EMDocs

JULY 9, 2024

The emDOCs.net team is very happy to collaborate with PECARN STELAR (Seattle, Dallas/Texas, and Los Angeles) Node and the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) in presenting high-yield pediatric topics that highlight evidence based medicine with solid research. 2015 Feb;135(2):e296-304.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MAY 12, 2023

2015 Nov;100(11):1032-7. Epub 2015 Aug 21. Burrows P, Trefan L, Houston R, Hughes J, Pearson G, Edwards RJ, Hyde P, Maconochie I, Parslow RC, Kemp AM. Head injury from falls in children younger than 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307119. PMID: 26297697; PMCID: PMC4680174. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1160-70.

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PulmCCM

JULY 15, 2024

A retrospective observational study based on a “natural experiment” during a piperacillin-tazobactam shortage in 2015-2016 at the University of Michigan (forcing increased use of cefepime instead of pip-tazo) concluded that for every 20 patients treated with pip-tazo instead of cefepime, one dies as a result.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 8, 2024

Dr Elyssia Bourke, based at Ballarat Base Hospital, is actively engaged in this area through her ongoing PhD research. Although this research is still in progress, it promises to shed light on effective strategies for managing these difficult situations. Organic Illnesses : Often overlooked, these can manifest as behavioural changes.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

have limited English proficiency according to the 2015 U.S. Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Conducting research regarding best practices for improving health outcomes for NELP patients. BMC Health Services Research. Over 25 million individuals in the U.S. Lion KC, et al. Pediatrics. 135:e709-e716.

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Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Federal Emergency Management Agency Best Practices 104

PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Links: Ekström M et al; REDOX Collaborative Research Group. Report of the Medical Research Council Working Party. 2015 Jun;70 Suppl 1:i1-43. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206865. 2015 Jun;70 Suppl 1:i1-43. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206865. N Engl J Med. 2024 Sep 19;391(11):977-988. Epub 2024 Sep 10.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One study from the National Bureau of Economic Research on nursing strikes in New York State from 1984 to 2004 found that hospital mortality increased by 19.4% 2015 Nov 25;351. Retrieved from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151125233018.htm Health services research. 5 Quality : Results on quality impacts are mixed.

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Hospitals Research Patient Safety Wellness 98

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 17, 2024

Nonetheless, research has consistently shown that healthcare environments demonstrate higher-than-average levels of workplace incivility. Riskin (2015) showed that rudeness accounted for a 12% reduction in diagnostic and procedural performance in a simulated resuscitation. 2015 May;30:656-74. 2015 Sep 1;136(3):487-95.

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Leadership Resuscitation Teamwork Patient Safety 105

RebelEM

JANUARY 9, 2024

Additionally, multiple studies demonstrate increased harm with IV antibiotics such as increased rate of diarrhea ( Haran 2014 ), complications from IV placement ( Li 2015 ), and increased length of stay or cost ( Lorgelly 2010 ). BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2015; 12(5):e1001825. 2006; 333(7580):1193. 2014; 32(10):1195-9.

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Infectious Diseases Pediatrics EMS Administration 99

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

They concluded that more research of higher quality is needed to strengthen the evidence in favor of one technique over the other. Sites: Investigators recruited patients at 31 French emergency departments at university and nonuniversity hospitals Duration : June 1, 2009 to March 31, 2015. than in the drainage group (3.6).

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Outcomes Hospitals Research Emergency Department 104

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

” Previous research recognises that long waiting times increase the number of patients who leave the ED before medical review, though much of this is based on the adult population. They also likely align with research by Simpson et al., These patients may be classified as “Did Not Wait” (DNW). Gaucher et al. and Suastegui et al.

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Emergency Department Research Pediatrics Hospitals 89

SheMD

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For me, I never know what time I will be done nor how long my day will run with patients, charting and research demands. In 2015, I took my children with me to a meeting in Washington DC where I was presenting my research. Our long hours, our levels of stress and the demands we have are just not the same in other careers.

