Pattern of admissions in a general surgical unit was studied from January 1980 to July 1981. Of 1021 cases admitted 697 were non-emergency and 324 were emergency admissions. Trauma and Appendicitis were the most common surgical emergencies, whereas Hernias, Anorectal conditions and diseases of the Gall bladder were the most frequent non-emergency admissions. The length of hospital stay in relat...

Hypertensive emergency, is the most severe presentation of arterial hypertension, having high morbidity-mortality. Clevidipine is a calcium channel blocker. Its pharmacokinetics is favorable to use for hypertensive emergencies, rendering this drug a promising alternative to the restricted therapeutic armamentarium available both in the emergency room and intensive care unit. In this review we d...

Introduction The mobile emergency care unit (MECU) in Copenhagen visits emergency patients in an urban setting and is manned by an experienced anesthesiologist and a specially trained fireman. The function of the MECU is to perform emergency treatment and evaluate the need for further treatment in a hospital. The aim of this study was to assess predictive measures of subsequent hospital admissi...

BACKGROUND Emergency department crowding is a growing international problem. One possible reason for crowding might be the rising number of "walk-in" patients presenting with "non-urgent" health complaints. METHODS In a retrospective cohort study in adult medical patients presenting to the emergency unit of the University Hospital Zurich, we determined the frequency of "non-urgent" encounters...