Effects and utility of an online forward triage tool during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a mixed method study and patient perspectives, Switzerland by Thomas C Sauter, Wolf E Hautz, Martin Müller, Meret E Ricklin, Janet Michel, Annette Mettler, Raphael Stuber, Philipp Jent

“…Second, qualitative data were collected through key informant interviews (n=19) to explain the quantitative findings, explore tool utility, user experience and elicit recommendations.Setting The working group e-emergency medicine at the emergency department developed an OFTT, which was made available online.Participants Participants included all users above the age of 18 that used the OFTT between 2 March 2020 and 12 May 2020.Intervention An OFTT that displayed the current test recommendations of the Federal Office of Public Health on whether someone needed testing for COVID-19 or not. …”
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A Comparison of Patient Satisfaction with Emergency Department Opt-In and Opt-Out Rapid HIV Screening by Douglas A. E. White, Alicia N. Scribner, Maria E. Martin, Stacy Tsai

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Improvement of the specialized medical care at short bowel syndrome: resolution of the advisory council by V. T. Ivashkin, S. F. Bagnenko, A. V. Grishin, M. A. Kucher, V. M. Luft, Ye. A. Poluektova, T. S. Popova, A. A. Ryk, S. V. Sviridov, Ya. . Soboski, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. Ye. Shestopalov, O. S. Shifrin

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A Case of Childhood Severe Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria with Acute Renal Failure Successfully Treated with Plasma Exchange and Eculizumab by Jessica Pelletier, Chad Ward, Matthew Borloz, Anne Ickes, Susan Guelich, Erwood Edwards

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Multilocus Sequence Typing for Interpreting Blood Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis by Prannda Sharma, Ashley E. Satorius, Marika R. Raff, Adriana Rivera, Duane W. Newton, John G. Younger

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Characteristics of paediatric burn injuries seen in the tertiary emergency centre, South Africa by Ntsovelo Mugwena, Rule Human, Maria M. Geyser

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Multifactorial Origin of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis, Recurrent Hematuria, and Episodic Pain in a Service Member with Sickle Cell Trait by Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Mingqiang Ren, John F. Capacchione, Ognoon Mungunsukh, Kevin Chuang, Iren Horkayne-Szakaly, Francis G. O’Connor, Patricia A. Deuster

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Identifying Patient Characteristics Associated With Opioid Use to Inform Surgical Pain Management by Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS, Ruiying Xiong, MS, Jeffrey Ebert, PhD, Fran Shofer, PhD, Evan Spencer, MS, Daniel Lee, MD, MS, Zarina Ali, MD, MS, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

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About on 'Factors in Vaccine Refusal by Patients Applying for COVID-19 PCR Test' by Behcet AL, Ferhat ARSLAN

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An Analysis of Patients That Underwent Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography with the Prediagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department by Engin Ozakin, Filiz Baloglu Kaya, Nurdan Acar, Arif Alper Cevik

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How do sepsis survivors experience life after sepsis? A Danish qualitative study exploring factors of importance by Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Mikkel Brabrand, Christina Østervang, Dorthe Susanne Nielsen, Camilla Schade Skov

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Differences in Characteristics of Peripartum Patients Who Did and Did Not Require an Upgrade to the Intensive Care Unit: A Propensity Score Matching Study by Jennifer A. Walker, Jerry M. Yang, Saad Pirzada, Manahel Zahid, Samantha Asuncion, Amanda Tuchler, Gillian Cooper, Allison Lankford, Emad Elsamadicy, Quincy K. Tran

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Effect of High-Dose Vitamin C Infusion in a Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Patient by Joseph Quinn, Bryan Gerber, Ryan Fouche, Katharine Kenyon, Zachary Blom, Purushothaman Muthukanagaraj

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Relationship of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with weather and season by Okkes Zortuk, Fatih Selvi, Cihan Bedel, Mustafa Korkut

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An Unusual Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction in a Child: Ingested Rhubarb by Miguel Glatstein, Dana Danino, Ayelet Rimon, Sergei Keidar, Dennis Scolnik

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3D-augmentation of 2D ultrasound for appendicitis diagnosis: A cross-sectional pilot study by Rebecca G. Theophanous, Elias Jaffa, Matthew R. Morgan, Carl D. Herickhoff, Erica Peethumnongsin, Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Joshua S. Broder

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Effectiveness of chain of survival for out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA) in resource limited countries: A systematic review by Mirza Noor Ali Baig, Zafar Fatmi, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Uzma Rahim Khan, Ahmed Raheem, Junaid Abdul Razzak

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Inflammatory Biomarkers and Lipid Parameters May Predict an Increased Risk for Atrial Arrhythmias in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis by Veronika Sebestyén, Dóra Ujvárosy, Balázs Ratku, Hajnalka Lőrincz, Sára Csiha, Dóra Tari, Gyöngyike Majai, Sándor Somodi, Gabriella Szűcs, Mariann Harangi, Zoltán Szabó

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Predicting Outcomes for Interhospital Transferred Patients of Emergency General Surgery by Brandon Cave, Daniel Najafali, William Gilliam, Jackson F. Barr, Christian Cain, Chris Yum, Jamie Palmer, Safura Tanveer, Emily Esposito, Quincy K. Tran

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Hypercapnea and Acidemia despite Hyperventilation following Endotracheal Intubation in a Case of Unknown Severe Salicylate Poisoning by Shannon M. Fernando, Valérie Charbonneau, Hans Rosenberg

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