Articles: hospital-emergency-service.
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In response to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, routine clinical visits to the ophthalmic emergency department (OED) were deferred, while emergency cases continued to be seen. ⋯ During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of OED visits at a tertiary hospital dropped by more than half. Although the drop in visits was mostly due to decrease in non-traumatic-non-urgent cases, there was also decrease in non-traumatic-urgent presentations with possible important visual consequences. Additional studies should elucidate what happened to these patients.
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Pediatric emergency care · Jan 2022
Comparison of Ultrasound-Marked Versus Standard Lumbar Puncture Success in Infants.
The aim of this study was to compare ultrasound (US)-marked versus standard lumbar puncture success in infants. ⋯ There were no differences in success between US-marked and standard lumbar punctures in infants by different providers.