Articles: emergency-services.
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Case Reports Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Improving the use of early follow-up care after emergency department visits. A randomized trial.
To test the hypothesis that the appropriateness of parents' use of early follow-up care after emergency department (ED) visits can be improved by postvisit support from a nurse practitioner. ⋯ The nurse practitioner's intervention improved parents' use of follow-up care in our sample. Overall care for episodic ED users might be improved by similar interventions.
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
How well can radiographers triage x ray films in accident and emergency departments?
To assess the ability of radiographers to identify abnormal radiographs of patients attending accident and emergency departments. ⋯ Unselected radiographers can offer useful advice on radiographs to casualty officers, but their high rate of false positive diagnoses indicates that they cannot triage casualty radiographs sufficiently accurately to allow them to extend their current reporting role.