Articles: emergency-department.
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Observational Study
Comparison of Prognostic Scores for Patients with COVID-19 Presenting with Dyspnea in the Emergency Department.
Easy-to-use bedside risk assessment is crucial for patients with COVID-19 in the overcrowded emergency department (ED). ⋯ Emergency physicians can effectively use S/F, ROX, and NEWS scores for rapid risk stratification of patients with COVID-19 infection. Moreover, from the perspective of simplicity and ease of calculation, we recommend the use of the S/F ratio.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2023
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Infants Younger Than 90 Days Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department: Clinical Characteristics and Risk of Serious Bacterial Infection.
There are scant data on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in infants younger than 90 days. This study was designed to characterize COVID-19 presentation and clinical course in this age group and evaluate the risk of serious bacterial infection. ⋯ The SARS-CoV-2 infection in infants aged 0 to 90 days who present to the PED seems to be mostly mild and self-limiting, with no increased risk of serious bacterial infection.
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On August 4, 2020, Lebanon suffered its largest mass casualty incident (MCI) to date: the Beirut Port blast. Hospital emergency response to MCIs is particularly challenging in low- and middle-income countries, where emergency medical services are not well developed and where hospitals have to rapidly scale up capacity to receive large influxes of casualties. This article describes the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) response to the Beirut Port blast and outlines the lessons learned. ⋯ Hospital MCI preparedness plans can integrate several strategies that are effective in quickly scaling up capacity to respond to large MCIs. These are especially necessary in countries that lack coordinated prehospital systems.