Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Comparative Study
Faculty triage shortens emergency department length of stay.
To determine whether faculty triage (FT) activities can shorten emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS). ⋯ Faculty triage offers a moderate increase in efficiency at this ED, albeit with relatively high cost.
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Increasing human and laboratory evidence suggests that post-resuscitative brain hypothermia reduces the pathologic consequences of brain ischemia. Using a swine model of prolonged cardiac arrest, this investigation sought to determine whether unilateral hypothermic carotid bypass was capable of inducing selective brain hypothermia and reducing neurohistologic damage. ⋯ Post-resuscitative selective brain hypothermia reduced regional ischemic brain damage in swine with prolonged ventricular fibrillation.
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To explore factors related to emergency department (ED) attendances in Hong Kong, the authors piloted the application of conjoint analysis in eliciting patient preferences regarding ED visits. ⋯ This study demonstrated that Hong Kong patients are receptive to the concept of parallel clinics, and illustrated that conjoint analysis is a rigorous survey technique for eliciting the views of patients on health care services in the ED setting.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Droperidol vs. prochlorperazine for benign headaches in the emergency department.
To compare the efficacy of droperidol with that of prochlorperazine for the treatment of benign headaches in emergency department (ED) patients. ⋯ Droperidol was more effective than prochlorperazine in relieving pain associated with benign headaches.
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To evaluate the prevalence, distribution, and demographics of thoracolumbar (TL) spine injuries following blunt trauma. ⋯ The prevalence of TL injuries in ED blunt trauma patients undergoing TL radiographs is 6.3%. The most commonly injured area of the TL spine is the thoracolumbar junction.