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Empathy can be taught and learned with evidence-based education
Correspondence to Dr Helen Riess, Empathy and Relational Science Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA; HRiess{at}Partners.Org While many believe some people are ...
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Triage: making the simple complex?
Correspondence to Dr Ellen J Weber, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94131, USA; ellen.weber{at}ucsf.edu One of the hallmarks of an emergency ...
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Choice at the end of life is a privilege
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Nitazene detections and clinical characteristics: data from a prospective observational study in a Glasgow emergency department
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Factors affecting diagnostic imaging decision-making in the emergency department during day and night shifts
Background Medical imaging use has increased progressively, prompting discussions about its clinical impact. Interventions to reduce low-value imaging have had varying success, as they generally do ...
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Association between age and length of stay in the emergency department in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective observational study
Background Older patients’ attendances at EDs are rising. There are concerns that these individuals have prolonged stays, which have been shown to be associated with adverse clinical outcomes. We ...
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Recognising and managing functional neurological disorder in the acute healthcare setting
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a complex and heterogenous condition characterised by abnormal neurological symptoms that are linked to structural and functional alterations in widely ...
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A systematic review examining the impact of redirecting low-acuity patients seeking emergency department care: is the juice worth the squeeze?
Objectives Diverting patients away from the emergency department (ED) has been proposed as a solution for mitigating overcrowding. This systematic review examined the impact of interventions designed ...
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Non-sterile gloves and dressing versus sterile gloves, dressings and drapes for suturing of traumatic wounds in the emergency department: a non-inferiority multicentre ...
Background Patients with traumatic wounds frequently present to the ED. Literature on whether to treat these wounds sterile or non-sterile is sparse. Non-sterile treatment has the advantage of saving ...
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Pulmonary embolism diagnosis and the D-dilemma
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Identifying and profiling prearrival characteristics of avoidable emergency department visits transported by paramedics: a cohort study using linked prehospital and hospital data
Background Increasing demand and crowding in emergency departments (EDs) remain persistent challenges for healthcare systems worldwide. A portion of these visits is avoidable, indicating they could ...
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Prevalence of serious bacterial infections and performance of inflammatory markers in febrile infants with and without proven viral illness
1 Department of Paediatric Medicine, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children’s Hospital, Singapore 2 Department of Children’s Emergency, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children’s Hospital, Singapore 3 ...