Pediatrics 98

Pediatrics Research Operations 98

PulmCCM

JANUARY 22, 2024

This was in large part due to the recommendations from a task force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) , and their enshrinement in the American Heart Association’s 2005, 2010 and 2015 post-cardiac arrest management guidelines. °C despite acetaminophen, etc).

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Outcomes Research Hospitals 80

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Moving the Needle on Fall Prevention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network Scoping Review and Consensus Statement. AEM November 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen (@KirstyChallen) is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine Research Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (North West England).

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Geriatric Emergencies Elder Abuse Research Academics 52

PulmCCM

JANUARY 6, 2025

Their spread has coincided with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s “sepsis bundle quality measure” (SEP-1) going live in 2015. Saudi Arabia is considered an authoritarian society, and internationally significant research projects have important political value to the monarchy. And have they fired.

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SheMD

DECEMBER 17, 2023

There is significant gender misrepresentation in emergency medicine academic medical research, as evidenced by publications and first and last authorships. Involvement in research is a large component of career advancement and a possible contributor to lack of female representation of leadership in medicine. J Surg Res. 2022.03.019.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The MIPS system was established in 2015 as part of an effort to combat the perverse incentive to provide more care in a traditional fee-for-service model. While laudable in theory, research has continued to show that in practice the program is bureaucratically burdensome costing $12,800 per physician and over 53 hours per year (6).

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Emergency Department Research Outcomes Hospitals 88

EMDocs

AUGUST 31, 2023

However, in 2015 crotalidae equine immune F(ab’) 2 (ANAVIP®) was approved by the FDA for rattlesnake envenomations, and distribution of this antivenom began in 2018. Research suggests that F(Ab’) 2 antivenom, compared against F(ab) antivenom, may be associated with lower rates of late and recurrent coagulopathy.

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Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Poisoning EMS 97

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

A 2015 Nature (Pediatric Research) paper by Nils J. Bergman summarizes a body of research that confirms the benefits of sleeping on the belly. Research by Collett et al (2018) shows that, despite some improvement in PP by 18 months, the deformations persist beyond 36 months. This may not be true for infants.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The authors rightfully note future research targets should include how/if the routine use of ceftriaxone increases antibiotic resistance in a population that is already quite vulnerable to devastating infection. SECONDARY OUTCOMES At day 28 , ceftriaxone group had (vs placebo): Lower VAP risk (20% vs 36%); hazard ratio 0.62

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RCEM Learning

MAY 20, 2022

On paper Emergency Medicine (EM) research is flourishing. Furthermore the utilisation of social media in medical practice, predominantly in emergency medicine and critical care, has allowed an environment of research debate and dissemination to exponentially grow. The specialty does need research leaders though.

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Academics Research EMS Documentation/Coding 52

RebelEM

JANUARY 25, 2024

2015 Oct;50(4):480-7. Epub 2015 May 22. Practical Dyspnea Assessment: Relationship Between the 0-10 Numerical Rating Scale and the Four-Level Categorical Verbal Descriptor Scale of Dyspnea Intensity. J Pain Symptom Manage. PMID: 26004401. Heijl C, Mokhtari A, Labaf A, Dryver E, Blomqwist L, Gustav Smith J.

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Ultrasounds Outcomes COPD Hospitals 129

PulmCCM

APRIL 18, 2024

Anesthesiology residents literally stop counting, generally performing well over a thousand intubations in a four-year residency (compared to pulmonary-critical care fellows’ mere nine months total in the ICU on a traditional research/clinical split), including extensive experience on difficult airways and advanced airway management.

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Airway Management Operations EMS Research 98

Emergency Medicine Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care research database patient-level database (May 2015–April 2016), secondary literature and expert elicitation were used to inform the model. Methods Discrete event simulation was used to model a large urban teaching hospital in the UK, as a case study, with a colocated GP service.

