Updated SOFA-2 Score Matches Original for Predicting Short-Term Sepsis Mortality
In older emergency patients with sepsis, SOFA-2 demonstrated good short-term mortality discrimination but did not improve prognostic performance over the ...
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Study Protocol Outlines Training for Brain-Dead Organ Donor Management in Vietnam
A study protocol details a quasi-experimental evaluation of training and management support to improve potential brain-dead donor care among hospital ...
Scoping Review Maps Cannabis-Related Emergency Visits in Youth
A scoping review of 62 studies identifies suicidal ideation and violent assaults as top cannabis-related ED issues for youth aged ...
Age, Lactate and Procalcitonin Sharpen COPD Death Risk Score in Two-Cohort Study
An augmented DECAF score adding age, lactate and procalcitonin outperformed the original score for predicting 30-day mortality in COPD exacerbations ...
Qualitative Study Analyzes Clinical Reasoning and Teamwork in Emergency Departments
A qualitative pilot study across German emergency departments reveals how nurses and physicians combine individual dual-process reasoning with interprofessional collaboration ...
Heat Linked to Non-Linear Rise in Diuretic Adverse Reactions
A study in BMC Medicine finds that diuretic-associated adverse drug reactions in emergency departments increase non-linearly with temperature, accelerating significantly ...
Machine Learning Predicts Extubation Failure in Critical COPD Emergency Resuscitation
An interpretable random forest model trained on early emergency resuscitation data accurately predicted extubation failure in mechanically ventilated patients with ...
MASCC and CISNE Show Similar Mortality Prediction in Stable Febrile Neutropenia
A prospective emergency department cohort study found that MASCC and CISNE scores had comparable discrimination for 30- and 90-day mortality ...
Small share of ED patients drives one-fifth of visits and testing costs
A 12-month single-center study found that 5.8% of adult emergency department patients accounted for 20.4% of visits and about one-fifth ...
Inflammatory Blood Scores Linked to Hospital Death Risk in Pulmonary Embolism
A retrospective study of 399 pulmonary embolism patients found that low CALLY index and high CRP-to-albumin ratio values were independently ...
A Two-Minute Bedside Score Could Spot Vulnerable Older Adults in Emergency Care
A new commentary argues that the PRO-AGE score, a brief multidomain screening tool validated in more than 7,800 older adults, ...
Hair Braiding Triggered Rare Subperiosteal Scalp Hematoma in 10-Year-Old Boy
Imaging of a 10-year-old boy with scalp swelling after hair braiding revealed a rare subperiosteal hematoma that mimicked a vascular ...
Interviews Map What Mental Health Patients and Emergency Staff Want From Care
A qualitative study of 29 patients and 60 providers found that interpersonal care was what mental health patients valued most ...
Nearly half of patients admitted for suspected sepsis do not meet sepsis criteria
A retrospective study of 595 patients admitted for suspected sepsis found that 45% did not meet clinical sepsis criteria, highlighting ...
Hospital Records Reveal Sector-Specific Injury Patterns Among Injured Workers in Türkiye
A five-year forensic record review of 402 injured workers at a Turkish tertiary hospital found that multiple injuries clustered in ...
Simulation testing before a new emergency department opening uncovered 277 latent safety threats
A single-site methodology paper describes a systems-focused simulation process that identified, classified and prioritized 277 latent safety threats across four ...
Serum miRNA-29b and miRNA-99b show no clear link to stroke in young adults
A prospective case-control study found that admission serum levels of miRNA-29b and miRNA-99b did not differ significantly between young adults ...
Emergency Department Layouts Could Cut Noise by Nearly 8 Decibels, Simulation Study Finds
A study at a large South Asian tertiary hospital found that three plan-based spatial indices were strongly associated with measured ...
Ten Years of Bee Sting Records Reveal Envenomation Patterns in French Guiana
A ten-year retrospective study of 143 bee sting patients at Cayenne Hospital in French Guiana found that 40% showed systemic ...
Resource shortages hindered a sepsis protocol rollout in an Ethiopian emergency department
A qualitative process evaluation found that material and human resource shortages were the primary barriers to implementing a tailored sepsis ...
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