Articles: emergency-services.
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Noninvasive continuous blood pressure monitoring has the potential to improve patient treatment in the hospital setting. Such noninvasive devices can be applied earlier in the treatment process to empower nurses and clinicians to react more quickly to patient deterioration with the added benefit of eliminating the risks associated with invasive monitoring. However, emerging technologies must be capable of reproducing current clinical measures for medical decision making. ⋯ Taken together, the tested device requires additional postprocessing for medical decision making in trauma or emergent care.
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Singapore medical journal · Jul 2024
Symptoms and coronary risk factors predictive of adverse cardiac events in chest pain patients in an Asian emergency department: the need for a local prediction score.
Clinical assessment is pivotal in diagnosing acute coronary syndrome. Our study aimed to identify clinical characteristics predictive of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in an Asian population and to derive a risk score for MACE. ⋯ The ACSS risk score shows potential for use in the local ED or primary care setting, potentially reducing unnecessary cardiac investigations and admission.
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Pediatric emergency care · Jul 2024
Catching Suicide Before It Harms: Universal Suicide Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people aged 10 to 24 years. We aim to assess the effectiveness of universal suicide screening in a pediatric ED. ⋯ Several patients who screened positive for suicide risk did not present with a mental health concern. Nearly half of screen-positive children who were admitted for mental health concerns had been seen in the ED in the year before their visit. Initiation of universal suicide screening in the pediatric ED identified a significant number of children with unrecognized suicide risk.