Emergency Evidence Updates – July 2023
Cochrane
Acute assessment services for patient flow assistance in hospital emergency departments
Primary Research
Prehospital
Air Medical Transport for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study of National Trends Over an 8-Year Period Air Medical Journal
Association of Ketamine Dosing with Intubation and Other Adverse Events in Patients with Behavioral Emergencies Prehospital Emergency Care
ECPR Survivor Estimates: A Simulation-Based Approach to Comparing ECPR Delivery Strategies Prehospital Emergency Care
EMS Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids to Pediatric Asthma Patients: An Analysis by Severity and Transport Interval Prehospital Emergency Care
Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Prehospital Decision Making by HEMS Physicians in Critically Ill and Injured Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study Prehospital Disaster Medicine
Improving Emergency Medicine Clinician Awareness of Prehospital-Administered Medications Prehospital Emergency Care
Initial Training Evolution for the Helicopter Air Ambulance Professional Air Medical Journal
Predictors of Facial Fractures in Trauma Patients: Retrospective Review at a Level I Trauma Center The American Surgeon
Prehospital anaesthesia by a helicopter emergency medicine service: a review Journal of Paramedic Practice
The Association of Combined Prehospital Hypotension and Hypoxia With Outcomes Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Prehospital Emergency Care
Tourniquet Use in the Prehospital Setting Prehospital Emergency Care
Use of Intraosseous Access in Neonatal and Pediatric Retrieval—Neonatal and Pediatric Emergency Transfer Service, New South Wales Pediatric Emergency Care
Adult
A case report of food impaction relieved by warm water drinking therapy The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus: An Unexpected Cause of Cardiac Arrest The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Adult patients with constipation presenting to the emergency department: Can care be improved? Emergency Medicine Australasia
AWAreness during REsuscitation – II: A multi-center study of consciousness and awareness in cardiac arrest Resuscitation
CT Imaging of Geriatric Patients with Uncertain Head Trauma The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Evaluating a new emergency department avoidance service for older people: patient and relative experiences Emergency Medicine Journal
Factors contributing to death of major trauma victims with haemorrhage: A retrospective case–control study Emergency Medicine Australasia
Kidney-specific biomarkers for predicting acute kidney injury following cardiac arrest Resuscitation
Prediction of difficult laryngoscopy / difficult intubation cases using upper airway ultrasound measurements in emergency department: a prospective observational study BMC Emergency Medicine
Prospective, observational study investigating the level of agreement between transcutaneous and invasive carbon dioxide measurements in critically ill emergency department patients Emergency Medicine Journal
Psychosis in acute methamphetamine intoxication is usually self-limiting and can be managed in the emergency department: A retrospective series Emergency Medicine Australasia
Children
Blast Lung Injury in Children – Injury Patterns and Associated Organ Injuries Pediatric Emergency Care
Critical Revisits Among Children After Emergency Department Discharge Annals of Emergency Medicine
Impact of a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pharmacist, Institutional Guideline, and Electronic Order Set on Empiric Antimicrobial Use for Febrile Neutropenia Pediatric Emergency Care
Nonaccidental Pediatric Trauma; Which Traditional Clues Predict Abuse? Pediatric Emergency Care
Ocular Trauma in Children – An Epidemiological Study Pediatric Emergency Care
Parental Attitudes About Lumbar Puncture in Children With Suspected Central Nervous System Infection Pediatric Emergency Care
Stroke Volume Measurements by Echocardiography and Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor in Children – A Prospective Observational Cohort Study Pediatric Emergency Care
The Effectiveness of the Buzzy Device in Reducing Pain in Children Undergoing Venipuncture – A Single-Center Experience Pediatric Emergency Care
Timing of antibiotics in febrile children meeting sepsis criteria at a paediatric emergency department Emergency Medicine Australasia
General
Bed tilt and ramp positions are associated with increased first-pass success of adult endotracheal intubation in the emergency department: A registry study Emergency Medicine Australasia
Behavioural observation tool for patient involvement and collaboration in emergency care teams (PIC-ET-tool) BMC Emergency Medicine
Emergency department staff views of NHS 111 First: qualitative interview study in England Emergency Medicine Journal
Improving Safety and Quality With an Emergency Department Overcrowding Plan Journal of Emergency Nursing
Interpretable machine learning model for imaging-based outcome prediction after cardiac arrest Resuscitation
Non-shockable rhythms: A parametric model for the immediate probability of return of spontaneous circulation Resuscitation
Suspected myocardial infarction in the emergency department: An evaluation of clinical thresholds for the Beckman Coulter Access hsTnI high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay Emergency Medicine Australasia
The Effect of Mandatory Triage Questions on Triage Processes: A Qualitative Exploratory Study Journal of Emergency Nursing
The emergency department or the emergency medicine service? Redefining the boundaries of responsibility for emergency care litigation in England Emergency Medicine Journal
The Restrictive Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy for Critically Injured Patients (RESTRIC) trial: a cluster-randomized, crossover, non-inferiority multicenter trial of restrictive transfusion in trauma Journal of Intensive Care
Metadata
Summary author: Rebecca Howes @ClinicalLibsPHU
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