Advances in Emergency Medicine

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21.06.2016 · 1 Zitationen

Variation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Management

Jason M. Jones, Joseph A. Tyndall, Christine M. Van Dillen

Objective. To evaluate variation in airway management strategies in one suburban emergency medical services system treating patients experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Method. Retrospective chart review of all adult OHCA resuscitation during a 13-month period, sp …

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15.06.2016 · 22 Zitationen

Implementing Triage Standing Orders in the Emergency Department Leads to Reduced Physician-to-Disposition Times

Charles W. Hwang, Thomas Payton, Emily Weeks, Michelle Plourde

Emergency departments (EDs) throughout USA have improvised various processes to curb the “national epidemic” termed ED “crowding.” Standing orders (SOs), one such process, are medical orders approved by the medical director and entered by nurses when patients cannot be seen exped …

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27.04.2016

Can Clinical Findings Prevent Negative Laparotomy in Parasitosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis?

Musa Zorlu, İbrahim Tayfun Şahiner, Ahmet Çınar Yastı, Ethem Zobacı, Ramazan Kocabaş, Abdullah Fahri Şahin, Faruk Coşkun, Mete Dolapçı

Objectives. Rates of negative laparotomy (NL) for acute appendicitis have been reported as 15% and parasitosis contributed to 2%. This study was planned to reduce the rates of NL by preoperative determination of parasitosis. Methods. In retrospective examination of 2730 appendect …