Factors Associated With Recurrent Emergency Department Visits for Epistaxis in Adults, Cross Sectional Study in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [Letter] by Al-Wathinani AM, Goniewicz K

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Symptoms and coronary risk factors predictive of adverse cardiac events in chest pain patients in an Asian emergency department: the need for a local prediction score by Ziwei Lin, Swee Han Lim, Qai Ven Yap, Cheryl Shumin Kow, Yiong Huak Chan, Siang Jin Terrance Chua, Anantharaman Venkataraman

“…Methods: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain and non-diagnostic 12-lead electrocardiograms were recruited. …”
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Consultations for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis before and after health insurance coverage of pre-exposure prophylaxis to a university-based emergency department in Germany by Lennert Böhm, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Hubert Schelzig, Tom Luedde, Michael Bernhard

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Prevalence and spatial distribution of workplace violence against emergency medical staff in China: a cross-sectional study by Ruofan ZHANG, Jing FENG, Ge QU, Xinyan LI, Zihui LEI, Yuchao SUN, Aoqi SHEN, Chuanzhu LV, Xingyue SONG, Yong GAN

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Penetrating right ventricular injury following a single gunshot to the left flank in Iraq: a case report by Zryan Salar Majeed, Yad N. Othman, Razhan K. Ali

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Epidemiology and outcomes of patients with penetrating trauma in Incheon Metropolitan City, Korea based on National Emergency Department Information System data: a retrsopective cohort study by Youngmin Kim, Byungchul Yu, Se-Beom Jeon, Seung Hwan Lee, Jayun Cho, Jihun Gwak, Youngeun Park, Kang Kook Choi, Min A Lee, Gil Jae Lee, Jungnam Lee

“…Proper triage and transfer of the patient to the emergency department (ED), where immediate definitive treatment is available, is key to improving survival. …”
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Patients Hospitalized in General Wards via the Emergency Department: Early Identification of Predisposing Factors for Death or Unexpected Intensive Care Unit Admission—A Historical Prospective by Thierry Boulain, Isabelle Runge, Nathalie Delorme, Angèle Bouju, Antoine Valéry

“…To identify, upon emergency department (ED) admission, predictors of unexpected death or unplanned intensive care/high dependency units (ICU/HDU) admission during the first 15 days of hospitalization on regular wards. …”
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Understanding perceptions and factors involved in do not resuscitate (DNR) decision making in the emergency department of a low-resource country: a mixed-methods study protocol by Naveed Ahmed, Shahan Waheed, Rubina Barolia, Kiran Azizi, Madiha Ismail

“…The study findings will support the development of a standardised protocol for DNR decision making for healthcare professionals in the emergency department.Ethics and dissemination The proposal was reviewed by the ethics review committee (ERC) of the institution (ERC # 2020-1551-7193). …”
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Association between perception of COVID-19 risk, confidence in health services and avoidance of emergency department visits: results from a community-based survey in Portugal by Silvia Lopes, Sónia Dias, Ana Gama, Pedro Laires, Carla Nunes, Patrícia Soares, Ana Rita Pedro, Marta Moniz, Ana Rita Goes

“…Objectives To examine the association between the perception of COVID-19 risk, confidence in health services and avoidance of emergency department (ED) visits in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design Community-based, cross-sectional survey.Setting Volunteer sample that completed the online survey between April 2020 and May 2021.Participants 987 participants who perceived needing ED care. …”
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Predictors of specialist care referrals (SCR) following emergency department review or hospital admission in adults with previous acute COVID-19: a prospective UK cohort study by Anita Saigal, Songyuan Xiao, Owais Siddique, Prasheena Naran, Heba M Bintalib, Camila Nagoda Niklewicz, George Seligmann, Sindhu Bhaarrati Naidu, Amar J Shah, Chibueze Ogbonnaya, John R Hurst, Marc Ci Lipman, Swapna Mandal

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Assessing the Clinical Impact of Emergency Physician-performed Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks in a Level 1 Trauma Center: A Retrospective Analysis by Sanjeev Bhoi, Bharath Gopinath, Utkarsh Khandelwal, Rakesh Nayaka, Jyothiswaroop Bhaskararayuni, Devansh Gupta, Ayush Srivastava, Anisha Anshu, Aaditya Katyal, Tej Prakash Sinha

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PROcalcitonin and NEWS2 evaluation for Timely identification of sepsis and Optimal use of antibiotics in the emergency department (PRONTO): protocol for a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial by David Taylor-Robinson, Steve Goodacre, Neil French, Richard Body, Kerenza Hood, Emma Thomas-Jones, Jane Daniels, Sarah Walker, Ingeborg Welters, Mike Bradburn, Paul Schmidt, Enitan Carrol, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Sarah Milosevic, Andrew Tabner, Philip Pallmann, Stephen Aston, Gavin Barlow, Emma Richards, Emmanuel Nsutebu, Philip Howard, Matthew Inada-Kim, Stacy Todd, Fiona McGill, Martin Llewelyn, Louis Wihelmus Niessen, Joanne Euden, Julie Carman, Stephanie Gilbert, Sam Clarkstone, Jacqui Hughes, Lena Meister, Angela Brain, Matthew Scarborough, Sian O'Shea, Claire James

