A novel scale for triage assessment of frailty in the emergency department (ED-FraS): a prospective videotaped study.

Background: Rapid recognition of frailty in older patients in the ED is an important first step toward better geriatric care in the ED. We aimed to develop and validate a novel frailty assessment scale at ED triage, the Emergency Department Frailty Scale (ED-FraS).

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study enrolling adult patients aged 65 years or older who visited the ED at an academic medical center.

Prospective study of pain and patient outcomes in the emergency department: a tale of two pain assessment methods.

Background: Accurate pain assessment is essential in the emergency department (ED) triage process. Overestimation of pain intensity, however, can lead to unnecessary overtriage. The study aimed to investigate the influence of pain on patient outcomes and how pain intensity modulates the triage's predictive capabilities on these outcomes.

Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in United States emergency departments, 2010-2018.

Objectives: Little is known about the recent status of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) in the U.S. emergency department (ED).

Pain Assessment in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Videotaped Study.

Introduction: Research suggests that pain assessment involves a complex interaction between patients and clinicians. We sought to assess the agreement between pain scores reported by the patients themselves and the clinician's perception of a patient's pain in the emergency department (ED). In addition, we attempted to identify patient and physician factors that lead to greater discrepancies in pain assessment.

Physician gestalt for emergency department triage: A prospective videotaped study.

Objective: Appropriate triage in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) is often challenging. Little is known about the role of physician gestalt in ED triage. We aimed to compare the accuracy of emergency physician gestalt against the currently used computerized triage process.

Early versus Late Surgical Decompression for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury on Neurological Recovery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

This study aimed to investigate whether early surgical decompression was associated with favorable neurological recovery in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI). We searched PubMed and Embase from the database inception through December 2020 and selected studies comparing the impact of early versus late surgical decompression on neurological recovery as assessed by American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) for adult patients sustaining tSCI. We pooled the effect estimates in random-effects models and quantified the heterogeneity by the statistics.