Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Early Identification of Acute Aortic Root Dissection by Kristina Thomas, Omar Amr

“…Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming a frequently utilized imaging tool in the emergency department (ED) as it can aid in early diagnosis of many pathologies. …”
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A Multicenter Observational Prospective Cohort Study of Association of the Prehospital National Early Warning Score 2 and Hospital Triage with Early Mortality by Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Juan F. Delgado-Benito, Carmen del Pozo Pérez, Virginia Carbajosa Rodríguez, Agustín Mayo Iscar, José Luis Martín-Conty, Carlos Escudero Cuadrillero, Miguel A. Castro-Villamor

“…To evaluate the ability of the prehospital National Early Warning Score 2 scale (NEWS2) to predict early mortality (within 48 hours) after the index event based on the triage priority assigned for any cause in the emergency department. Methods. This is a multicenter longitudinal observational cohort study on patients attending Advanced Life Support units and transferred to the emergency department of their reference hospital. …”
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Lactate Level Predicts Mortality in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Muge Gulen, Salim Satar, Adnan Tas, Akkan Avci, Hakan Nazik, Basak Toptas Firat

“…The aim of this study was to show whether the level of lactate in venous blood compared with the Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score (GBS), in patients diagnosed with upper gastrointestinal system (UGI) bleeding in the emergency department, will help to predict the need for transfusion and prognosis. …”
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Catheter-directed therapy for pulmonary embolism in pediatrics: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Basel F. Alqeeq, Dina Essam Abo-elnour, Mohamed Rifai, Luis L. Gamboa, Ibrahim Qattea, Mohammed Hamzah, Khaled M. Al-Farawi, Alaa Ahmed Elshanbary, Ibrahim Kamal, Mohammed Alsabri

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Assessment of Adherence to COVID-19 Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines in Outpatient Settings: Perspectives of Medical Interns at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences by Maryam Baradaran Binazir, Fariba Heidari, Sasan Saeedifar

“…Fifty interns completed their rotations in the emergency department, and the remaining 50 in outpatient clinics. …”
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Is in situ simulation in emergency medicine safe? A scoping review by Guillaume Martel, Andrew Petrosoniak, Marcel Émond, Jennifer Truchot, Valérie Boucher, Éliane Raymond-Dufresne, Winny Li, Eva Jouhair

“…Objectives To provide an overview of the available evidence regarding the safety of in situ simulation (ISS) in the emergency department (ED).Design Scoping review.Methods Original articles published before March 2021 were included if they investigated the use of ISS in the field of emergency medicine.Information sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane and Web of Science.Results A total of 4077 records were identified by our search strategy and 2476 abstracts were screened. …”
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Self-Reported Violence Experienced by Swiss Prehospital Emergency Care Providers by Simon Savoy, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Nathalie Romain-Glassey, Nicolas Beysard

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Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy by Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch, Muhammad Ayyaz, Muhammad Hussain, Shabber Agha Abbas, FNU Samreen

“…All syncopal patients who present to the emergency department should be considered for pulmonary embolism (PE) as part of their differential diagnosis. …”
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Ocular Ultrasonography: A Useful Instrument in Patients with Trauma Brain Injury in Emergency Service by Julie Natalie Jimenez Restrepo, Oscar Javier León, Leonardo Alexander Quevedo Florez

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Multi-trace elements-enriched functional drink accelerates gastric ulcer repair via the HGF/c-Met/STAT3 pathway by Yongnan Piao, Nuoya Wang, Mingji Jin, Jianyu Piao, Mingfeng Han, Zifei Wang, Chunhua Quan, Jishan Yin, Zhonggao Gao, Wenxiang Cui, Shuangqing Wang, Xiuquan Quan

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Effectiveness of late and very late antivenom administration on recovery from snakebite-induced coagulopathy in French Guiana: a population-based studyResearch in context by Jean Marc Pujo, Stephanie Houcke, Guy Roger Lontsi Ngoulla, Vivian Laurent, Boubacar Signaté, Rémi Mutricy, Alexis Frémery, Flaubert Nkontcho, Ibtissem Ben Amara, José María Gutiérrez, Dabor Resiere, Hatem Kallel

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M-Mode in grade 3 dyspneic patients assessment by Ravikanti Karthik, Yerramsetty Venu Sashank, Kumar Ranjith K., Haward Raymond

“…It aims to evaluate the accuracy of the M-MODE as a rapid assessment tool for grade 3 dyspneic patients in the Emergency Department when the physician is in a dilemma regarding the causes of respiratory distress. …”
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Causal association between circulating α-Klotho levels and venous thromboembolism: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yanmin Song, Liping Cao, Hui Long

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Description of current status of implementation and management of cardiac arrest in China by Shuai Liu, Huadong Zhu, Nan Zhang

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Epidemiological Study on the Status of Nutrition-Support Therapies by Emergency Physicians in China by Chi Niu, Wei Guo, Wei Gu

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MANAGEMENT OF DENTO-ALVEOLAR SURGICAL EMERGENCIES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS by Mircea Rivis, Alexandra Roi, Cristina Fuior, Cosmin Sinescu, Ciprian Roi

“…Results: The most frequent types of diagnosis in pediatric patients encountered in the Emergency Department are cases of odontogenic infections and trauma. …”
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Emergency radiological evaluation of wandering spleen volvulus and infarction: A case report and review of literature by Muataz Kashbour, MBChB, Maaly Abuhlaiga, MBChB, Muhammed Asim Awan, MD, Khalid Gashoot, MD

“…The diagnosis of WS in the emergency department poses a particular clinical challenge as the clinical presentation is highly variable from acute abdomen requiring immediate surgery to chronic indolent pain extending over years. …”
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Relapse of Psychosis Status Post Meningioma Resection by Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amber N. Edinoff, Haseeb A. Akuly, Prithvi Doppalapudi, Rita Horton, Anthony Sin, Donard Dwyer, City Mohammad Amin, Sana Shamim

“…However, the patient was brought back to the emergency department because her auditory hallucinations and delusions returned. …”
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Examining the intersection of child protection and public housing: development, health and justice outcomes using linked administrative data by John W Lynch, Emma Baker, Alicia Montgomerie, Catia Malvaso, Rhiannon Megan Pilkington

“…Children known to both systems experienced more emergency department and hospitalisation contacts, greater developmental vulnerability and were about six times more likely to have youth justice system contact.Conclusions There is substantial overlap between involvement with child protection and public housing in SA. …”
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Measuring the impact introducing NHS 111 online had on the NHS 111 telephone service and the wider NHS urgent care system: an observational study by Richard M Jacques, Rebecca M Simpson, Tony Stone, Janette Turner, Jon Nicholl

“…For advice to attend an emergency department or other urgent care treatment facility, the overall IRR per 1000 online contacts is 1.050 (95% CI: 1.010 to 1.092, p=0.014). …”
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