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Emergency Department Research Outcomes Hospitals 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have highlighted the need for research into the potential dysregulated aspects of Internet-based gaming. This topic remains contentious, with each new piece of research providing headlines on both sides of the political divide. Pew Research Center.

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Taming the SRU

JULY 25, 2024

Staphylococcus spp., and Pasteurella spp. Not yet FDA approved, but clinical trials have been promising.

Stroke 98

Stroke Fractures Operations Outcomes 98

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 29, 2023

Explored in seminal research, incivility is described as “ behaviours or mistreatment which violate the workplace norms of mutual respect “ Incivility isn’t just about obvious aggression but can take the form of passive aggression, public beratement, intimidation or habitual interruption. Should I do it?” from one of the team.

Leadership 98

Leadership Patient Safety Academics Research 98

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Alfred Sacchetti is a full time practicing Emergency Physician, who is also the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey, USA, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and an Active Researcher. However, they come with many side effects and concerns about addiction and diversion.

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Emergency Department Research 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 10, 2020

He is also one of the world’s leading researchers on pain management in the emergency department, specifically the use of ketamine. He is also one of the world’s leading researchers on pain management in the emergency department, specifically the use of ketamine. His twitter handle is @PainFreeED. Reference: Friedman et al.

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Emergency Department Research Wellness 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 24, 2024

We are the trainee arm of the Paediatric Critical Care Society – Study Group (PCCS-SG) and work with them on research, audit and service evaluation. Pharmacotherapy for Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus. 2020;34(1):47-63. doi:10.1007/s40263-019-00690-8 Tan, W. P., & Chan, Y. Child neurology open , 2 (1), 2329048X14550067.

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Seizures Pediatrics Outcomes Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 111

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Background Research has indicated that incivility between staff in clinical environments negatively impacts their wellbeing, clinical performance and the care patients receive (Riskin et al., This aligns with Royal College of Emergency Medicine Research Priority-10.

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Emergency Department Patient Safety Research 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 21, 2018

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) published a guideline in 2015 for the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection. Robert is a practicing emergency medicine physician and Director of Research for emergency medicine at Health Science North in Sudbury, Ontario. His research program focuses on improving recognition and.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Academics EKG/ECG Research 52

Sensible Medicine

MARCH 27, 2024

Peter Attia - From Surgeon to Longevity Guru I first encountered Peter Attia online while researching ketosis , the Atkins diet and low carb diets in 2012 and found his writing to be incredibly well-researched and helpful. 2015 is the best example of the conventional approach to primordial prevention.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

The factorial design chosen by Dr Maitland and her research group means that several comparisons in transfusion practice could be carried out at the same time. What were the research questions? Does the study address a clearly focused research question? N Engl J Med. 2019;381(5):407-419. Was blinding achieved?

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Blood Transfusions Research Outcomes Hospitals 78

PHEM Cast

APRIL 10, 2016

And from our buddies at HEFT EM CAST: [link] A bit more detail covering some of the research in an easy to understand way. These tables are used when assessing the usefulness of a test (or it’s sensitivity and specificity), and, when researching how useful tests are we need the majority of patients to fall into the green boxes.

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Sepsis Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation Emergency Department 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In 2015, Silva et al. About PICSTAR PICSTAR is a trainee-led research network open to all doctors, nurses and allied health trainees within Paediatric Intensive Care. We are the trainee arm of the Paediatric Critical Care Society – Study Group (PCCS-SG) and work with them on research, audit and service evaluation.

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Pediatrics Research Documentation/Coding Outcomes 72

PHEM Cast

JULY 14, 2016

Elsevier Ltd; 2015 Apr 1;46(4):528–35. Value of a rigid collar: in need of more research and better devices. 2015 May;78(5):943–8. Oteir AO, Smith K, Stoelwinder JU, Middleton J, Jennings PA. Should suspected cervical spinal cord injury be immobilised?: A systematic review. Smyth M, Cooke MW. Emergency Medicine Journal.

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Fractures Hospitals Shock Research 52