Factors Associated with Return Visits by Elders within 72 Hours of Discharge from the Emergency Department.

Elders have a higher rate of return visits to the emergency department (ED) than other patients. It is critical to understand the risk factors for return visits to the ED by elders. The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with return visits to the ED by elders.

[Using Team Resource Management and Situational Simulation to Improve the Resuscitation Performance Completion Rate].

Background & Problems: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an important issue in patient safety. After investigation, we identified the causes of the low rate of resuscitation completion in our emergency department as: incomplete utilization of available first-aid equipment, lack of standards related to task allocation, unclear moving line and instrument placement, lack of teamwork, and poor resuscitation-related communications during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose: The project aimed to improve the resuscitation performance completion rate.

Increasing age- and gender-specific burden and complexity of multimorbidity in Taiwan, 2003-2013: a cross-sectional study based on nationwide claims data.

Objective: Although there is accumulating evidence regarding multimorbidity in Western countries, this information is very limited in Asian countries. This study aimed to estimate population-based, age-specific and gender-specific prevalence and trends of multimorbidity in the Taiwanese population.

Design: This was a cross-sectional study based on claims data (National Health Insurance Research Database, Taiwan).

Pooled analysis of nuclear acid sequence-based amplification for rapid diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

Background: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M pneumoniae) is a common human etiology of respiratory infections. Nuclear acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) shows good value for the detection of M pneumoniae that surpasses PCR. However, the optimal detection technology still remains to be identified.