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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Emergency Medicine and Surgery

Emergency Medicine current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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October 2024

The AI future of emergency medicine

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute blunt trauma

Diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer for acute aortic syndromes: systematic review and meta-analysis

Diagnostic and prognostic value of cardiac troponins in emergency department patients presenting after a fall: a prospective, multicenter study

Effects of mass casualty incidents on anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder among doctors and nurses: a systematic review

Evaluation and management of hypertensive emergency

First do no harm: predicting futility of intervention in geriatric emergency general surgery

A granular view of emergency department length of stay: improving predictive power and extracting real-time, actionable insights

Imaging overuse in the emergency department: the view of radiologists and emergency physicians

Interventions to improve emergency department throughput and care delivery indicators

Major burns in adults: a practice review

Neurological hypertensive emergencies: correlation of blood pressure values with in-hospital outcomes in ischemic stroke

Outcomes of adult patients discharged at scene by emergency medical services

Patient perceptions of behavioral flags in the emergency department: a qualitative analysis

Prevalence and predictors of radiographic pneumonia in children with wheeze

Quality improvement project aiming to reduce inappropriate use of abdominal x-rays in the ED

Racial and socioeconomic disparities evident in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in the emergency department

Reduced noise in the emergency department: the impact on staff well-being and room acoustics

Reducing computed tomography (CT) imaging for adults with minor traumatic brain injuries in the emergency department

Upper limb computed tomography (CT) angiography in the emergency department

Using natural language processing in emergency medicine health service research

The value of an emergency medicine virtual observation unit

Sources

Academic Emergency Medicine (Jul-Sep); American Journal of Surgery, The (Oct); Annals of Emergency Medicine (Aug-Oct); BMJ, The (Jul-Aug); Clinical Radiology (Sep); Emergency Medicine Journal (Aug-Oct); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Jun); European Journal of Radiology (Jul); Public Health (Sep)

August 2024

Blast injuries: a guide for the civilian surgeon 10.1016/j.mpsur.2024.03.010

Can acutely ill patients predict their outcomes? A scoping review 10.1136/emermed-2022-213000

Conflict in emergency medicine: a systematic review 10.1111/acem.14874 

Does the implementation of a trauma system affect injury-related morbidity and economic outcomes? A systematic review 10.1136/emermed-2023-213782

Emergency department communication with diverse caregivers and persons living with dementia: a qualitative study 10.1111/jgs.18897

Emergency department workforces’ experiences and perceptions of well-being from an international perspective: a scoping review 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087485

Follow up care for adults with diabetes treated for severe hypoglycemia by emergency medical services, 2013–2019 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111741

Intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among emergency department patients: results from a randomised pilot study 10.1136/emermed-2023-213761

Joint RCEM and NPIS best practice guideline: assessment and management of acute opioid toxicity in adults in the emergency department 10.1136/emermed-2024-214163

Management and confusion in an elderly trauma patient 10.1016/j.mpsur.2024.03.003

Management and outcome of oncological patients under immune checkpoint inhibitors presenting at the emergency department 10.1136/emermed-2023-213605

Neck trauma management – surgery for major incidents 10.1016/j.mpsur.2024.04.008

Neurological hypertensive emergencies: correlation of blood pressure values with in-hospital outcomes in ischemic stroke 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.01.029

The obstetrical emergency department: need, rationale, and guide to implementation 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.12.021

Racial and ethnic differences in hospital admission and diagnostic evaluation for febrile seizures in the emergency department 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113960

Reducing unnecessary investigations in paediatric seizures in the emergency department 10.1136/bmj-2023-076814

The role of nitrous oxide in minor pediatric procedures in the emergency department: a systematic review 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.12.026

Timing and causes of death to 1 year among children presenting to emergency departments 10.1111/acem.14875

Sources

Academic Emergency Medicine (Jun); American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jun); Annals of Emergency Medicine (Jul); BMJ, The (Jun); BMJ Open (Jul); Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (Jul); Emergency Medicine Journal (Jun-Jul); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Jun); Journal of Pediatric Surgery (Jun); Journal of Pediatrics (Jun); Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Jun); Surgery-Oxford (Jun-Jul)

June 2024

Anti-craving medications for alcohol use disorder treatment in the emergency department: a systematic review of direct evidence 10.1111/acem.14806

Are specialty emergency departments the future of emergency care? Oncology- and geriatric-focused emergency departments hope to improve care, lower costs 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.03.015

Artificial intelligence (AI)-derived software to help clinical decision making in stroke (updated NICE guidance DG57)

Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: clinical trajectories and patterns of use three months following a visit to the emergency department 10.1111/acem.14773 

Clinical outcomes of rapid respiratory virus testing in emergency departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0037

Dopamine antagonists and topical capsaicin for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome in the emergency department: a systematic review of direct evidence 10.1111/acem.14770

Emergency department volume and delayed diagnosis of serious pediatric conditions 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6672

Examining food insecurity in a regional New Zealand emergency department: a cross-sectional study  10.1111/1742-6723.14376 

Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE-4): alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergency department 10.1111/acem.14911 

Patient perspectives on emergency department initiation of medication for alcohol use disorder 10.1111/acem.14758 

Patients who leave before care is completed: what does the legal duty to warn mean for emergency department clinicians? 10.1111/1742-6723.14407 

Peripheral nerve blocks in the preoperative management of hip fractures: a systematic review and network meta-analysis 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.01.024

Phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal management in the emergency department: a systematic review of direct evidence 10.1111/acem.14788 

See also: Phenobarbital treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1111/acem.14825  

Programme theories to describe how different general practitioner service models work in different contexts in or alongside emergency departments (GP-ED): realist evaluation 10.1136/emermed-2023-213426

RCEM best practice guideline: suspected cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in emergency departments 10.1136/emermed-2024-213886

Risk factors for violence in an emergency department: nurses' perspectives 10.1111/1742-6723.14388

Sources

Academic Emergency Medicine (May); Annals of Emergency Medicine (May-Jun); Emergency Medicine Australasia (Jun); Emergency Medicine Journal (May); NICE website (May)