Snooks, Liam J. Donaldson, Adrian Edwards
Correction to: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trauma-related emergency medical service calls: a retrospective cohort study
Michael Azbel, Mikko Heinänen, Mitja Lääperi, Markku Kuisma
Electrocardiographic abnormalities in COVID-19 patients visiting the emergency department: a multicenter retrospective study
Hugo De Carvalho, Lucas Leonard-Pons, Julien Segard, Nicolas Goffinet, François Javaudin, Arnaud Martinage, Guillaume Cattin, Severin Tiberghien, Dylan Therasse, Marc Trotignon, Fabien Arabucki, Simon Ribes, Quentin Le Bastard, Emmanuel Montassier
Predicting factors for abnormal brain computed tomography in children with minor head trauma
Taraneh Naghibi, Mina Rostami, Behrad Jamali, Zhaleh Karimimoghaddam, Alireza Zeraatchi, Asghar Jafari Rouhi
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions
Michael E. Reschen, Jordan Bowen, Alex Novak, Matthew Giles, Sudhir Singh, Daniel Lasserson, Christopher A. O’Callaghan
Drug-free tracheal intubation by specialist paramedics (critical care) in a United Kingdom ambulance service: a service evaluation
Silas Houghton Budd, Eleanor Alexander-Elborough, Richard Brandon, Chris Fudge, Scott Hardy, Laura Hopkins, Ben Paul, Sloane Philips, Sarah Thatcher, Paul Winsor
Organisational determinants and consequences of diagnostic discrepancy in two large patient groups in the emergency departments: a national study of consecutive episodes between 2008 and 2016
Line Stjernholm Tipsmark, Børge Obel, Tommy Andersson, Rikke Søgaard
Pediatric triage variations among nurses, pediatric and emergency residents using the Canadian triage and acuity scale
Saleh Alshaibi, Tala AlBassri, Suliman AlQeuflie, Winnie Philip, Nesrin Alharthy
Monocyte distribution width (MDW) as a new tool for the prediction of sepsis in critically ill patients: a preliminary investigation in an intensive care unit
Ennio Polilli, Antonella Frattari, Jessica Elisabetta Esposito, Andrea Stanziale, Giuliana Giurdanella, Giancarlo Di Iorio, Fabrizio Carinci, Giustino Parruti
Survival after traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Vietnam: a multicenter prospective cohort study
Son Ngoc Do, Chinh Quoc Luong, Dung Thi Pham, My Ha Nguyen, Tra Thanh Ton, Quoc Trong Ai Hoang, Dat Tuan Nguyen, Thao Thi Ngoc Pham, Hanh Trong Hoang, Dai Quoc Khuong, Quan Huu Nguyen, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Tung Thanh Tran, Long Duc Vu, Chi Van Nguyen, Bryan Francis McNally, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Anh Dat Nguyen
suPAR cut-offs for stratification of low, medium, and high-risk acute medical patients in the emergency department
Seppälä Santeri, Andersen Andreas Peter, Nyyssönen Kristiina, Eugen-Olsen Jesper, Hyppölä Harri
Regular feedback on inter-hospital transfer improved the clinical outcome and survival in patients with multiple trauma: a retrospective cohort study
Chih-Jung Wang, Tsung-Han Yang, Kuo-Shu Hung, Chun-Hsien Wu, Shu-Ting Yen, Yi-Ting Yen, Yan-Shen Shan
Intravenous infusion route in maternal resuscitation: a scoping review
Eishin Nakamura, Shinji Takahashi, Shigetaka Matsunaga, Hiroaki Tanaka, Marie Furuta, Atsushi Sakurai
Prognostic scores and early management of septic patients in the emergency department of a secondary hospital: results of a retrospective study
GianLuca Colussi, Giacomo Perrotta, Pierpaolo Pillinini, Alessia G. Dibenedetto, Andrea Da Porto, Cristiana Catena, Leonardo A. Sechi
Evaluating the transitions in care for children presenting with acute asthma to emergency departments: a retrospective cohort study
Kimberly R. Kroetch, Brian H. Rowe, Rhonda J. Rosychuk
Non-conveyance of older adult patients and association with subsequent clinical and adverse events after initial assessment by ambulance clinicians: a cohort analysis
Jakob Lederman, Veronica Lindström, Carina Elmqvist, Caroline Löfvenmark, Gunnar Ljunggren, Therese Djärv
Factors associated with undertriage in patients classified by the need to visit a hospital by telephone triage: a retrospective cohort study
Ryota Inokuchi, Xueying Jin, Masao Iwagami, Toshikazu Abe, Masatoshi Ishikawa, Nanako Tamiya
Limited need for hospital resources among patients brought to hospital by the emergency medical services
Carl Magnusson, Helena Ryge, Filip Scott, Johan Herlitz, Christer Axelsson
Changes in peripheral arterial blood pressure after resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic cardiac arrest patients
Jostein Rødseth Brede, Eivinn Skjærseth, Pål Klepstad, Trond Nordseth, Andreas Jørstad Krüger
Towards enhanced telephone triage for chest pain: a Delphi study to define life-threatening conditions that must be identified
Ahmed Alotaibi, Richard Body, Simon Carley, Elspeth Pennington
Pre- and post-home visit behaviors after using after-hours house call (AHHC) medical services: a questionnaire-based survey in Tokyo, Japan
Ryota Inokuchi, Kojiro Morita, Xueying Jin, Masatoshi Ishikawa, Nanako Tamiya
Driving the ambulance: an essential component of emergency medical services: an integrative review
Julia Becker, Karin Hugelius
Prognostic value of diagnostic scales in community-acquired sepsis mortality at an emergency service. Prognosis in community-adquired sepsis
Jorge Clar, María Rosa Oltra, Raquel Benavent, Carolina Pinto, Adrian Ruiz, Maria Teresa Sanchez, Jose Noceda, Josep Redon, Maria Jose Forner
The impact of Ramadan on visits related to diabetes emergencies at a tertiary care center
Abdullah M. AlZahrani, Mawaddah M. Zawawi, Naif A. Almutairi, Ammar Y. Alansari, Amina A. Bargawi