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 ...

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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A most unusual submission for ‘The View from Here’ is a poem by Louie1 from Minnesota. Louie has chosen an original but powerful conduit in poetry to express his dread, anguish and frustration at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

Background Severe sepsis is likely to account for around 37 000 deaths annually in the UK. Five years after the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) care bundles were published, care ...