Articles: emergency-department.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jan 2025
Acute Care Use and Prognosis in Older Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department.
Understanding how prognosis influences acute care use among older adults at risk of short-term mortality is essential for providing care consistent with patients' wishes. This study assesses whether prognosis is associated with acute care and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) transfer in older adults presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) at high and low risk of short-term mortality. ⋯ The prognosis of older adults, especially those at high risk of short-term mortality, predicts both inpatient admissions and ICU transfers.
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Background: Despite the increasing focus on goal-concordant care in the emergency department (ED), there is limited data about patients who receive a new hospice referral and the care paths of patients on hospice who present there. Objective: Describe the characteristics and clinical course of ED patients who receive a new hospice referral and those already receiving hospice care. Methods: Retrospective chart review of all adult patients presenting to the ED from January 2021 to July 2023. ⋯ No patients had repeat health care encounters at our hospital. 42% (31/74) of patients enrolled in hospice required admission. Conclusion: New hospice referrals in the ED are possible but rare. Further research should investigate possible missed opportunities to provide goal-concordant care.
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The objective was to compare the incidence of recovery agitation and efficacy of two different intravenous (IV) doses of ketamine (0.5 mg/kg vs. 1 mg/kg) in adult patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) requiring procedural sedation with ketamine. ⋯ There was no significant difference in recovery agitation, sedation duration, and changes in vital signs between 0.5 and 1 mg/kg IV ketamine for procedural sedation in the ED.
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Cervical cancer (CC) is preventable. CC screening decreases CC mortality. Emergency department (ED) patients are at disproportionately high risk for nonadherence with CC screening recommendations. The ED, therefore, is a target-rich environment for interventions to promote CC screening. ⋯ This study demonstrates that both of the evaluated low-intensity ED-based interventions significantly increase subsequent CC screening uptake compared to historical controls. The higher intensity intervention significantly increased screening uptake compared to the lower intensity intervention among women ≥40 years old.