Temporal patterns of emergency department visits for firearm injury
1. In this cross-sectional study, emergency department visits for firearm injury were found to be highest between 2:30 and 3:00 ...
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Large language models may be effective in assessing clinical acuity of adult patients in the emergency department
1. The large language model, GPT-4, was capable of assessing clinical acuity when presented with pairs of patient histories obtained ...
Uptake of European Society of Cardiology Syncope Guidelines improved outcomes in emergency departments
1. In this cohort study, uptake of the 2018 European Society of Cardiology Syncope Guidelines by emergency departments was associated ...
Unhealthy alcohol use may be common amongst patients in the emergency department
1. This study found that unhealthy alcohol use was relatively common in the general emergency department patient population at Highland ...
Half of Ontario, Canada psychiatric emergency patients not previously seen in outpatient mental health
1. In this cohort study, almost half of the psychiatric presentations to the emergency department (ED) had not received outpatient ...
Steroids and opioids often inappropriately prescribed in the emergency department for pediatric pneumonia and sinusitis
1. In a study of children with pneumonia or sinusitis, opioids and corticosteroids were inappropriately prescribed more frequently in the ...
Family resilience and neighborhood cohesion associated with improved health care use
1. Families including children with special health care needs (CSHCN) reported significantly lower odds of unmet health needs when they ...
Trampoline-related fractures on the rise
1. Between the years 2008 and 2017, researchers noted a significant rise in the number of trampoline-related fractures. 2. Though ...
Quick Take: Efficacy of prehospital criteria in identifying trauma patients susceptible to undertriage
While the early recognition of severe traumatic injury is associated with improved morbidity and mortality, undertriage has been associated with ...
Quick Take: Impact of scribes on emergency medicine doctors’ productivity and patient throughput: multicentre randomised trial
Medical scribes are used in variety of clinical settings to complete clerical tasks otherwise done by a clinician. Limited research ...