Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Admissions and Outcome by Jagannath Tiwari, Pramod Paudel, Sujan Adhikari, Sharmila Lamichhane, Anjali Basnet, Kirtipal Subedi, Pratiksha Bhattarai, Prajwal Paudel

“… Background: Emergency Department admissions have changed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Moral Distress and Related Factors Among Emergency Department Nurses by Kamyar Jalali, Rasoul Tabari-Khomeiran, Fariba Asgari, Mitra Sedghi-Sabet, Ehsan Kazemnejad

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Trauma-Related Clinical Practice Variation in Dutch Emergency Departments by Elise L. Tierie, Dennis G. Barten, Laura M. Esteve Cuevas, Rebekka Veugelers, Menno I. Gaakeer

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Access to primary care and computed tomography use in the emergency department by M. Fernanda Bellolio, Shawna D. Bellew, Lindsey R. Sangaralingham, Ronna L. Campbell, Daniel Cabrera, Molly M. Jeffery, Nilay D. Shah, Erik P. Hess

“…Abstract Background The decision to obtain a computed tomography CT scan in the emergency department (ED) is complex, including a consideration of the risk posed by the test itself weighed against the importance of obtaining the result. …”
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Improving management of hyponatraemia by increasing urine testing in the emergency department by Nancy L Dawson, Albert Bui, Ryan Hunter, Christian Karime, Maria S Barrios, Nathaniel E Wiest, Ayan Nasir, R Christopher Chase, Samuel M Jones, Varun P Moktan, Jessica G Creager, Ehsan Shirazi, Michael M Mohseni

“…A multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) team led by internal medicine residents performed a QI project from July 2020 through June 2021 to increase the rate of urine studies collected before fluid or diuretic administration in the emergency department (ED) in patients admitted with moderate to severe hyponatraemia. …”
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Demographic Examination of Patients with Oncologic Diagnosis Admitted to the Emergency Department by Hüseyin ŞAHİN, Sercan BIÇAKÇI, Mustafa Numan ERDEM, Nurcan BIÇAKÇI, Murat ÇETİN, Serhat ÖRÜN, Rahime Merve YANIKER

“…However, this change is increasing the number of oncological patients admitted to the emergency departments every day. This study aimed to determine the reasons for admission to the emergency department (ED) for cancer patients and to examine the factors affecting the prognosis demographically.Materials and Methods:Patients aged 18 years or older with clinical/pathological oncologic diagnoses, who applied to Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Hospital Emergency Department between March 1st 2018 and August 31st 2018, were included in the study. …”
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Analysis of Childhood Physical Violence Cases Presented to the Emergency Department by Güleser Akpınar

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The green man enigma: Unique presentation of toxicology in the emergency department by Daniel Trotzky, Gal Pachys, Amir Zarror, Jonathan Mosery, Aya Cohen, Khieralla Shaheen, Eran Kalmanovich, Eduard Ilgiyaev, Galina Goltsman

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Factors Affecting Anxiety Level in Adolescents Presenting to Emergency Department by Fatih Battal, Veli Yıldırım

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Gender Differences in Smoking Among an Urban Emergency Department Sample by Carol B Cunradi, Juliet Lee, Anna Pagano, Raul Caetano, Harrison J Alter

“…Background: Urban emergency department (ED) patients have elevated smoking and substance use compared with the general population. …”
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Do pediatric emergency departments pose a risk of infection? by Chalut Dominic, Ducharme Francine, Moore Dorothy, Quach Caroline

“…Our objective was to determine the risk of infection associated to a pediatric Emergency Department (ED) visit and the predictors of infection in children aged 5 years and less.…”
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Efficacy of an Emergency Department-based Motivational Teenage Smoking Intervention by Kimberly Horn, EdD, Geri Dino, PhD, Candice Hamilton, MPH, N Noerachmanto MA, MSc, MAPS

“…Participants were smokers aged 14 to 19 years (N = 75) who presented for treatment in a university-affiliated hospital emergency department (ED). Motivational interviewing techniques were used by trained providers to facilitate individual change; stage-based take-home materials also were provided.ResultsSimilar to past clinic-based studies of motivational interviewing with teenage smokers, our study found negative results in terms of intervention efficacy for cessation. …”
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Clinical Update. Clinical Presentations of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department by Barcan Andreea, Tarta Dorin, Tarta Cristina

“…Pulmonary embolism (PE) is one of the most severe conditions encountered in the emergency department (ED) and one of the leading causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, especially in patients presenting with hemodynamic instability, right ventricular dysfunction, or necessitating cardiopulmonary resuscitation. …”
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Characteristics and Barriers of Emergency Department Patients Overdue for Cancer Screening by Sara W. Heinert, Mohammed Ahmed, Kelvin Guzman-Baez, Ananya Penugonda, Sarah Oh, Affan Aamir, Jeanne M. Ferrante

“…Introduction: People without reliable access to healthcare are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage cancer that could have been treated more effectively if diagnosed earlier. Emergency departments (ED) may be a novel place for cancer screening education for underserved patients. …”
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Survey of individual readiness of the emergency department nurses in dealing with disasters by Shahba Nimezad, Alice Khachian, Tahereh Alsadat Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Fereydoon Khayeri

“…Therefore, the recruitment of experienced staff in the emergency department and their hiring to training less professional staff should be encouraged. …”
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Designing and developing a digital equity dashboard for the emergency department by Sojung Yi, Caroline Burke, Amanda Reilly, Steven Straube, Joseph Graterol, Christopher R. Peabody

“…Abstract Disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and health outcomes of racial minorities are well documented in the emergency department (ED). Although EDs may provide broad departmental feedback on clinical metrics, lack of up‐to‐date monitoring and data availability present significant challenges to identifying and addressing patterns of inequitable care. …”
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Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults for Motor Vehicle Collisions by Vogel, Jody A., Ginde, Adit A., Lowenstein, Steven R., Betz, Marian E.

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Pulmonary embolism in United States emergency departments, 2010–2018 by Shu-Hsien Hsu, Chia-Hsin Ko, Eric H. Chou, Jeffrey Herrala, Tsung-Chien Lu, Chih-Hung Wang, Wei-Tien Chang, Chien-Hua Huang, Chu-Lin Tsai

“…Abstract Little is known about pulmonary embolism (PE) in the United States emergency department (ED). This study aimed to describe the disease burden (visit rate and hospitalization) of PE in the ED and to investigate factors associated with its burden. …”
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Wildfire smoke exposure and emergency department visits in Washington State by Annie Doubleday, Lianne Sheppard, Elena Austin, Tania Busch Isaksen

“…A growing number of studies examine the impact of wildfire smoke on morbidity; however, few evaluate these impacts using syndromic surveillance data that cover many emergency departments (EDs). We used syndromic surveillance data to explore the effect of wildfire smoke exposure on all-cause respiratory and cardiovascular ED visits in Washington state. …”
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A fatal dermatosis in the emergency department: toxic epidermal necrolysis by Ayhan Akoz, Serhat Orun, Mucahit Avcil, Ali Duman, Kenan Ahmet Turkdogan

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