Emergencies
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'?

30 Oct 2009 We assessed the impact of a United Kingdom government-recommended triage process, designed to guide the decision to admit patients to intensive care during an influenza pandemic, on patients in a teaching hospital intensive care unit. We found that ... Read more...

[Quality management: protocols for reporting in-hospital emergencies. Comparison of two methods]

19 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: 10-20% of hospitalized patients experience adverse events, becoming clinically relevant in emergency situations (ES). Many studies have confirmed deficits in both organizational and professional aspects of care when ... Read more...

Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding in 1,112 patients admitted to an urban emergency medical center.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: This study was performed to elucidate the etiology, effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, and outcomes in patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. METHODS: A retrospective review of the medical records of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Emergencies'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The Canadian Triage Acuity Scale and oncological emergencies in the emergency department: the puzzle pieces may not fit. 29 Nov 2009
• An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'? 30 Oct 2009
• Tube-in-tube emergency airway management after a bitten endotracheal tube caused by repetitive transcranial electrical stimulation during spinal cord surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• [Quality management: protocols for reporting in-hospital emergencies. Comparison of two methods] 19 Oct 2009
• [Aortocaval fistula after administering the Heimlich maneuver--diagnosis with multislice CT] 12 Oct 2009
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV in a child admitted in emergency with peritonitis. 29 Sep 2009
• Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding in 1,112 patients admitted to an urban emergency medical center. 29 Sep 2009
• Training in the use of ketamine. 29 Sep 2009
• In-flight medical emergencies. 24 Sep 2009
• In-flight medical emergencies. 24 Sep 2009
• In-flight medical emergencies. 24 Sep 2009
• [Challenging emergency ECG in a 19-year-old woman] 21 Sep 2009
• [Epididymitis] 15 Sep 2009
• [Emergencies in hematology and oncology] 8 Sep 2009
• Every physician should have a migraine. 2 Sep 2009
• Urgent carotid endarterectomy for patients with unstable symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• [Obstetric anesthesia training in the USA, experience of the Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, Ohio] 30 Aug 2009
• Emergency obstetrics care in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a 20 year review of umblical cord prolapse. 30 Aug 2009
• [Urgent heart care in urban settings, understanding the actions which might save lives] 30 Aug 2009
• Overcorrection of hyponatremia is a medical emergency. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Emergencies'

Definition: Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.

Descriptor UI: D004630

Alternative terms: Emergencies; Emergency;

Related Mesh Headings: Crisis Intervention; Critical Care; Emergency Treatment; First Aid; Hotlines;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; epidemiology; history; nursing; psychology; veterinary;

Tree Number: C23.550.291.781; N06.230.100.083; N06.850.376;

Technical Notes: EMERGENCY MEDICINE is the corresponding specialty; emergencies in specific diseases: coordinate NIM with specific disease (IM); "drug emergencies": coordinate NIM with specific drug or chemical with probably /pois (IM)