Prehospital education in triage for pediatric and pregnant patients in a regional trauma system without collocated pediatric and adult trauma centers.

Purpose: Patient triage to the appropriate destination is critical to prehospital trauma care. Triage decisions are challenging in a region without collocated pediatric and adult trauma centers.

Methods: A regional survey was administered to emergency medical response units identifying variability and confusion regarding factors influencing patient disposition.

Inaccuracy of ICD-9 Codes for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Study from Two Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs).

Background: Inaccurate use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), codes obfuscates registries used for research, resulting in unreliable data and inaccurate measurement of outcomes, and it may contribute to mismanagement of patients. Thus it is important to understand the prevalence of ICD-9 code misuse. We chose chronic kidney disease (CKD) as a condition of interest after several patients recruited for a previous study indicated they did not have the disease, despite the presence of the ICD-9 code (585.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) treatment burden among low-income primary care patients.

Objective: This study explored the self-management strategies and treatment burden experienced by low-income US primary care patients with chronic kidney disease.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 34 patients from two primary care practices on Buffalo's East Side, a low-income community. Qualitative analysis was undertaken using an inductive thematic content analysis approach.