Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2021
Observational StudyAfter-hours emergency department care: Does time or day of arrival affect survival?
To determine whether after-hours presentation to EDs is associated with differences in 7-day and 30-day mortality. The influence of patient case-mix and workforce staffing differences are also explored. ⋯ After-hours presentation on the weekend to an ED is associated with higher 7-day mortality even after controlling for case-mix.
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2021
Psychotropic medication use for paediatric mental health patients in an emergency department.
There is paucity of evidence for psychotropic medication use in children and adolescents presenting with mental health (MH) problems to the ED. We set out to describe paediatric psychotropic medication use in the ED. ⋯ A minority of children with MH presentations to the ED were medicated. It will require multicentre research to determine the most effective and safe acute psychotropic agents for oral and parenteral use in children in the ED.