Care of the critically ill emergency department patient with acute kidney injury [0.03%]
急性肾损伤的急诊重症患者的护理
Jennifer Joslin,Marlies Ostermann
Jennifer Joslin
Introduction. Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is common and associated with significant mortality and complications. Exact data on the epidemiology of AKI in the Emergency Department (ED) are sparse. This review aims to summarise the key principl...
"Wait and see" approach to the emergency department cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation [0.03%]
急性房颤急诊复律的观望态度
Brian Doyle,Mark Reeves
Brian Doyle
Objective. Acute atrial fibrillation often spontaneously resolves. This study aimed to investigate the outcomes and satisfaction of an evidence-based ED protocol employing a "wait and see" approach. Methods. A prospective observational coho...
The challenge of triaging chest pain patients: the bernese university hospital experience [0.03%]
急性胸痛患者的分流处理：伯尔尼大学医院的经验
Martin Rohacek,Amina Bertolotti,Nadine Grützmüller et al.
Martin Rohacek et al.
Accurate diagnosis of the causes of chest pain and dyspnea remain challenging. In this preliminary observational study with a 5-year follow-up, we attempted to find a simplified approach to selecting patients with chest pain needing immedia...
Can peak expiratory flow measurements differentiate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from congestive heart failure? [0.03%]
峰值呼气流速测定能否区分慢性阻塞性肺疾病和充血性心力衰竭？
John E Gough,Kori L Brewer
John E Gough
Dyspneic patients are commonly encountered by Emergency Medical Service (EMS). Frequent causes include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Measurement of peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) has been...
Measuring quality in emergency medical services: a review of clinical performance indicators [0.03%]
急诊医疗服务中的质量评价：临床绩效指标综述
Mazen J El Sayed
Mazen J El Sayed
Measuring quality in Emergency Medical Services (EMSs) systems is challenging. This paper reviews the current approaches to measuring quality in health care and EMS with a focus on currently used clinical performance indicators in EMS syste...
Perceived differences in the management of mental health patients in remote and rural australia and strategies for improvement: findings from a national qualitative study of emergency clinicians [0.03%]
澳大利亚偏远和农村地区精神健康患者管理的差异及改进策略：来自全国性定性研究急诊医师的发现
G A Jelinek,T J Weiland,C Mackinlay et al.
G A Jelinek et al.
Introduction. We aimed to describe perceptions of Australian emergency clinicians of differences in management of mental health patients in rural and remote Australia compared with metropolitan hospitals, and what could be improved. Methods...
Mustafa Burak Sayhan,Cemil Kavalci,Ozgur Sogüt et al.
Mustafa Burak Sayhan et al.
Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is a rare clinical presentation and usually occurs as a complication of trauma or sinusitis. A 5-year-old child presented to the emergency department with a three-week history of fever associated with drowsine...
Georges Ramalanjaona
Georges Ramalanjaona
Tsunami of 2004, caused by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, is the most devastating tsunami in modern times, affecting 18 countries in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa, killing more than 250,000 people in a single day, and leaving more than 1....
Victor Jeger,Heinz Zimmermann,Aristomenis K Exadaktylos
Victor Jeger
Hemorrhage and traumatic coagulopathyis are major causes of early death in multiply injured patients. Thrombelastography (TEG) seems to be a fast and accurate coagulation test in trauma care. We suggest that multiply injured trauma patients...
Rathachai Kaewlai,Marc A de Moya,Antonio Santos et al.
Rathachai Kaewlai et al.
Trauma patients with thoracic aortic injury (TAI) suffer blunt cardiac injury (BCI) at variable frequencies. This investigation aimed to determine the frequency of BCI in trauma patients with TAI and compare with those without TAI. All trau...