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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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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)

April 2024

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 who return to the emergency department: a multicentre observational study by the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) 10.1136/emermed-2023-213277

Clinical practice guideline recommendations in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury: a systematic review 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.11.012

Comparison of diuretics and fluid expansion in the initial treatment of patients with normotensive acute pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1136/emermed-2023-213525

Consensus statement on the interhospital transfer of patients with acute aortic syndrome: TRAVERSING Delphi study 10.1136/emermed-2023-213362

Derivation and validation of a risk-stratification model for patients with probable or proven COVID-19 in EDs: the revised HOME-CoV score 10.1136/emermed-2022-212631

Diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome in the emergency department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome 10.1136/emermed-2023-213266

The diagnostic approach and management of hypertension in the emergency department 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.11.028

Factors influencing the implementation of early discharge hospital at home and admission avoidance hospital at home (new Cochrane qualitative review)

Patient should have been accompanied during doctor’s assessment (Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman report re: Northern Trust hospital emergency departments)

Pediatric patients discharged after transfer to a pediatric emergency department: opportunities for telehealth? 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.489

Pediatric sepsis in general emergency departments: association between pediatric sepsis case volume, care quality, and outcome 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.10.011

Perceived barriers and opportunities to improve working conditions and staff retention in emergency departments: a qualitative study 10.1136/emermed-2023-213189

Predictors of adverse outcomes in elders hospitalised for isolated orthopaedic trauma: a multicentre cohort study 10.1136/emermed-2023-213088

Social determinants of health and pediatric emergency department outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.10.010

Survey of current policy regarding the recognition and management of acute aortic syndrome in Great Britain 10.1136/emermed-2023-213376

Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (updated NICE guideline NG51)

Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients (updated Cochrane diagnostic review) 10.1002/14651858.CD011686.pub3

Sources

Annals of Emergency Medicine (Mar-Apr); Cochrane Library (Mar); Emergency Medicine Journal (Mar-Apr); European Journal of Internal Medicine (Mar); NICE website (Mar); Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman website (Jan)