Publications by authors named "Hashem Nassereddine"
Article Synopsis
- Thiamine deficiency is observed in patients with acute illnesses, regardless of alcohol use disorder, particularly in those with sepsis, diabetic ketoacidosis, and oncologic emergencies.
- A study of 269 emergency department patients revealed that 20.5% had thiamine deficiency, with significant associations found for age over 60, female gender, leukopenia, moderate anemia, and hypoalbuminemia.
- The findings suggest that older age, being female, and having low white blood cell counts are key factors linked to thiamine deficiency in critically ill patients.
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluates the economic impact of an accelerated protocol (AP) for diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI) using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) compared to conventional testing methods.
- Conducted across nine emergency departments, the research analyzed costs and length of stay for nearly 32,450 patients suspected of having MI.
- Results showed that the AP did not significantly increase treatment costs or length of stay overall, but some lower acuity emergency departments experienced shorter stays and lower health system costs with the AP.
Acute coronary syndrome prediction in emergency care: A machine learning approach.
Comput Methods Programs Biomed
October 2022
Background And Objective: Clinical concern for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is one of emergency medicine's most common patient encounters. This study aims to develop an ensemble learning-driven framework as a diagnostic support tool to prevent misdiagnosis.
Methods: We obtained extensive clinical electronic health data on patient encounters with clinical concerns for ACS from a large urban emergency department (ED) between January 2017 and August 2020.