Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Age-related policies allow adolescents to access paediatric and adult EDs. Anecdotally, paediatric and adult EDs report challenges when caring for older and younger adolescents, respectively. Our aim was to describe the characteristics of an adolescent population attending an adult ED, co-located with a tertiary paediatric ED. ⋯ Contrary to reported staff perceptions, adolescent chronic physical illness presentations were not a major burden. Alcohol was likely under-recorded as a contributing factor to presentations.
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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
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.