Articles: emergency-department.
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Multicenter Study
Assessment of Prognostic Scores for Emergency Department Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
Early prognostic stratification could optimize the management of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations. The aim of this study was to assess and compare the performance of existing prognostic scores in predicting therapeutic intervention and death. ⋯ The GBS and the modified GBS are the 2 best performing scores because they achieve both key objectives: stratifying patients based on their risk of therapeutic intervention and/or death and identifying low-risk patients who may qualify for outpatient management.
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This study aimed to evaluate the completeness and quality of information in written discharge instructions for patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) discharged from the emergency department (ED). ⋯ The completeness and quality of written discharge instructions for mTBI patients in South Korean EDs were low and varied across hospitals, suggesting a potential association to hospital resources.