Diagnostic performance of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay in the clinical routine of a tertiary care hospital: Preliminary results from a single-center evaluation.

Background: This report describes a manufacturer-independent evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the Elecsys SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay from Roche Diagnostics in a tertiary care setting.

Methods: In this single-center study, we used nasopharyngeal swabs from 403 cases from the emergency department and intensive care unit of our hospital. The reference standard for detecting SARS-CoV-2 was the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay.

Lung Ultrasound in the Emergency Department for Early Identification of COVID-19 Pneumonia.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic overwhelming the health care systems worldwide. Lung ultrasound (LUS) use has been proposed to identify suspected COVID-19 patients and direct them to the isolation area in the emergency department (ED) or to discharge them for outpatient treatment.

Objective: Our aim was to retrospectively investigate the use of LUS in the ED to identify COVID-19 pneumonia (CP).

Decision tree for ward admissions of older patients at the emergency department after a fall.

Aim: Falls are a prevalent issue for the older population, and for the healthcare system in terms of emergency department (ED) access and hospitalizations. There is still a lack of knowledge and guidelines, however, regarding the need to hospitalize older patients accessing the ED after a fall. In the present study, we aimed to analyze the factors and the decisional process that led to older patients accessing the ED after a fall being admitted to hospital or discharged.

Factors influencing short-term outcomes for older patients accessing emergency departments after a fall: The role of fall dynamics.

Background: While the relevance of falls in raising the risk of fractures, hospitalization and disability in older age is well recognized, the factors influencing the onset of fractures and the need for ward admission after a fall have yet to be fully elucidated. We investigated which factors and fall dynamics were mainly associated with fall-related injuries and hospitalization among elderly persons accessing the Emergency Department (ED) following a fall.

Methods: The study involved 2144 older subjects who accessed the ED after a fall.