“…PCT is not routinely used in the care of undifferentiated patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs), and the evidence base of its optimal usage is poor. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volume and diagnoses of patients admitted to the paediatric emergency department: a retrospective analysis from a third-level hospital in Northeastern Mexico by Paulina Blanco-Murillo, Ricardo J Estrada-Mendizabal, Katheryne Paola Madrazo-Aguirre, Manuel Guillermo Ruelas-Martinez, Lucia Escobedo-Berumen, Rommy Elizabeth Pineda-Magaña, Maria Guadalupe Garcia-Lima, Oscar Tamez-Rivera

“…Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were noticeable changes in the number of admissions to paediatric emergency departments (EDs) worldwide, as well as in the patient’s diagnoses. …”
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Risk, incidence and predictors of venous thromboembolism among patients attending the emergency department of tertiary care hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia: a multicentre prospective study by Desalew Mekonnen, Alemseged Beyene Berha, Worku Degefa, Minyahil Alebachew Woldu

“…Objective This study aimed to assess the risk, incidence and predictors of venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients admitted to the emergency department of tertiary hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia.Design A multicentre hospital-based prospective follow-up study was conducted.Setting The study was conducted in three tertiary care hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia: Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa Burn Emergency and Trauma Hospital and St. …”
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Frequency, demographics, diagnoses and consultation patterns associated with low-acuity attendances in German emergency departments: a retrospective routine healthcare data analysis from the INDEED project by Patrik Dröge, Anna Slagman, Felix Greiner, Martin Möckel, Liane Schenk, Anna Schneider, Thomas Keil, Stephanie Roll, Rainer Röhrig, Felix Walcher, Reinhard Busse, Johannes Drepper, David Legg, Ryan King, Thomas Reinhold, Thomas Ruhnke, Antje Fischer-Rosinský, Yves-Noel Wu, Natalie Baier, Maike Below, Cornelia Henschke, Björn Kreye, Christian Lüpkes, Burgi Riens, Marie-Luise Rosenbusch, Felix Stäps, Kristin Schmieder, Daniel Schreiber, Dominik von Stillfried, Grit Zimmermann

“…This study aimed to estimate the frequency of low-acuity emergency department (ED) attendances and to provide an overview of their demographic, diagnosis and consultation patterns.Design Observational analyses of routine healthcare data.Setting German EDs.Participants Adult patients with statutory health insurance who visited the ED of 16 participating hospitals in 2016.Main outcome measures Frequency, demographics, diagnoses and consultation patterns of low-acuity and high-acuity attendees.Main results Of the 454 747 ED visits, 370 756 visits (50.1% female) were included for analysis. …”
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Cost Impact Model of a Novel Multi-mRNA Host Response Assay for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Sepsis in the Emergency Department by John E. Schneider, Jonathan Romanowsky, Philipp Schuetz, Ivana Stojanovic, Henry K. Cheng, Oliver Liesenfeld, Ljubomir Buturovic, Timothy E. Sweeney

“…**Objectives:** We estimated the economic impact of adopting HostDx Sepsis testing among patients with suspected acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) in the emergency department (ED). **Methods:** Our cost impact model estimated costs for adult ED patients with suspected ARTI under the standard of care versus with the adoption of HostDx Sepsis from the perspective of US payers. …”
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The scope of emergency nursing viewed through the lens of complex adaptive systems: A discussion paper by Katarina E Göransson, Jonathan Drennan, Hanne Mainz, Nanna Fauerholdt Skov, Maria Amritzer, Lena M Berg, Karen V Andersen, Marianne Lisby

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Response Time and Influencing Factors Among Emergency Nurses in Indonesian Hospital: A Scoping Review of Current Evidence by Ramdani D, Kosasih CE, Emaliyawati E

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Understanding and measuring workplace violence in healthcare: a Canadian systematic framework to address a global healthcare phenomenon by Christian Schulz-Quach, Brendan Lyver, Charlene Reynolds, Trevor Hanagan, Jennifer Haines, John Shannon, Laura Danielle Pozzobon, Yasemin Sarraf, Sam Sabbah, Sahand Ensafi, Natasha Bloomberg, Jaswanth Gorla, Brendan Singh, Lucas B. Chartier, Marnie Escaf, Diana Elder, Marc Toppings, Brian Hodges, Rickinder Sethi

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Does providing atrial fibrillation patients, after pulmonary vein isolation, with a 1-lead ECG device relieve the emergency department?-A historically controlled prospective trial. by Jasper L Selder, Mark J Mulder, Willem R van de Vijver, Philip M Croon, Leontine E Wentrup, Stéphanie L van der Pas, Jos W R Twisk, Igor I Tulevski, Albert C Van Rossum, Cornelis P Allaart

“…Even though PVI is effective, post procedural health care utilization is high, contributing to emergency department (ED) overcrowding, which is a global healthcare concern. …”
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