An Effective Triage Education Method for Triage Nurses: An Overview and Update by Zagalioti SC, Ziaka M, Exadaktylos A, Fyntanidou B

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Navigating Emergency Management of Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Study on First-Time, End-Stage, and Other Established Diagnoses in a High Turnover Emergency County Hospital by Mihaela Corlade-Andrei, Radu-Alexandru Iacobescu, Viorica Popa, Alexandra Hauta, Paul Nedelea, Gabriela Grigorasi, Monica Puticiu, Roxana Elena Ciuntu, Andreea Ivona Sova, Diana Cimpoesu

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Dog Bite Injuries: Primary and Secondary Emergency Department Presentations—A Retrospective Cohort Study by Carmen A. Pfortmueller, Anastasios Efeoglou, Hansjakob Furrer, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

“…We retrospectively assessed all adult patients admitted with a dog bite injury to the Emergency Department of Bern University Hospital. Results. …”
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Nonurgent Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department before and during the First Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Laura Guckert, Heiko Reutter, Nadia Saleh, Rainer Ganschow, Andreas Müller, Fabian Ebach

“…Nonurgent visits in pediatric Emergency Departments are a growing burden. In order to find predictors for those nonurgent visits, we performed a retrospective analysis of unscheduled visits at the Pediatric Emergency Department of the University Hospital of Bonn, Germany, in the year 2017. …”
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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

“…To compare patient satisfaction with emergency department (ED) opt-in and opt-out HIV screening. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Implementing Emergency Department-based Intensive Care Units: A Scoping Review by Jutamas Saoraya, Liran Shechtman, Paweenuch Bootjeamjai, Khrongwong Musikatavorn, Federico Angriman

“…Introduction: The prolonged stay of critically ill patients in the emergency department (ED) may lead to worse clinical outcomes. …”
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Action Plans in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments with Asthma Exacerbations: Frequency of Use and Description of Contents by Elfriede Cross, Cristina Villa-Roel, Sumit R Majumdar, Mohit Bhutani, Rhonda J Rosychuk, Stephanie Couperthwaite, Brian H Rowe

“…BACKGROUND: Although underused, written asthma action plans (AAPs) are associated with reduced numbers of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations.…”
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Social determinants and follow-up care after emergency department discharge for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage by Meghan M. Dillan, Joseph Piktel, Adam Perzynski, Mary Jo Roach, Kristen K. Curtis, Yasir Tarabichi, Lance Wilson, Michael L. Kelly

“…Mild TBI including traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH), is commonly discharged from the emergency department (ED). Despite the complexity of factors contributing to TBI outcomes, patient education and comprehensive follow-up plans are frequently lacking. …”
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Leveraging machine learning and rule extraction for enhanced transparency in emergency department length of stay prediction by Waqar A. Sulaiman, Charithea Stylianides, Andria Nikolaou, Andria Nikolaou, Zinonas Antoniou, Ioannis Constantinou, Lakis Palazis, Anna Vavlitou, Theodoros Kyprianou, Theodoros Kyprianou, Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Antonis Kakas, Antonis Kakas, Marios S. Pattichis, Andreas S. Panayides, Constantinos S. Pattichis, Constantinos S. Pattichis

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Evaluation, Modification and Validation of a Set Of Asthma Illustrations in Children with Chronic Asthma in the Emergency Department by Joanie Tulloch, Régis Vaillancourt, Danica Irwin, Elena Pascuet

“…OBJECTIVES: To test, modify and validate a set of illustrations depicting different levels of asthma control and common asthma triggers in pediatric patients (and/or their parents) with chronic asthma who presented to the emergency department at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario.…”
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A pediatric emergency prediction model using natural language process in the pediatric emergency department by Arum Choi, Chohee Kim, Jisu Ryoo, Jangyeong Jeon, Sangyeon Cho, Dongjoon Lee, Junyeong Kim, Changhee Lee, Woori Bae

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The association of biological sex and long-term outcomes in older patients with physical restraint at the emergency department by Laetitia Manfredini, Marion Pépin, Pradeebane Vaittinada Ayar, Matthieu Gay, Marie Certin, Prabakar Vaittinada Ayar

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E-HEART score: A novel scoring system for undifferentiated chest pain in the emergency department by V. Yuvaraj, Sachin Sujir Nayak, S. Vimal Krishnan

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Exploring Primary Care Streaming Pathway in Emergency Departments in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study by Marwah Hawsawi, Bayan Alilyyani

“…Due to significant emergency department overcrowding, some hospitals implemented a system of directing certain patients who were deemed not in need of emergency care to other facilities called triage away. …”
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Utilization of CT Pulmonary Angiography in Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in a Major Urban Emergency Department by Adil Shujaat, Janet M. Shapiro, Edward Eden

“…We retrospectively reviewed the clinical information of 231 consecutive emergency department patients who underwent CTPA for suspected PE over a one-year period. …”
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A Retrospective Study: Quick Scoring of Symptoms to Estimate the Risk of Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department by Yaoke Xu, Hua Zhang, Zongxuan Zhao, Kaifeng Wen, Ci Tian, Qiangrong Zhai, Yi Bai, Shu Li, Hongxia Ge, Xiaodan Li, Qidi Zhou, Qingbian Ma

“…A retrospective case-control study was carried out on cardiac arrest patients who visited the emergency department of Peking University Third Hospital from January 2018 to June 2019. …”
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Children’s Mental Health Visits to the Emergency Department: Factors Affecting Wait Times and Length of Stay by Amanda S. Newton, Sachin Rathee, Simran Grewal, Nadia Dow, Rhonda J. Rosychuk

“…This study explores the association of patient and emergency department (ED) mental health visit characteristics with wait time and length of stay (LOS). …”
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Virtual reality in pediatric emergency department and burn unit: a scoping review of current applications by Ignazio Cammisa, Gemma Eftimiadi, David Korn, Serena Ferretti, Lavinia Capossela, Antonio Gatto, Antonio Chiaretti

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Evaluation of Drug Use Pattern in Emergency Department of Dilchora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia by Kirubel M. Mishore, Nigatu A. Bekele, Tsegaab Y. Yirba, Tsion F. Abone

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the drug use pattern in the Emergency Department of Dilchora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2018. …”
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Application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness for Optimizing Ventilator Reliability in Intensive Care Units and Emergency Departments by Khelood A. Mkalaf, Rami Hikmat Al-Hadeethi, Peter Gibson

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