Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2017
Diurnal variation in outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Asian communities: The Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study.
The present study aimed to determine whether the time of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with survival rate and neurological outcome after OHCA, as well as to compare the effect size of time of OHCA across six Asian regions. ⋯ We found diurnal similarities in OHCA occurrence, as well as differences in survival rate and good neurological recovery rate among Asian regions.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2017
Paediatric acute care: Highlights from the Paediatric Acute Care-Advanced Paediatric Life Support Conference, Adelaide, 2016.
The Paediatric Acute Care Conference (PACC) is an annual conference organised by Advanced Paediatric Life Support Australia to advance paediatric acute care topics for clinicians in pre-hospital medicine, EDs, acute paediatrics, intensive care and anaesthesia. The PACC 2016 was held at Glenelg, Adelaide, Australia. We provide a summary of some of the presentations.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialControlled clinical trial exploring the impact of a brief intervention for prevention of falls in an emergency department.
To establish the effectiveness of a brief intervention to prevent falls in older patients presenting to the ED post-discharge. ⋯ A brief intervention was associated with maintenance of function in fallers and reduced hospital admissions, without preventing falls post-discharge.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2017
Epidemiology and outcomes of missing admission medication history in severe trauma: A retrospective study.
Anticoagulant and antiplatelet (ACAP) drugs are associated with increased mortality in trauma patients, therefore medication history on admission is important. Whether these medications are recorded on trauma admission has not been investigated, nor if absence of a medication history is associated with worse patient outcomes. ⋯ While a large number of severe trauma patients were admitted without a medication history, no-Hx patients did not appear at increased risk of adverse outcomes. ACAP patients had a higher mortality compared to no-ACAP highlighting the vulnerability of this group.