Validation of the modified Alvarado score on patients attending A & E units with suspected appendicitis
The aim of our prospective study was to confirm validity and diagnostic accuracy of the modified Alvarado score, which was developed at the Department of Surgery, University of Szeged, on patients presenting w... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 10, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Eszter M án, András Szilágyi, Zsolt Simonka, Ferenc Rárosi, Zoltán Pető and György Lázár Tags: Research Source Type: research
Retraction Note: Injuries and outcomes resulting due to falls in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital – a cohort study
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Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 10, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Salman Muhammad Soomar and Zeyanna Dhalla Tags: Retraction Note Source Type: research
Critical illness at the emergency department of a Tanzanian national hospital in a three-year period 2019 –2021
Critically ill patients have life-threatening conditions requiring immediate vital organ function intervention. But, critical illness in the emergency department (ED) has not been comprehensively described in ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 8, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Erick A. Mboya, Harrieth P. Ndumwa, Davis E. Amani, Paulina N. Nkondora, Victoria Mlele, Happines Biyengo, Ramadhan Mashoka, Rashan Haniffa, Abi Beane, Juma Mfinanga, Bruno F. Sunguya, Hendry R. Sawe and Tim Baker Tags: Research Source Type: research
Real-time monitoring of vitamin C levels in trauma patients by electron-spin resonance spectrometry
In critically ill patients, healthy vitamin C levels are important to avoid an imbalance in reactive oxygen species. To achieve this, oxidative stress levels in emergency patients need to be accurately measure... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 5, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ryuichi Takenaka, Shigekiyo Matsumoto, Shinichi Nureki, Shinsuke Wada, Yoshimasa Oyama, Teruo Sakamoto, Takaaki Kitano and Osamu Shigemitsu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Iranian nurses ’ perceptions of core competencies required for disaster risk management
With an increase in the incidence and severity of disasters, disaster risk management receives an important priority in the health system. Nurses at all levels of healthcare play an important role in disaster ... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 4, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Faezeh Soltani Goki, Hojjat Farahmandnia, Amirreza Sabzi, Gulcan Taskiran Eskici and Jamileh Farokhzadian Tags: Research Source Type: research
What is the best way to keep the patient warm during technical rescue? Results from two prospective randomised controlled studies with healthy volunteers
Accidental hypothermia is a manifest problem during the rescue of entrapped victims and results in different subsequent problems as coagulopathy and wound infection. Different warming methods are available for... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 4, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Martin Lier, Christopher Jebens, Annette Lorey-Tews, Tim Heyne, Nils Kunze-Szikszay, Johannes Wieditz and Anselm Br äuer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Improving paramedic responses for patients dying at home: a theory of change-based approach
Paramedics are increasingly being called to attend patients dying from advanced incurable conditions. However, confidence to deal with such calls varies, with many feeling relatively unskilled in this aspect o... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 2, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jane Simpson, Bader Nael Remawi, Kieran Potts, Tania Blackmore, Maddy French, Karen Haydock, Richard Peters, Michael Hill, Oliver-Jon Tidball, Georgina Parker, Michelle Waddington and Nancy Preston Tags: Research Source Type: research
Experiences of patients and next of kin on informed consent process for emergency surgery in two Urban university teaching hospitals in Uganda: a comparative cross sectional study
Informed consent for emergency surgery is a process in which a patient or their next of kin must make quick decisions required for surgery in a life-threatening situation or surgery that may have life-altering... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - August 2, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Olivia Kituuka, Erisa Mwaka, Ian Munabi and Moses Galukande Tags: Research Source Type: research
Characterization of non-cardiac arrest PulsePoint activations in public and private settings
Geospatial smartphone application alert systems are used in some communities to crowdsource community response for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Although the clinical focus of this strategy is OHCA, d... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 27, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jennifer Blackwood, Mohamud R. Daya, Ben Sorenson, Brian Schaeffer, Mike Dawson, Michael Charter, James Mark Nania, Julie Charbonneau, Jeremy Robertson, Michael Mancera, Chris Carbon, Dawn B. Jorgenson, Mengqi Gao, Richard Price, Chris Rosse and Thomas Re Tags: Research Source Type: research
Mobile care - a possible future for emergency care in Sweden
Provision of mobile care at the home of patients appears to become necessary as the population becomes increasingly older. But there are challenges in moving emergency care from hospitals to the home of patien... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 27, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Christofer Teske, Ghassan Mourad and Micha Milovanovic Tags: Research Source Type: research
Systemic review of age brackets in pediatric emergency medicine literature and the development of a universal age classification for pediatric emergency patients - the Munich Age Classification System (MACS)
Currently arbitrary, inconsistent and non-evidence-based age cutoffs are used in the literature to classify pediatric emergencies. None of these classifications have valid medical rationale. This leads to conf... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Alexander Althammer, Stephan Pr ückner, Geogr Christian Gehring, Victoria Lieftüchter, Heiko Trentzsch and Florian Hoffmann Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy / difficult intubation cases using upper airway ultrasound measurements in emergency department: a prospective observational study
Difficult laryngoscopy and intubation are serious problems among critically ill patients in emergency department (ED) so utility of a rapid, accurate and noninvasive method for predicting of these patients are... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mehran Sotoodehnia, Maryam Khodayar, Alireza Jalali, Mehdi Momeni, Arash Safaie and Atefeh Abdollahi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Association between natural hazards and postnatal care among the neonates in India: a step towards full coverage using geospatial approach
Postnatal care is crucial to prevent the child mortality. Despite the improvement in the PNC coverage for the neonates, it is still far away from the universal health coverage. Along with, some specific region... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 17, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Papai Barman, Nawaj Sarif and Amiya Saha Tags: Research Source Type: research
Experience of a TelEmergency program in Colombia South America: descriptive observational study between 2019 and 2021
Colombia has 50,912,429 inhabitants, but only 50 –70% of the population can effectively access health care services. The emergency room (ER) is a main contributor to the in-hospital care system since up to half... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 4, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Carlos E. Vallejo-Bocanumen, Daniel P érez-Martínez, Diana Carolina Quiceno-Salazar, Yésica Paola Mejía-Gonzalez, Juan F. García-Cano and Diana C. Martínez-Pérez Tags: Research Source Type: research
Behavioural observation tool for patient involvement and collaboration in emergency care teams (PIC-ET-tool)
Patient participation is advocated in various healthcare settings. Instruments for assessment and feedback have been developed to strengthen clinician-patient interaction. In an emergency department context, s... (Source: BMC Emergency Medicine)
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 1, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Hanna Dubois, Johan Creutzfeldt and Tanja Manser Tags: Research Source Type: research
