In this paper we propose a new routing algorithm for emergency bound based on multiple services for wireless sensor networks. In this routing algorithm channel conditions are associated with each time unit to provide overall fairness and maximize the total throughput of wireless sensor network. The proposed system model supports multiple users of each sensor, each user may have several service ...

No published information is available about myocardial infarction management in Spanish emergency departments. The EVICURE is a prospective, multicenter, observational study involving 35 hospitals that for a 3-week period collected all the cases of patients requiring care in which the final diagnosis of the cause of symptoms was ischemic heart disease. The study included 2,216 patients, of whic...

OBJECTIVES Few data on the incidence, aetiology, clinical features and management of patients with acute allergic reactions presenting to the Emergency Department are currently available. The aim of the study was to report the annual experience of a single Italian adult Emergency Department about anaphylaxis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective, case-based study of adult patients att...

BACKGROUND the ageing demographic means that increasing numbers of older people will be attending emergency departments (EDs). Little previous research has focused on the needs of older people in ED and there have been no evaluations of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) embedded within the ED setting. METHODS a pre-post cohort study of the impact of embedding CGA within a large ED in t...

To the Editor: Transmission of bloodborne pathogens such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) to healthcare workers at emergency departments is a matter of great concern. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of seropositivity to HIV-1, HBV, and HCV among patients admitted in the Clinical Emergency Unit and the Trauma Unit o...

BACKGROUND Adverse events result in longer hospital stays and increase costs and mortality. We aimed to assess incidence of adverse events occurring during hospitalization in a post-emergency unit and to describe their characteristics. METHODS All adverse events occurring in patients during their hospitalization in a post-emergency unit in a French university hospital (20 beds) were systemati...

conclusions considering that the most frequent reason for our urvs was patient-related factors, where all cases had left the cpu against medical advice (ama) during their first attendance, we recommend that further appropriate strategies be devised to prevent leaving against medical advice. results patient-related factors accounted for most 72 hours urvs (49%). multivariable analysis revealed t...

introduction: emergency department is one of the most important hospital wards that offers emergency services to unstable patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. however, the way the services are offered reflects the general status of the hospital since patients with the most serious problems frequently refer to the emergency department. emergency department waiting time is one of the indices u...