1 Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey 2 Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey Correspondence ...
Background Delays to timely admission from emergency departments (EDs) are known to harm patients. Objective To assess and quantify the increased risk of death resulting from delays to inpatient ...
1 Accident and Emergency Department, Ayr Hospital, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, Scotland 2 Accident and Emergency Department, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock Overdoses of tricyclic antidepressants are ...
Background The establishment of an emergency medical services (EMS) pathway into a virtual emergency service—the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED)—introduced a video-enabled telehealth ...
Correspondence to: Professor Jon Nicholl Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK; j.nicholl{at}sheffield.ac.uk Objectives: ...
Objectives Early identification of patients with blood stream infection (BSI), especially bacteraemia, is important as prompt treatment improves outcome. The initial stages of severe infection may be ...
Background Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted image interpretation is a fast-developing area of clinical innovation. Most research to date has focused on the performance of AI-assisted algorithms ...
Cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies are collectively referred to as observational studies. Often these studies are the only practicable method of studying various problems, for example, ...
Background Patients with traumatic wounds frequently present to the ED. Literature on whether to treat these wounds sterile or non-sterile is sparse. Non-sterile treatment has the advantage of saving ...
BACKGROUND: The Manchester triage system (MTS) is now widely used in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments. No clinical outcome studies have yet been published to validate the system. Safety of ...
Background Global health partnerships involve collaboration between institutions and individuals working in different contexts, typically between high-resource and low-resource settings. They are ...
Correspondence to: Mohammad Wasay MD Department of Neurology, The Aga Khan university, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan; mohammad.wasayaku.edu If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...