Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2016
Patient intention and self-reported compliance in relation to emergency department attendance after using an after hours GP helpline.
To determine ED attendance and compliance with GP advice following a call to an after hours telephone triage and advice service. ⋯ An after hours GP helpline may divert some callers intending to go to the ED to other care. However, patient non-compliance may limit the capacity of telephone triage and advice service to reduce demand for ED. Further research is needed to better understand the effect of the service.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2016
Changing my perspective: How the development of emergency medicine in Sri Lanka can inform the Australasian experience.
When compared to an Australasian ED, the two major differences in the emergency medicine practice at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya are which patients are selected at triage and how those selected present. These differences have caused me to reflect on emergency medicine practice in Australasia and wonder if this practice is sustainable.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2016
Emergency weight estimation lookup tables for New Zealand children aged 5-10 years.
To derive novel emergency weight estimation tables for New Zealand children aged 5-10 years using ethnicity and sex to increase accuracy and precision. ⋯ The most accurate method for weight estimation in Auckland children aged 5-10 years is either the novel length-based lookup table or the existing Broselow-Luten tape. When length-based methods are not possible, the age-based lookup tables incorporating age, sex, ethnicity and body habitus are more accurate than existing methods of weight estimation.