Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2005
Comparative StudyAmbulance diversion is not associated with low acuity patients attending Perth metropolitan emergency departments.
To examine the relationship between ambulance diversion and low acuity patient (LAP) attendances to EDs. ⋯ Inner metropolitan hospitals experience low LAP attendance rates. Attempts to further reduce LAP attendance rates at Perth inner metropolitan hospitals have limited scope to reduce ambulance diversion.
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2004
Comparative Study Clinical TrialAgreement between bicarbonate measured on arterial and venous blood gases.
This study aims to determine the extent of agreement between venous and arterial bicarbonate for a group of emergency department patients with respiratory or metabolic illness requiring blood gas analysis as part of their evaluation. ⋯ Venous bicarbonate estimation shows a high level of agreement with the arterial value, with acceptably narrow 95% limits of agreement. These results suggest that venous bicarbonate estimation may be an acceptable substitute for arterial measurement.