At the 2013 Academic Emergency Medicine global health consensus conference, a breakout session on a resuscitation research agenda was held. Two articles focusing on cardiac arrest and trauma resuscitation are the result of that discussion. This article describes the burden of disease and outcomes, issues in resuscitation research, and global trends in resuscitation research funding priorities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a lack of data on the effect(s) of suboptimal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care on subsequent health care utilization among emergency department (ED) patients with HIV. Findings on their ED and inpatient care utilization patterns will provide information on service provision for those who have suboptimal access to HIV-related care.
Methods: A pilot prospective study was conducted on HIV-positive patients in an ED.
Objective: We compare the outcomes and costs of alternative staffing models for an emergency department (ED) rapid HIV testing program.
Methods: A rapid oral-fluid HIV testing program was instituted in an inner-city ED in 2005. Three staffing models were compared during 24.
Objectives: The objectives were to determine attitudes and perceptions (A&P) of emergency medicine (EM) residents toward emergency department (ED) routine provider-driven rapid HIV testing services and the impact of both a focused training program (FTP) and implementation of HIV testing on A&P.
Methods: A three-phase, consecutive, anonymous, identity-unlinked survey was conducted pre-FTP, post-FTP, and 6 months postimplementation. The survey was designed to assess residents' A&P using a five-point Likert scale.
Objectives: To compare the patient characteristics, clinical conditions, and short-term recidivism rates of emergency department (ED) patients who leave against medical advice (AMA) with those who leave without being seen (LWBS) or complete their ED care.
Methods: All eligible patients who visited the ED between July 1, 2004, and June 30, 2005 (N = 31,252) were classified into one of four groups: 1) AMA (n = 857), 2) LWBS (n = 2,767), 3) admitted (n = 8,894), or 4) discharged (n = 18,734). The patient characteristics, primary diagnosis, and 30-day rates of emergent hospitalizations, nonemergent hospitalizations, and ED discharge visits were compared between patients who left AMA and each of the other study groups.
Study Objective: We identify patient characteristics associated with uncompleted visits to the emergency department (ED).
Methods: We used registration and billing data to conduct a pair-matched case-control study. ED patients who left without being seen (cases) between July 1 and December 31, 2004, were matched to patients who stayed and were treated (N=1,476 pairs) according to registration date and time (+/-2 hours) and triage level (controls).