J Emerg Med
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Patient experience scores are used to assess emergency physicians, but only a small fraction of patients actually respond to patient experience surveys. No prior studies have determined patient characteristics that predict emergency department (ED) patient experience survey response. ⋯ Multiple markers of lower socioeconomic status were associated with decreased patient experience survey response rates, suggestive of nonresponse bias against these individuals.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Increasing Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening Among Emergency Department Patients: A Pilot Study.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Lung cancer screening (LCS) decreases lung cancer mortality. Emergency department (ED) patients are at disproportionately high risk for lung cancer. The ED, therefore, is an optimal environment for interventions to promote LCS. ⋯ This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of ED-based interventions to increase uptake of LCS among ED patients. A scalable ED-based intervention that increases LCS uptake could reduce lung cancer mortality.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Frequency of Persistent Opioid Use 6 Months After Exposure to IV Opioids in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study.
As rates of opioid use disorder in the general population have increased, some have questioned whether IV opioids should be used routinely for treatment of acute severe pain in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ Among 506 opioid naïve ED patients administered IV opioids for acute severe pain, only one used opioids persistently during the subsequent 6 months.
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Multicenter Study
The Effect of Contrast Rationing on the Development of Acute Kidney Injury During the Global Contrast Shortage.
In April of 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a global shortage of intravenous contrast media (ICM), which led our health care system to implement rationing measures. ⋯ The dramatic reduction in ICM use that resulted from the global shortage was not associated with a change in the incidence of AKI. This reinforces the results of previous studies which have failed to find evidence of a relationship between ICM administration and AKI.