Annals of emergency medicine
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To assess the feasibility of coordinating home care services from an inner-city emergency department. ⋯ A significant proportion of elderly patients being discharged from the ED need home health services. Access to rapidly deployed home care services can obviate the need for hospital admission for a select group of debilitated patients. The provision of home care services from the ED is economically feasible.
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Case Reports
Application of continuous ST-segment monitoring in the detection of silent myocardial ischemia.
The detection of silent myocardial ischemia in patients presenting to emergency departments with atypical chest pain remains problematic. We describe the case of a patient with silent ischemia detected by continuous ST-segment monitoring, resulting in the prompt institution of therapeutic modalities.