Browsing by Subject "Triage"
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Differences between chest pain observation service patients and admitted "rule-out myocardial infarction" patients.
(Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 1997-07)<h4>Objective</h4>To compare and contrast the patient characteristics of ED patients at low risk for acute cardiac ischemia who were assigned to a chest pain observation service vs those admitted to a monitored inpatient ... -
Effectiveness of Acute Care Remote Triage Systems: a Systematic Review.
(Journal of general internal medicine, 2020-07)<h4>Background</h4>Technology-based systems can facilitate remote decision-making to triage patients to the appropriate level of care. Despite technologic advances, the effects of implementation of these systems on patient ... -
Ethical considerations for allocation of scarce resources and alterations in surgical care during a pandemic.
(Surgical endoscopy, 2021-05)The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is unprecedented in modern history. Its effects on social behavior and health care delivery have been dramatic. The resultant burden of disease and critical illness has outpaced ... -
National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020-10)Background Despite investments to improve quality of emergency care for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), few studies have described national, real-world trends in AMI care in the emergency department (ED). ... -
Novel model for predicting inpatient mortality after emergency admission to hospital in Singapore: retrospective observational study.
(BMJ open, 2019-09-26)OBJECTIVES:To identify risk factors for inpatient mortality after patients' emergency admission and to create a novel model predicting inpatient mortality risk. DESIGN:This was a retrospective observational study using data ... -
Rapid Triage of Mental Health Risk in Emergency Medical Workers: Findings From Typhoon Haiyan.
(Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 2018-02)<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the ability of a novel responder mental health self-triage system to predict post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in emergency medical responders after a disaster.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants ... -
Shifting Gears: Triage and Traffic in Urban India.
(Medical anthropology quarterly, 2017-09)While studies of triage in clinical medical literature tend to focus on the knowledge required to carry out sorting, this article details the spatial features of triage. It is based on participation observation of traffic-related ... -
The left bundle-branch block puzzle in the 2013 ST-elevation myocardial infarction guideline: from falsely declaring emergency to denying reperfusion in a high-risk population. Are the Sgarbossa Criteria ready for prime time?
(American heart journal, 2013-09)Prompt and accurate identification of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the presence of left bundle-branch block (LBBB) remains difficult. The 2004 STEMI guideline recommended emergent reperfusion therapy to ... -
Triaging Primary Care Patients Referred for Chest Pain to Specialist Cardiology Centres: Efficacy of an Optimised Protocol.
(Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2018-02)INTRODUCTION:Patients referred for chest pain from primary care have increased, along with demand for outpatient cardiology consultations. We evaluated 'Triage Protocol' that implements standardised diagnostic testing prior ... -
Which factors should be included in triage? An online survey of the attitudes of the UK general public to pandemic triage dilemmas.
(BMJ open, 2020-12-08)<h4>Objective</h4>As cases of COVID-19 infections surge, concerns have renewed about intensive care units (ICUs) being overwhelmed and the need for specific triage protocols over winter. This study aimed to help inform triage ...
