Emergency Service, Hospital
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Analysis of ophthalmology workforce and delivery of emergency department eye care in Florida.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To measure annual population-based volume of emergency department (ED) eye care and concurrent ophthalmology on-call coverage. METHODS: Analysis and correlation of the 2006 Florida Agency of Health Care Administration ED and inpatient ... Read more...

Reducing blood sample hemolysis at a tertiary hospital emergency department.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: To determine the causes for sample hemolysis and measure the effect of an intervention to reduce sample hemolysis in the Emergency Department of a large hospital. METHODS: We conducted a phased, prospective, interventional study. In phase ... Read more...

Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia.

30 Oct 2009 This clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians focuses on critical issues concerning the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department (ED)with community-acquired pneumonia. It is an update of the 2001 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Emergency Service, Hospital'

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
• A piece of my mind. Curtains. 2 Nov 2009
• Analysis of ophthalmology workforce and delivery of emergency department eye care in Florida. 30 Oct 2009
• Reducing blood sample hemolysis at a tertiary hospital emergency department. 30 Oct 2009
• Life-threatening cardiac toxicity after chewing inverted nut (pinang-wang). 30 Oct 2009
• Psychotic woman with painful abdominal distension. Life-threatening psychotropic drug-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility. 30 Oct 2009
• Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia. 30 Oct 2009
• Pain management and sedation for children in the emergency department. 28 Oct 2009
• The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults". 24 Oct 2009
• The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. 24 Oct 2009
• [Can psychiatric acute teams reduce acute admissions to psychiatric wards?] 6 Oct 2009
• [A community short-term crisis unit does not reduce acute admissions to psychiatric wards] 6 Oct 2009
• The utility of routine D-dimer measurement in syncope. 29 Sep 2009
• Meningitis in elderly patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Oral prednisolone is more cost-effective than oral indomethacin for treating patients with acute gout-like arthritis. 29 Sep 2009
• Plain abdomen radiographs: the right view? 29 Sep 2009
• Lowering mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: key prehospital and emergency room treatment strategies. 29 Sep 2009
• Physical health correlates of pathological and healthy dependency in urban women. 29 Sep 2009
• Delirium in nursing home residents across care transitions: a preliminary report. 29 Sep 2009
• 45-year-old male from an RTA with isolated sternal fracture: immediate discharge or hospital admission? 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Emergency Service, Hospital'

Definition: Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient.

Descriptor UI: D004636

Alternative terms: Emergency Service, Hospital; Emergency Hospital Service; Emergency Hospital Services; Hospital Service, Emergency; Hospital Services, Emergency; Service, Emergency Hospital; Services, Emergency Hospital; Hospital Emergency Service; Service, Hospital Emergency; Emergency Services, Hospital; Hospital Emergency Services; Services, Hospital Emergency; Hospital Service Emergency; Emergencies, Hospital Service; Emergency, Hospital Service; Hospital Service Emergencies; Service Emergencies, Hospital; Service Emergency, Hospital; Emergency Outpatient Unit; Emergency Outpatient Units; Outpatient Unit, Emergency; Outpatient Units, Emergency; Unit, Emergency Outpatient; Units, Emergency Outpatient;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.354.422.336; N02.421.297.195; N04.452.442.422.336;

Online Note: use EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL to search HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE 1966-77

History Note: 78; was HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE 1963-77

Technical Notes: DF: EMERGENCY SERV HOSP