Factors reducing inappropriate attendances to emergency departments before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multicentre study.

Introduction: Inappropriate attendances (IAs) to emergency departments (ED) create an unnecessary strain on healthcare systems. With decreased ED attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study postulates that there are less IAs compared to before the pandemic and identifies factors associated with IAs.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 29,267 patient presentations to a healthcare cluster in Singapore from 7 April 2020 to 1 June 2020, and 36,370 patients within a corresponding period in 2019.

The Evaluation of Prognostic Scores in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in an Asian Population: A Retrospective Study.

Objective: Clinical grading scales used for prognostication in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage facilitate informed-decision making for resource-intensive interventions. Numerous clinical prognostic scores are available for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. However, these have not been validated well in Asian patients, and the most appropriate scoring system remains debatable.