Spectrum and frequency of critical procedures performed at a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to provide physician-level data about the frequency of critical procedures at a combined adult and pediatric Level I trauma center, high-acuity, high-volume academic ED. The inspiration for this study question came from a previous study by Mittiga et al. (2013) describing pediatric critical procedure data at a similar high-acuity, high-volume, pediatric-only academic ED.

Implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry for Critical Patients in an Academic Emergency Department is Not Associated with a Change in Mortality Rate.

Introduction: There is limited literature on the effect of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) on mortality. The objective of our study was to determine if there was a change in mortality among critically ill patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) after the implementation of a CPOE system.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of all critically ill patients in the ED during the year before and the year after CPOE implementation.