Changes in emergency psychiatric consultations in time of COVID-19: a retrospective observational study in the Verona Academic Hospital over the two pandemic years 2020 –2021
During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, local health authorities in most Italian regions prescribed a reduction of ordinary outpatient and community mental health care. The aim of this study was to a... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - February 15, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Luca Bodini, Chiara Bonetto, Antonio Maccagnani, Antonio Bonora, Enrico Polati, Giorgio Ricci, Ciro Paolillo, Francesco Amaddeo and Antonio Lasalvia Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Australian emergency department care for older adults diagnosed with low back pain of lumbar spine origin: a retrospective analysis of electronic medical record system data (2016 –2019)
In Australian emergency departments, 30% of all back pain presentations are for older adults. Relatively little is known about the care that this population receives during an emergency department stay, includ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - February 13, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Katie de Luca, Andrew J McLachlan, Chris G Maher and Gustavo C C Machado Tags: Research Source Type: research
Plasma calprotectin as an indicator of need of transfer to intensive care in patients with suspected sepsis at the emergency department
Deciding whether to transfer patients with sepsis from the emergency department (ED) to intensive care units (ICUs) is challenging. We hypothesised that the new biomarker plasma calprotectin (p-calprotectin) c... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - February 11, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Åsa Parke, Christian Unge, David Yu, Jonas Sundén-Cullberg and Kristoffer Strålin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Injuries and outcomes resulting due to falls in elderly patients presenting to the Emergency Department of a tertiary care hospital – a cohort study
Fall injuries and trauma-related hospitalizations are the most common causes of injury and in-hospital stay amongst the elderly population. After the age of 65, the severity and frequency of fall-related probl... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - February 10, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Salman Muhammad Soomar and Zeyanna Dhalla Tags: Research Source Type: research
Operation of national coordinating service for interhospital transfer from emergency departments: experience and implications from Korea
Since 2014, Korea has been operating the National Emergency Medical Situation Room (NEMSR) to provide regional emergency departments (EDs) with coordination services for the interhospital transfer of criticall... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - February 10, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Hye Sook Min, Ho Kyung Sung, Goeun Choi, Hyehyun Sung, Minhee Lee, Seong Jung Kim and Eunsil Ko Tags: Research Source Type: research
Musculus psoas major morphology - a novel predictor of mortality in elderly polytraumatized patients
Numerous papers in different fields have already shown that CT imaging of the Musculus Psoas Major (MPM) can be used to predict patient outcome. Unfortunately, most of the methods presented in the literature a... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - February 7, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Gregor Wollner, Valerie Weihs, Stephan Frenzel, Silke Aldrian and Lukas Leopold Negrin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Improvement in the diagnosis and practices of emergency healthcare providers for heat emergencies after HEAT (heat emergency awareness & treatment) an educational intervention: a multicenter quasi-experimental study
The incidence of heat emergencies, including heat stroke and heat exhaustion, have increased recently due to climate change. This has affected global health and has become an issue of consideration for human h... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 31, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Nadeem Ullah Khan, Uzma Rahim Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Asrar Ali, Ahmed Raheem, Salman Muhammad Soomar, Shahan Waheed, Salima Mansoor Kerai, Muhammad Akbar Baig, Saima Salman, Syed Ghazanfar Saleem, Seemin Jamali and Junaid A. Razzak Tags: Research Source Type: research
Peripheral blood monocyte status is a predictor for judging occurrence and development on sepsis in older adult population: a case control study
Peripheral blood monocytes are important immune modulatory cells that change during aging. Previous studies on sepsis and monocytes did not distinguish between age groups, especially in the older adult populat... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 31, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Qian Gao, Li Yang, Fei Teng and Shu ‑Bin Guo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Data quality assessment in emergency medical services: an objective approach
In emergency medical services, high quality data are of great importance for patient care. Due to the unique nature of this type of services, the purpose of this study was to assess data quality in emergency m... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 30, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mehrnaz Mashoufi, Haleh Ayatollahi, Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh and Tahere Talebi Azad Boni Tags: Research Source Type: research
Time indices of pre-hospital EMS missions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many changes in pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS), including wearing full-body protective suits and well-fitted face masks, which can influence time indices in the... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 28, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mohammadreza Sabbaghi, Mohammad Namazinia and Kheizaran Miri Tags: Research Source Type: research
Is it time to re-think FAST? A systematic review and meta-analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and conventional ultrasound for initial assessment of abdominal trauma
The Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) examination using conventional ultrasound has limited utility for detecting solid organ injury. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis comp... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 27, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Bayu Sutarjono, Matthew Kessel, Dorian Alexander and Ekjot Grewal Tags: Research Source Type: research
Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index as effective predictor for in-hospital mortality of patients with cardiac arrest: a retrospective study
Cardiac arrest is currently one of the leading causes of mortality in clinical practice, and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is widely utilized to assess the severity of comorbidities. We aimed to evalua... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 26, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Nan Zhang, Qingting Lin, Hui Jiang and Huadong Zhu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Incidence management system of the healthcare institutions for disaster management in Sri Lanka
Incident management systems and disaster planning processes facilitate maximal use of available resources. Evaluation of the Incident Command System (ICS) is one of the top five key areas of research priority ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 23, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Nayani Umesha Rajapaksha, Chrishantha Abeysena, Aindralal Balasuriya, Millawage Supun Dilara Wijesinghe, Suranga Manilgama and Yibeltal Assefa Alemu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Effects of the establishment of trauma centres on the mortality rate among seriously injured patients: a propensity score matching retrospective study
The objective of this ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 19, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Qiangping Zhou, Haijin Huang, Linhui Zheng, Haiming Chen and Yuanlin Zeng Tags: Research Source Type: research
Not only COVID-19 disease impacts ambulance emergency demands but also lockdowns and quarantines
The pandemic has impacted both patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and patients who seek emergency assistance due to other health issues. Changes in emergency demands are expected to have occurred during... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - January 13, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: S éverine Vuilleumier, Thierry Spichiger, Sandrine Dénéréaz and Assunta Fiorentino Tags: Research Source Type: research
