AENJ: Current Issue

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

PI monitoring and treatment are often overlooked in the emergency department (ED). Emergency care professionals must be proactive about PI early identification and prevention strategies. The purpose of this research study was to determine the content validity of the Bjorklund Tool.

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Emergency Department Patient Safety Documentation/Coding Research 74

Emergency Medicine Journal

JANUARY 21, 2025

A short systematic review was undertaken to assess whether intradermal sterile water injections (ISWI) provide effective pain relief in adult patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with renal colic. Further research is needed to establish the long-term effectiveness of ISWI in the management of renal colic in the ED.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 1, 2025

She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and a pulmonary embolism and implementation science researcher. Dr. Westafer serves as the Social Media Editor and a research methodology editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Emergency Department (ED) has long been considered a ‘safety net’ for healthcare. In their research letter, Price and colleagues demonstrate another way the ED is a safety net. In the USA this term is often used to indicate that patients who cannot afford to go elsewhere can always receive care in the ED.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We propose using a qualitative approach called ‘deep listening’ to explore the sonic environment of emergency departments. We organised a public participation workshop to explore perspectives on the sonic environment of an emergency department as well as their perceptions and experiences of the deep listening methodology.

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Emergency Department Patient Safety Hospitals Research 74

AENJ: Current Issue

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

This article reviews the results of a randomized controlled trial, “Rapid Agitation Control with Ketamine in the Emergency Department: A Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial” by D. Barbic et al. The findings are discussed in the context of practice change for patient stabilization within the ED.

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Emergency Department Outcomes Research 83

EMDocs

MARCH 1, 2025

1: High-Dose Inhaled Steroids for Acute Asthma Spoon Feed Nebulized high-dose inhaled corticosteroid plus a short acting beta-agonist reduced emergency department length of stay in adult asthma exacerbation. Acad Emerg Med. Clay Smith at @spoonfedEM , and sign up for email updates here. #1: 2025 Jan 13. doi: 10.1111/acem.15084.

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Emergency Department Pediatrics Research 71

St. Emlyn

JUNE 4, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This study in the Journal of Trauma Acute Care Surgery shows that emergency department (ED) intubation for patients needing urgent haemorrhage control surgery is linked to higher mortality and complications.

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Emergency Department Resuscitation Research Outcomes 48

Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 23, 2024

Concussions are commonly encountered in the Emergency Department. In the research setting, abnormalities can be found via functional, blood flow, or metabolic imaging. We have previously discussed an approach to the question of when a patient “ can return to sport.”

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Laura Walker is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and the vice chair for digital emergency medicine at the Mayo Clinic. In addition to finding ways to use technology in emergency department (ED) care, she is interested in how health systems work and how patients move through the healthcare system.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Why is this important to emergency physicians? First, research suggests a higher number of emergency department visits among individuals with ASD. About 30 percent of children with ASD need treatment in an emergency department, and this number increases to nearly 70 percent for those aged 15–18.

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Emergency Department Leadership Research 52

AENJ: Current Issue

JULY 31, 2024

The aim of the Research to Practice column is to enhance the research critique abilities of both advanced practice registered nurses and emergency nurses (RNs), while also aiding in the translation of research findings into clinical practice. Each column focuses on a specific topic and research study.

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Emergency Department Emergency Nursing Research 53

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Aims and Objectives Research in the Emergency Department needs to be delivered in real time, within a specific clinical time-frame, and on a wide variety of conditions and states of emergency, on participants presenting in an unscheduled manner at any time.

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PHARM

JUNE 11, 2024

Identification and Management of Pelvic Fractures in Prehospital and Emergency Department Settings – Journal of Surgical Research — Read on www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(24)00261-0/fulltext

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

Children presenting with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis to Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland: an international retrospective observational study. During the COVID-19 pandemic , we noticed a change in the type of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Arch Dis Child.

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Emergency Department Research Documentation/Coding Outcomes 135

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance (EDBA) is a membership organization composed of high-performance emergency departments (EDs) that share a commitment to quality. Prior research shows that boarders worsen mortality; anecdotes from ACEP members echo the data. American College of Emergency Physicians.

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ALiEM

JUNE 10, 2024

Similarly, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) has developed robust tools for assessing blunt head trauma in children. A 10-year-old boy presents to the emergency department (ED) after a high-speed motor vehicle collision. Case Scenario: What would you do?

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Research Fractures 126

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But inside these charming historic walls is a research-driven, quaternary-care, academic, medical center. The emergency department (ED) at UVA was rebuilt in 2019 and the department had not fully optimized its operations when COVID-19 hit. The before-and-after results of this sophisticated ED flow model are remarkable.

