Fall related injuries in elderly patients in a tertiary care centre in Beirut, Lebanon.

Context: Falls cause significant morbidity and mortality, constituting 38.9% of trauma visits to the emergency department (ED) in Lebanon. Elderly have increased risk of falls due to co-morbidities.

Pediatric emergency department utilisation during Ramadan: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate the impact of Ramadan on patient characteristics, diagnoses and metrics in the paediatric emergency department (PED).

Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting: PED of a tertiary care centre in Lebanon.

Factors Associated with Survival After Emergency Department Thoracotomy for Adult Trauma Patients in the United States.

Background: Emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) is done to control life threatening hemorrhage and injuries. Literature examining this topic is limited to relatively small studies from single trauma centers.

Objective: This study identifies factors associated with survival to hospital discharge of patients undergoing EDT using the largest U.

Significance of Clostridium difficile in community-acquired diarrhea in a tertiary care center in Lebanon.

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is becoming a cause of community-acquired diarrhea. The aim is to describe (CDI) as a cause of acute diarrhea in patients presenting from the community to the Emergency Department (ED) of a tertiary care center in Lebanon. A retrospective study conducted in the ED at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC).

Association Between Trauma Center Designation Levels and Survival of Patients With Motor Vehicular Transport Injuries in the United States.

Background: Motor vehicular transport (MVT) is a leading cause of injuries globally. Health care regionalization aims at improving patients' outcomes.

Objectives: This study examines the association between trauma center designation levels in the United States and survival of patients with MVT-related injuries.

Impact of trauma designation levels on survival of drowning victims: An observational study from trauma centers in the United States.

Drowning causes significant morbidity and mortality. Healthcare regionalization aims at improving patient outcomes. This study examines the impact of trauma center level designation on survival of drowning victims.

Impact of trauma level designation on survival of patients arriving with no signs of life to US trauma centers.

Background: Trauma level designation and verification are examples of healthcare regionalization aiming at improving patient outcomes. This study examines impact of Trauma Levels on survival of patients arriving with "no signs of life" to US trauma centers.

Methods: This retrospective study used the US National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) 2015 dataset.

Out of hospital cardiac arrest outcomes: Impact of weekdays vs weekends admission on survival to hospital discharge.

Background: Cardiac arrests are a leading cause of mortality with survival of only 12%. In the United States, cardiac arrests were significantly more likely to occur on Saturdays. Hospitals experience a decrease in staffing on weekends.