Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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First rib fractures (FRFs) have historically been a marker for severe trauma and poor outcomes. The aim of the present study was to assess whether an association still exists between a fractured first rib and global trauma scores suffered by the patient, examine mortality rates and identify other commonly associated injuries. ⋯ A larger than expected proportion of FRFs were not associated with severe trauma scores or high mortality. These findings suggest that patients with an FRF may have a greater chance of surviving their traumatic FRF than previously reported. Clinicians should be aware of the potential for severity and specific associated injuries when treating a patient with FRFs.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2022
Observational StudyEmergency department triage and COVID-19: Performance of the Interagency Integrated Triage Tool during a pandemic surge in Papua New Guinea.
To determine the sensitivity of the Interagency Integrated Triage Tool to identify severe and critical illness among adult patients with COVID-19. ⋯ In a resource-constrained context, the tool demonstrated reasonable sensitivity to detect severe and critical COVID-19, comparable with its reported performance for other urgent conditions.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2022
Sports-related ocular injuries at a tertiary eye hospital in Australia: A 5-year retrospective descriptive study.
To describe the demographics and outcomes of sports-related ocular injuries in an Australian tertiary eye hospital setting. ⋯ The top three ocular injury causing sports were soccer, AFL and basketball. The most frequent injury was traumatic hyphaema. Projectiles posed the greatest risk.