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Mild head injury: observation or computed tomography? Economic aspects by literature review and decision analysis
2 Department of Medicine, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to: Jean-Luc af Geijerstam Department of Medicine N4:01, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, ...
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Management of soft tissue knee injuries in an accident and emergency department: the effect of the introduction of a physiotherapy practitioner
1 O O Jibuike, G Paul-Taylor, S Maulvi, P Richmond ,Emergency Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK Objective: To assess the effect of the introduction of a physiotherapist with an extended ...
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Retention of doctors in emergency medicine: a scoping review of the academic literature
Introduction Workforce issues prevail across healthcare; in emergency medicine (EM), previous work improved retention, but the staffing problem changed rather than improved. More experienced doctors ...
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The sepsis six and the severe sepsis resuscitation bundle: a prospective observational cohort study
Background Severe sepsis is likely to account for around 37 000 deaths annually in the UK. Five years after the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) care bundles were published, care ...
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A systematic review examining the impact of redirecting low-acuity patients seeking emergency department care: is the juice worth the squeeze?
Objectives Diverting patients away from the emergency department (ED) has been proposed as a solution for mitigating overcrowding. This systematic review examined the impact of interventions designed ...
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Emergency department overcrowding in the United States: an emerging threat to patient safety and public health
1 Department of Emergency Medicine and the Section of Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Cooper Health System, ...
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An Emergency Medicine Research Priority Setting Partnership to establish the top 10 research priorities in emergency medicine
Defining research priorities in a specialty as broad as emergency medicine is a significant challenge. In order to fund and complete the most important research projects, it is imperative that we ...
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Thromboprophylaxis in lower limb immobilisation after injury (TiLLI)
Venous thromboembolic disease is a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. An estimated 10 million episodes are diagnosed yearly; over half of these episodes are provoked by hospital ...
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How accurate are predicted waiting times, determined upon a patient's arrival in the Emergency Department?
Background Information regarding waiting times has been shown to be a key determinant of patient satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the potential accuracy of predicted waiting times determined ...
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Emergency ultrasound of the abdominal aorta by UK emergency physicians: a prospective cohort study
Correspondence to: Dr Adrian A Boyle Emergency Department, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK; boylea{at}doctors.org.uk Objective: To establish whether UK emergency physicians ...
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The nature of emergency department interruptions and their impact on patient satisfaction
Objective To explore the nature of interruptions that occur during clinical practice in the emergency department (ED). We determined the frequency, duration and type of interruptions that occurred. We ...
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Diagnostic errors in an accident and emergency department
Objectives—To describe the diagnostic errors occurring in a busy district general hospital accident and emergency (A&E) department over four years. Method—All diagnostic errors discovered by or ...