Articles: hospital-emergency-service.
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Observational Study
Emergency medical service utilization and timely treatment among acute ischemic stroke patients in Beijing from 2018 to 2021.
Activation of emergency medical services (EMS) is recommended for timely reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The association of EMS utilization and time intervals from hospital arrival to a series of necessary procedures before reperfusion therapy was rarely investigated. ⋯ In this observational study, the use of EMS for patient with AIS was associated with a shorter time from hospital arrival to intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular therapy.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Gestalt clinical severity score (GCSS) as a predictor of patient severity of illness or injury.
To determine if clinical judgement is accurate to predict the severity of injury or illness, and can be used at patient arrival when other formal scoring systems are not yet available. ⋯ Physicians can make accurate predictions of severity of injury and illness using a gestalt method and the scoring system we have developed as patient disposition correlates well with GCSS score. GCSS is most accurate with the 18-44 age group.
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Observational Study
Epidemiology of geriatric patients presenting to emergency departments in Europe: EGERS study.
Patients aged 65 and above constitute a large and growing part of emergency department (ED) visits in western countries. ⋯ The characteristics of ED elderly patients and their subsequent hospital stay are reported in this prospective study.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Apr 2023
Those who speak survive: the value of the verbal component of GCS in trauma.
To evaluate the value of the individual components of GCS in predicting the survival of trauma patients in the Emergency Department. ⋯ In general trauma patients, acute trauma care professionals can use GCS-VR to predict survival when clinical condition permits instead of the total GCS score or ISS.