Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2005
Triage nurses validly and reliably estimate emergency department patient complexity.
To access the validity and reliability of triage nurse estimates of ED patient complexity. ⋯ Triage nurses make valid and reliable estimates of patient complexity. This information might be used to guide ED work flow and ED casemix system analysis.
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Thyrotoxic, hypokalaemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon, potentially life-threatening endocrine emergency. Because of the acute onset of neurological symptoms patients often initially present to hospital ED. To reduce patient morbidity and costs of unnecessary investigations, early recognition and appropriate treatment is required. The case of a young man of Singaporean origin is presented to highlight current treatment, management and pathophysiology of this condition.
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2005
Diagnostic use of C-reactive protein in bacteraemic emergency department patients.
To assess C-reactive protein (CRP) as a marker of bacteraemia in ED patients. ⋯ Although the present study has limitations, it appears to show that CRP has limited diagnostic utility for the detection of bacteraemia in ED patients.