J Emerg Med
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Observational Study
Hourly Rounding in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Patient and Family Safety and Satisfaction Rounds.
Methods of increasing patient and family involvement in and understanding of their medical care are plentiful, and hourly rounding specifically has shown benefit in several clinical settings. Although the approach has shown a variety of advantages in other areas, its use in urgent care pediatric settings is not well described. ⋯ This model of hourly rounding shows no measurable improvement in patient satisfaction or provider-patient communication using call bell data, family discharge opinion surveys, or vendor-collected patient satisfaction data. Further studies may be indicated to identify different methods of analyzing the effects of this method, and to examine alternative methods of improving these outcomes in the pediatric ED setting.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Prednisone for Emergency Department Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Although oral corticosteroids are commonly given to emergency department (ED) patients with musculoskeletal low back pain (LBP), there is little evidence of benefit. ⋯ We detected no benefit from oral corticosteroids in our ED patients with musculoskeletal LBP.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intravenous Lidocaine for the Emergency Department Treatment of Acute Radicular Low Back Pain, a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Acute radicular back pain is a frequent complaint of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. ⋯ Intravenous lidocaine failed to clinically alleviate the pain associated with acute radicular low back pain.