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  • Patients with pulmonary hypertension presenting to the emergency department
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      Pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients represent a complex subset of patients in the emergency department (ED), yet little is known about their presentations and outcomes. The objective of this study is to analyze the demographics, dispositions and the rates of return visits for PH patients visiting the ED, focusing on PH patients identified as having high frequency visits.
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  • Refusal of emergency medical care: An analysis of patients who left without being seen, eloped, and left against medical advice
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      Emergency department (ED) patients may elect to refuse any aspect of medical care. They may leave prior to physician evaluation, elope during treatment, or leave against medical advice during treatment. This study was undertaken to identify patient perspectives and reasons for refusal of care.
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  • Female millennial patient perspectives in the emergency department: A qualitative analysis
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      For many patients, the emergency department (ED) represents their first interaction with a hospital system, so establishing positive first impressions is especially important [[1]]. Patients satisfied with their care are more likely to return to the healthcare institution in the future, remain more compliant with medical regimens and attend follow-up appointments, thus improving the patient's treatment goals and clinical outcomes [[2]]. In recent years, patient satisfaction has been tied to reimbursements, incentivizing health systems to address this area [3-5].
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  • Dysnatremias in emergency patients with acute kidney injury: A cross-sectional analysis
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      We aimed to investigate the prevalence, risk factors and outcome of hypo- and hypernatremia in emergency patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).
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  • Racial disparities in analgesic use amongst patients presenting to the emergency department for kidney stones in the United States
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      We sought quantify racial disparities in use of analgesia amongst patients seen in Emergency Departments for renal colic.
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  • The prognostic value of HEART score in patients with cocaine associated chest pain: An age-and-sex matched cohort study
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      HEART score is widely used to stratify patients with chest pain in the emergency department but has never been validated for cocaine-associated chest pain (CACP). We sought to evaluate the performance of HEART score in risk stratifying patients with CACP compared to an age- and sex-matched cohort with non-CACP.
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  • Identification and early anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation in the emergency department
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      Emergency departments (ED) in the United States see more than half a million atrial fibrillation visits a year, however guideline recommended anticoagulation is prescribed in <55% of eligible patients.
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  • Prognosis of non-severely comorbid elderly patients admitted to emergency departments: A prospective study
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      The ageing of the population leads to a rising demand for urgent care among elderly patients, namely patients >75 years [1]. Visits to emergency department (ED) for elderly patients increased by 34% during a ten years period (1993–2003) and this trend is growing [1]. In a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of 120,123 patients, the absolute number and the proportion of patients aged over 80 years admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) significantly increased annually during the 6-year study period and those with comorbid illnesses had lower ICU and hospital survival [2].
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  • Patients with mild traumatic brain injury receiving direct oral ancoagulants in Emergency Department: a necessary discussion
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      We are grateful for the opportunity to reply to the comment on our manuscript, “Risk factors associated with intracranial bleeding and neurosurgery in patients with mild traumatic injury who are receiving direct oral anticoagulants.”
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  • Use of high-flow nasal cannula and noninvasive ventilation in patients with COVID-19: A multicenter observational study
    The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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      The use of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in patients with COVID-19 is debated.
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