Toward a common definition of syncope in children and adults.
A unified machine learning approach to time series forecasting applied to demand at emergency departments
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There were 25.6 million attendances at Emergency Departments (EDs) in England in 2019 corresponding to an increase of 12 million attendances over the past ten years. The steadily rising demand at EDs creates a constant challenge to provide adequate quality of care while maintaining standards and productivity. Managing hospital demand effectively re...
Deployment of artificial intelligence for radiographic diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in the emergency department.
ObjectiveThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has inspired new innovations in diagnosing, treating, and dispositioning patients during high census conditions with constrained resources. Our objective is to describe first experiences of physician interaction with a novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm designed to enhance physician abilities...
An abstract lesson: Adopting the CONSORT-EA to improve the quality of reporting of emergency medicine research.
Xenon treatment after severe traumatic brain injury improves locomotor outcome, reduces acute neuronal loss and enhances...
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, but there are no clinically proven treatments that specifically target neuronal loss and secondary injury development following TBI. In this study, we evaluate the effect of xenon treatment on functional outcome, lesion volume, neuronal loss and neuroinflammation a...
An increasing trend in geriatric trauma patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures.
PurposeThe proportion of geriatric trauma patients (GTPs) (age ≥ 65 years old) with chest wall injury undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) nationally is unknown. We hypothesize a growing trend of GTPs undergoing SSRF, and sought to evaluate risk of respiratory complications and mortality for GTPs compared to younger adults (18-...
A call for collaboration and consensus on training for endotracheal intubation in the medical intensive care unit.
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Endotracheal intubation (EI) is a potentially lifesaving but high-risk procedure in critically ill patients. While the ACGME mandates that trainees in pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) achieve competence in this procedure, there is wide variation in EI training across the USA. One study suggests that 40% of the US PCCM trainees feel they ...
Comparison of surgical fixation and non-operative management in patients with traumatic sternum fracture.
PurposeThe incidence of sternal fractures in blunt trauma patients lies between 3 and 7%. The role, timing and indications for surgical management are not well delineated and remain controversial for patients undergoing surgical stabilization of sternum fracture (SSSF). We sought to identify the national rate of SSSF in patients with a sternum frac...
Characteristics of frequent paediatric users of emergency departments in England: an observational study using routine n...
BACKGROUND:Frequent attendances of the same users in emergency departments (ED) can intensify workload pressures and are common among children, yet little is known about the characteristics of paediatric frequent users in EDs. AIM:To describe the volume of frequent paediatric attendance in England and the demographics of frequent paediatric ED user...
Randomized trial of the i-gel supraglottic airway device versus tracheal intubation during out of hospital cardiac arres...
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Aim The AIRWAYS-2 cluster randomised controlled trial compared the i-gel supraglottic airway device (SGA) with tracheal intubation (TI) as the first advanced airway management (AAM) strategy used by Emergency Medical Service clinicians (paramedics) treating adult patients with non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). It showed no differ...
