Association of Emergency Department Length of Stay and Hospital Mortality in Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19.

Objective: We aimed to determine the association between hospital mortality of patients under investigation (PUI) for COVID-19 and emergency department length of stay (EDLOS).

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted from April 3, 2020 to April 2, 2022. Adult PUI who presented with both clinical and epidemiological risk factors for COVID-19 disease and underwent sample collection with nasal swab for reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction were included in the study.

Factors associated with serious abdominal conditions in geriatric patients visiting the emergency department.

Background: Abdominal pain occurs in 20% of geriatric patients who visit the emergency department (ED). Geriatric patients usually have more severe conditions and a higher mortality rate. We aimed to determine the factors associated with serious abdominal conditions in geriatric patients who visit the ED with abdominal pain.

Factors associated with unfavorable outcomes in patients with acute abdominal pain visiting the emergency department.

Background: Unfavorable outcomes occur in patients with acute abdominal pain who visit the emergency department (ED). We aimed to determine the factors associated with unfavorable outcomes in patients with acute abdominal pain visiting the ED.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016.

Predictive Performance of the NEWS‒Lactate and NEWS Towards Mortality or Need for Critical Care Among Patients with Suspicion of Sepsis in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Observational Study.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the National Early Warning Score‒Lactate (NEWS‒L) and NEWS to predict 24-hour mortality as the primary outcome. The secondary outcomes were to predict 48-hour, 28-day, and in-hospital mortality rates, and the need for critical care in patient with suspicion of sepsis at the emergency department (ED).

Methods: A prospective observational study was performed in patients aged ≥18 years diagnosed with sepsis in the ED from March to November 2021.

Predictive Factors to Diagnose Appendicitis in Children in the Emergency Department.

Introduction: The most common surgical condition in children is appendicitis. However, making a diagnosis can be difficult due to poor communication and difficulty in the physical examination.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the accurate clinical predictive factors for the diagnosis of appendicitis in children in the emergency department (ED).

Factors Associated with Treatment Failure in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD Admitted to the Emergency Department Observation Unit.

Objective: We aimed to identify factors associated with treatment failure in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) admitted to the emergency department observation unit (EDOU).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 1, 2013, and October 31, 2019. The electronic medical records were reviewed of patients with AECOPD admitted to the EDOU.

Factors Affecting Length of Stay in the Emergency Department in Patients Who Presented with Abdominal Pain.

Objective: We aimed to identify factors affecting length of stay in the emergency department in patients who presented with abdominal pain.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. The medical records were reviewed from 217 patients older than 15 years with the chief complaint of abdominal pain.

Using initial serum lactate level in the emergency department to predict the sustained return of spontaneous circulation in nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.

Objective: To examine the initial level of lactate to predict sustained return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients.

Materials And Methods: This was a 30-month retrospective cohort study in an emergency department (ED) of a tertiary care hospital. The inclusion criteria were adult nontraumatic OHCA patients who came to the ED with ongoing chest compression.

Physician professionalism: definition from a generation perspective.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to determine whether consensuses on the definition of emergency physician professionalism exist within and among four different generations. Our secondary objective was to describe the most important characteristic related to emergency physician professionalism that each generation values.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey study, using a card-sorting technique, at the emergency departments of two university-based medical centers in the United States.

Serum Lactate Levels as a Prognostic Predictor of Septic Shock in Emergency Department Patients with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) at Songklanagarind Hospital.

Objective: To determine whether serum venous lactate is associated with an increased risk of septic shock and risk of death in emergency department patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).

Material And Method: This was a prospective observational study at the Songklanagarind Hospital Emergency Department. Between April 1 and October 31, 2009, 131 consecutive patients met the enrollment criteria of age older than 18 years and fulfilled the SIRS criteria.