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Tomona Iso, Fangzheng Yuan, Elsie Rizk, Anh Thu Tran, R. Benjamin Saldana, Prasanth R. Boyareddigari, Ngoc-anh A. Nguyen, Daniela Espino, Julia S. Benoit, Joshua T. Swan
Summary: A study on visits to the emergency department for rabies postexposure prophylaxis found that one in five patients had avoidable ED visits for subsequent rabies vaccination, mainly due to inadequate ED discharge instructions and patients' inability to coordinate outpatient follow-up.
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Emergency Medicine
Brittany A. Matenchuk, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Brian H. Rowe, Amy Metcalfe, Radha Chari, Susan Crawford, Susan Jelinski, Jesus Serrano-Lomelin, Maria B. Ospina
Summary: This study found that approximately 37.3% of pregnant women in Alberta, Canada visited the emergency department during pregnancy. The ED visit rate was 94.0 visits per 100 pregnancies, with most visits being nonobstetric. Women with higher ED visit rates tended to live in remote or rural areas, were younger, and had concurrent health conditions.
ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2023)
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Alexandra Amaducci, Kim Aldy, Sharan L. Campleman, Shao Li, Alison Meyn, Stephanie Abston, Rachel E. Culbreth, Alex Krotulski, Barry Logan, Paul Wax, Jeffrey Brent, Alex F. Manini
Summary: In patients with confirmed opioid overdose testing positive for NPOs, higher in-hospital naloxone dosing was observed compared to patients testing positive for fentanyl alone, along with more clinical sequelae. Further research is needed to validate these preliminary findings.
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Matthew E. M. Yeung, Colin G. Weaver, Riley Hartmann, Rebecca Haines-Saah, Eddy Lang
Summary: The study compared pre- and post-legalization trends in pediatric cannabis-related emergency department visits in urban Alberta, Canada. It found that unintentional ingestions of cannabis increased in children and older adolescents after legalization, while presentation patterns remained similar overall. The findings highlight the need for public health interventions to target pediatric exposures to cannabis.
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Rehabilitation
Yue Cao, Nicole D. DiPiro, Edelle Field-Fote, James S. Krause
Summary: Compared with the general population, individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury have significantly higher rates of ED visits and hospitalizations, yet these visits are not regularly assessed within the SCI Model Systems. ED visits may indicate the need for intervention beyond the acute condition leading directly to the ED visits and provide an opportunity to link individuals with resources needed to maintain function in the community.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
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Medicine, General & Internal
E. Zafeiridi, A. Mcmichael, L. O'Hara, P. Passmore, B. Mcguinness
Summary: This study assessed the rates of hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits in people with dementia (PwD) and investigated the causes and factors predicting this healthcare use. The results showed that PwD were more likely to be admitted to hospital and visit the ED, but had higher survival rates following hospital admissions or ED visits.
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(2023)
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Julie M. Duke, Amy B. Reed, R. James Valentine
Summary: This study examined the rate of return to the emergency department (ED) after hospitalization for acute aortic syndromes (AAS). The findings showed that one in three patients with AAS returned to the ED within 90 days of discharge, but few had progression of AAS that required intervention. Early and frequent clinic follow-up may help decrease ED visits and readmissions after AAS.
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Daniel S. Budnitz, Nadine Shehab, Maribeth C. Lovegrove, Andrew Geller, Jennifer N. Lind, Daniel A. Pollock
Summary: Based on data from 60 nationally representative US emergency departments from 2017 to 2019, visits attributed to medication harms were frequent, with variation in medication type, intended use, and patient age.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2021)
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Maribeth C. Lovegrove, Nina J. Weidle, Andrew I. Geller, Jennifer N. Lind, Kathleen O. Rose, Sandra K. Goring, Daniel S. Budnitz
Summary: Emergency department visits and hospitalizations for unsupervised medication exposures among children aged <= 5 years decreased from 2009 to 2020. Efforts to prevent unsupervised medication exposures coincided with the decline. Most visits involved children aged 1-2 years and nearly half involved prescription solid medications. Targeted approaches may be necessary to achieve continued declines in unsupervised medication exposures among young children.
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(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Abhery Das, Parvati Singh, Anju K. Kulkarni, Tim A. Bruckner
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Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz, Nicholas de Angelis
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(2021)
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P. Roux, M. Jauffret-Roustide, C. Donadille, L. Briand Madrid, C. Denis, I Celerier, C. Chauvin, N. Hamelin, G. Maradan, M. P. Carrieri, C. Protopopescu, L. Lalanne, M. Auriacombe
Summary: This study using data from the French COSINUS cohort found that drug consumption rooms (DCRs) have a positive impact on the health of people who inject drugs (PWID). DCR-exposed participants were less likely to report overdoses, abscesses, and emergency department visits. These findings support the expansion of DCR implementation to improve the injection environment and health of PWID.
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(2023)
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Aaron S. Bernstein, Shengzhi Sun, Kate R. Weinberger, Keith R. Spangler, Perry E. Sheffield, Gregory A. Wellenius
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Medicine, General & Internal
Theodoros Giannouchos, Benjamin Ukert, Christina Andrews
Summary: This study examines the association between Medicaid eligibility expansion and emergency department visits. The findings suggest that Medicaid expansion is associated with a decrease in overall ED visits, particularly for less medically urgent conditions.
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Daniel J. Wong, Eve M. Roth, Claire M. Sokas, Jonathan R. Pastrana Del Valle, Aaron Fleishman, Israel A. Gaytan Fuentes, Alessandra Storino, Michelle N. Fakler, Anne C. Fabrizio, Thomas E. Cataldo, Evangelos Messaris
Summary: This retrospective cohort study at an academic medical center from 2014 to 2018 examined consecutive patients undergoing colectomy or proctectomy, revealing that one third of emergency department visits after colorectal surgery are potentially preventable, with a particular focus needed on patients who do not speak English as their primary language.
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(2021)
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Andrew I. Geller, Nadine Shehab, Nina J. Weidle, Maribeth C. Lovegrove, Beverly J. Wolpert, Babgaleh B. Timbo, Robert P. Mozersky, Daniel S. Budnitz
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Nadine Shehab, Maribeth C. Lovegrove, Andrew I. Geller, Kathleen O. Rose, Nina J. Weidle, Daniel S. Budnitz
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2016)
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(2016)
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(2018)
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(2018)
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Stephen R. Benoit, Henry S. Kahn, Andrew I. Geller, Daniel S. Budnitz, N. Clay Mann, Mengtao Dai, Edward W. Gregg, Linda S. Geiss
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(2018)
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(2014)
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(2019)
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Andrew Geller, Deborah Dowell, Maribeth C. Lovegrove, Jana K. McAninch, Sandra K. Goring, Kathleen O. Rose, Nina J. Weidle, Daniel S. Budnitz
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(2019)
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(2019)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
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(2019)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2020)