Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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To develop and validate a questionnaire to determine satisfaction with the hospital emergency department. ⋯ This questionnaire fulfils the necessary psychometric properties to be considered a useful and reliable tool for measuring patient satisfaction with hospital emergency services.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of different colour nail polishes and henna on the measurement of oxygen saturation and the differences among the measurements of three pulse oximetry devices. ⋯ The results suggest that blue, beige, purple and white nail polished fingers might cause pulse oximetry devices to make incorrect measurements.
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To compare post-paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) rotation performance of paediatric residents (PGY-2) and emergency residents (PGY-2) on an online test developed by the subcommittee of the paediatric section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Also, to compare residents' performance with that of physician extenders. ⋯ Emergency residents performed slightly better than paediatric residents on the paediatric-focused knowledge-based online test. The physician extenders' performance was comparable to the individual resident groups' performance and their combined performance.