Emergency department medication history taking: current inefficiency and potential for a self-administered form.

Background: Emergency Departments (EDs) struggle with obtaining accurate medication information from patients.

Objective: Our aim was to estimate the proportion of urban ED patients who are able to complete a self-administered medication form and record patient observations of the medication information process.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we consecutively sampled ED patients during various shifts between 8 AM and 10 PM.

The real risk of splenectomy after discharge home following nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury.

Background: The postdischarge natural history of nonoperative blunt splenic injury (BSI) has not been adequately elucidated. As a result, outpatient management is poorly defined. Population-based outpatient data would provide clinicians with an estimate of baseline risk of postdischarge splenectomy after nonoperative management of BSI.