5 results match your criteria: "University Health Network - Emergency Department[Affiliation]"
The Price of Delay: Socioeconomic Disparities and Diagnostic Oversights in Occlusion Myocardial Infarction Care.
Arq Bras Cardiol
July 2024
University Health Network - Emergency Department, Toronto, Ontario - Canadá.
Spontaneous Hemothorax from Pulmonary Intralobar Sequestration: A Case Report.
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med
August 2024
St. Luke's University Health Network Emergency Department, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary sequestration is a rare condition where lung tissue develops independently of the airway system, potentially leading to severe complications like hemothorax, but is understudied in medical literature.
- In this case, a 73-year-old woman experienced sudden flank pain and cardiac arrest due to a large pulmonary sequestration, which was initially misidentified as a pleural effusion.
- The patient ultimately succumbed to her condition, highlighting the importance of accurate imaging and prompt surgical response in emergency situations involving this rare lung anomaly.
A qualitative examination of the current management of opioid use disorder and barriers to prescribing buprenorphine in a Canadian emergency department.
BMC Emerg Med
April 2021
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Background: Emergency departments (EDs) across Canada are increasingly prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD). The objective of this study was to identify the current knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of ED physicians on the management of OUD in the ED, including barriers and facilitators to prescribing buprenorphine.
Methods: We purposefully selected emergency physicians from one ED in Toronto which had recently received education on OUD management and had a new addiction medicine follow-up clinic, to participate in semi-structured interviews.
Understanding current practice of opioid use disorder management in emergency departments across Canada: A cross-sectional study.
CJEM
July 2020
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Objective: Opioid-related deaths are increasing at alarming rates in Canada, with a 34% increase from 2016 to 2017. Patients with opioid use disorder often visit emergency departments (ED), presenting an opportunity to engage patients in treatment. Buprenorphine-naloxone is first-line treatment for opioid use disorder, but current management in the ED is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGoing to the COVID-19 Gemba: Using observation and high reliability strategies to achieve safety in a time of crisis.
CJEM
November 2020
Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.