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Filter by:The POCUS PATHWAY-trial is a multi-center, randomized, investigator-initiated, open labelled, pragmatic, controlled trial of a point-of-care ultrasound-driven diagnostic pathway vs standard diagnostic pathway in dyspneic emergency department patients. The primary outcome will be 24-hour hospital stay and 642 patients will be included. Key secondary outcomes include overall hospital length of stay, image resources, and 72-hour revisits.
The purpose of this study is to learn more about why some people are at greater risk for oral emergency contraceptive failure while others are not. The investigators want to learn if genetic differences impact the risk of emergency contraception failure.
The study is a single-centre, open-label randomized comparative trial. Adult patients admitted to the emergency department for a hip fracture will be enrolled. Pericapsular nerve block (PENG-block) is a regional anesthesia technique developed primarily as an analgesic technique in a perioperative setting during hip fractures related surgical procedures. Some authors propose the use of PENG-Block as an alternative to fascia iliaca block and femoral block for the analgesic management of hip fracture in the emergency department, but scientific evidence is weak in this setting. The hypothesis of this study is that the use of PENG Block in the emergency department provides a better pain management for patients suffering from hip fractures with less opioid use.
A randomized controlled clinical trial comparing patient/ ER physician satisfaction and ease of administration of 3 non IV routes of midazolam as a rescue medication for seizure control. Study population included children with known seizure disorder who were prescribed midazolam by pediatric neurologist at home and those presenting to ER with following inclusion and exclusion criteria
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a common discharge diagnosis in the emergency department (ED), associated with 1-month mortality of 6%, and a 30% risk rate of 1-month rehospitalisation. Current guidelines recommend the use of nitrates and low dose diuretics to treat congestion, but to date, no drug has ever shown any improved clinical outcome when given at the acute phase. Several studies suggest that there is a high inflammatory component in AHF, with elevated markers such as IL6 and C-reactive protein (CRP). As it is the case in other acute respiratory disease, a short course of steroid therapy may limit the inflammatory response and in turn, improve AHF prognosis. The objective of the study is to assess the effect of a 7-day course of steroid introduced in the ED on inflammatory response
KETAMINE has been used for several years in emergency departments for analgesic purposes. Its ease of use and its analgesic effect have been demonstrated in several studies. Nevertheless, this molecule is not devoid of side effects, in particular the very frequent occurrence of nausea, vomiting, anxiety, an overall feeling of discomfort and more rarely hallucinations, feelings of unreality, or tachycardia. Recently, ESKETAMINE, used as an anesthetic but also in the USA as an antidepressant, has obtained its Marketing Authorization in the management of moderate to severe pain. ESKETAMINE corresponds to the S-(-)-KETAMINE enantiomer. Like KETAMINE, it acts as a non-competitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor but unlike KETAMINE does not interact, with the sigma receptors responsible for hallucinations and delusional symptoms. ESKETAMINE aimed at anesthetic is about twice as potent as KETAMINE and would also be eliminated more quickly. Studies suggest that at equivalent doses, ESKETAMINE would be better tolerated than the KETAMINE usually used in emergency departments. In this study, the tolerance of ESKETAMINE used at analgesic doses for treatment of moderate to severe pain will be assessed in an emergency departement A wider usage of ESKETAMINE for analgesia purpose in emergency departments is expected, with a better tolerance for the patients compared to KETAMINE
The objectives of this study were (1) to estimate the incidence of emergency general surgery in a Swiss University Hospital, (2) to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing such interventions, and (3) to study the impact of age on the outcomes.
Reducing antibiotics prescription is still to date, the main goal in low respiratory tract infections (LRTI). Several studies have shown conflicting results on the impact of multiplex PCR as a point of care tool. Our experience has highlighted an impact on single room assignments during the winter season but not yet on antibiotics prescriptions. This project aims to evaluate a new multimodal algorithm including multiplex PCR at the point of care to reduce antibiotics prescription and therefore has the ability to have a positive impact on antibiotics resistance phenomenon.
The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to test the effect of screening patients in Penn Medicine Emergency Departments for eligibility of public benefits programs and using text messages post-discharge to connect patients to benefits enrollment specialists at Benefits Data Trust (BDT). Eligible patients will be randomly selected to receive text messages for two weeks after Emergency Department discharge with the phone number to speak with a benefits enrollment specialist at BDT. The number of calls to the BDT phone line and the number of submitted applications to public benefits programs will be compared between patients receiving a summary flyer with the phone number for BDT and the text message intervention to connect with BDT in comparison to an active control group who receives only a summary flyer with the phone number for BDT.
Rate of Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate Vs Lidocaine to treat Renal Colic in the Emergency Department.