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Academics Emergency Department Leadership Operations 52

Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded inductively by the primary researcher. We coded all items to capture experiences of 111 First within the full project coding tree and from this constructed two explanatory themes which were refined by the wider research team.

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Emergency Department Urgent Care Documentation/Coding Patient Safety 75

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. EMJ Nov 2023. EMJ Nov 2023. per 100,000. [4-8]

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Emergency Department Resuscitation Hospitals EKG/ECG 131

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine to Intravenous Subdissociative Dose Ketamine for Treating Acute Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Controlled Trial. Case: You’re working your usual day shift in the emergency department (ED) from 9 am to 5 pm on a Tuesday.

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Emergency Department EMS Research Administration 99

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In the UK, as in most developed countries, more patients are presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with minor illnesses or injuries. Emergency department overcrowding is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors. Simpson et al. of these were felt to be non-urgent attendances. Simpson et al.

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Emergency Department Research Pediatrics Hospitals 89

ACEP Now

MARCH 10, 2025

1,2 Approximately 2 percent of emergency department (ED) patients in the United States leave prior to evaluation or AMA. Understanding Against Medical Advice, Informed Consent, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Emerg Med Clin North Am. BMC Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. Acad Emerg Med.

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RebelEM

APRIL 3, 2024

Dr. Monica Saxena is a practicing emergency physician and assistant professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on reproductive justice and women’s health in the emergency department setting. Doctor Kass lives in Scarsdale NY with her husband and three children.

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Emergency Department EMS Research Hospitals 121

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

How the clinically important margins are established should be explained in detail in a research article. In contrast, the team members (patients and their families, primary care physicians, nurses, emergency department physicians, and payors) favored a threshold success rate of 50%.”

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Outcomes Research Emergency Department Pediatrics 91

Emergency Medicine Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Currently, various sedative agents are widely used and researched for procedural sedation in EDs. 1–6 In their EMJ paper, van der Have et al present a research letter detailing their dual-centre experience with remimazolam for procedural sedation in EDs, primarily for orthopaedic procedures.

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Emergency Department Research 52

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Patients with severe agitation are frequently encountered in the emergency department (ED) setting. Emergency departments can be crowded and chaotic, further exacerbating mental health issues. ACEP Policy statement: Use of droperidol in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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Emergency Department Pediatrics Research Hospitals 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 25, 2024

Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE-4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergency department. He is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and a Clinician Scientist in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at U of T.

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Emergency Department Best Practices Seizures Research 101

Emergency Medicine Journal

JULY 24, 2023

This systematic mixed studies review aims to identify and critically synthesise research exploring staff views of barriers and enablers to pain management to understand why pain continues to be undertreated in the ED.

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Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Research Wellness 74

Emergency Medicine Journal

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A group of Emergency Department doctors designed and conducted the Nettle-induced Urticaria Treatment Study (NUTS) as a research training and team-building exercise to address this gap in the Emergency Medicine evidence base.

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Research Emergency Department Wellness 52

PHARM

APRIL 25, 2023

Original research: Haemodynamic effects of a 10-min treatment with a high inspired oxygen concentration in the emergency department: a prospective observational study – PMC — Read on www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9438193/

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Emergency Department Research 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. Ann Emerg Med. His name is Ben. Burgart, A.M.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 21, 2024

Aim Junior doctors joining EDs are required to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills, but there is little research describing how this process can be facilitated. We aimed to understand what would make ED formal induction and early socialisation more effective. We used constant comparison to identify and develop themes.

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Patient Safety Emergency Department Research 98

EB Medicine

JUNE 12, 2024

Eckler, MD interview Corey Hazekamp, MD, MS, one of authors of the June 2024 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Managing Emergency Department Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Current State of Opioid Epidemic Overview of overdose deaths and trends. In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R.

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Emergency Department Administration EMS Research 84

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Lancet July 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City.

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Emergency Department Research 106

Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 9, 2024

Neonates presenting to the Emergency Department often cause a lot of uncertainty. Let’s review how Congenital Syphilis may present to our Emergency Departments: Congenital Syphilis : Basics Occurs when the spirochete Treponema pallidum is transmitted from mother to fetus. Is this scalp swelling normal?

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department Seizures Pediatrics 154

ACEP Now

AUGUST 22, 2023

Regardless of the domain, somewhere an expert panel has convened to issue a pronouncement informing all of the ideal care of patients under their specialty umbrella, indirectly extending to their care in the emergency department. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications.

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Emergency Department Academics Critical Access Research 98