BACKGROUND Since drug-related emergency department (ED) visits are common among older adults, the objectives of our study were to identify the frequency of drug-related problems (DRPs) among patients presenting to the ED with non-specific complaints (NSC), such as generalized weakness and to evaluate responsible drug classes. METHODS Delayed type cross-sectional diagnostic study with a prospe...

Introduction: Injuries are the causes of irreparable damages and costs in urban rural settings. Preventive procedures effective if correct related information is gathered provided. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate injury patterns factors a large teaching hospital. Methods: The current cross-sectional was conducted at Edalatian Emergency Center, Mashhad, Iran, 2016. All subjects were e...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term effect of a teaching intervention designed to reduce undertriage rates in older ED patients. Further, to test the hypothesis that non-adherence to the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage algorithm is associated with undertriage. Additionally, to detect patient related risk factors for undertriage. METHODS Pre-post-test design...

objective: to determine the effects of triage education based on emergency severity index (esi) on promoting the knowledge and performance of nurses and qualitative indices of emergency department. methods: this study was a quasi-interventional study being performed in vali asr hospital of fasa university of medical sciences during 2012. for this purpose, 50 members of staff including nurses an...

N E W O R L E A N S — The best predictors of in-hospital deterioration of patients diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism in the emergency department are a shock index greater than 1 and a pulmonary embolism severity index score more than 100, according to data from the EMPEROR registry. The clinical implications: Calculate the pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) and shock index routinely...