Publications by authors named "Sarah Alice Thomas"
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- * A thorough analysis was conducted involving 4,486 initial records, resulting in 18 eligible studies, mainly focusing on trauma and originating from North America.
- * The findings indicated that the 2023 studies were largely consistent with those from the previous decade in terms of diagnostic focus, geographic distribution, and journal impact factor.
In the United States, there are approximately 750,000 ST-elevation myocardial infarction cases each year. Streamlined care and rapid delivery for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is associated with improved survival. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to generate a practical estimate of mortality savings for every notional 30-minute decrease in the time to achieving PPCI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: Helicopter EMS (HEMS) is a well-established mode of rapid transportation for patients with need for time-sensitive interventions, especially in patients with significant traumatic injuries. Traditionally in the setting of trauma, HEMS is often considered appropriate when used for patients with "severe" injury as defined by Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15. This may be overly conservative, and patients with a lower ISS may benefit from HEMS-associated speed or care quality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third-leading cause of cardiovascular death in the United States, and several studies suggest PE shows seasonal variation. Variation in monthly PE diagnosis may be due to pathophysiologic factors or confounding/bias. However, severe PE may be less prone to diagnostic bias.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: An important goal for the Emergency Department operations is planning for changes in patient volume and assuring staffing accordingly. We hypothesized that understanding the Emergency Department census changes during the month-long Ramadan holiday each year could facilitate operations planning for Emergency Department's serving a largely Muslim population.
Methods: This was an observational study conducted at an academic centre, over 83 weeks of analysis that included two Ramadan months (those occurring during 2016 and 2017).