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Managing Emergency Endotracheal Intubation Utilizing a Bougie Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Ryan N. Barnicle MD MSEd, Alexander Bracey MD, Scott D. Weingart MD
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Total and Out-of-Pocket Costs Surrounding Emergency Department Care Among Older Adults Enrolled in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Cameron J. Gettel MD MHS, Wafa Salah BA, Craig Rothenberg MPH, Yixuan Liang BS, Hope Schwartz BA, Kirstin W. Scott MD PhD, Ula Hwang MD MPH, Susan N. Hastings MD MHSc, Arjun K. Venkatesh MD MBA
We sought to quantify differences in total and out-of-pocket health care costs associated with treat-and-release emergency department (ED) visits among older adults with traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. We conducted a repeated cross-sectional analysis of treat-and-release ED visits using 2015 to 2020 data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. We measured total and out-of-pocket
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The Cost of Public Health: HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 David Barlas MD
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Preprocedural Oxygenation and Procedural Oxygenation During Pediatric Procedural Sedation: Patterns of Use and Association With Interventions Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Joyce Li MD MPH, Baruch Krauss MD, Michael C. Monuteaux ScD, Sarah Cavallaro MD, Eric Fleegler MD MPH
Preprocedural oxygenation (pre-emptive oxygenation started during presedation and/or induction) and procedural oxygenation (pre-emptive oxygenation started during any phase of sedation) are easy-to-use strategies with potential to decrease adverse events. Here, we describe practice patterns of preprocedural oxygenation and procedural oxygenation. We hypothesized that patients who received preprocedural
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Does Practice Make Perfect, or Is There More to Consider? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-25 Jestin N. Carlson MD MSc, Robert De Lorenzo MD MSM
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Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine: A Case for More Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Nupur Garg MD DipABLM
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The AI Future of Emergency Medicine Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Robert J. Petrella MD
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Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine to Intravenous Subdissociative Dose Ketamine for Treating Acute Painful Conditions in the Emergency Department: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy Controlled Trial Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Tommy Nguyen MD, Mo Mai MD, Amulya Choudhary MD, Slavic Gitelman DO, Jefferson Drapkin MPH, Antonios Likourezos MA MPH, Sarah Kabariti MPH, Rukhsana Hossain MPH, Karina Kun PharmD, Ankit Gohel PharmD, Patrizia Niceforo PharmD, Michael Silver MS, Sergey Motov MD
We aimed to assess and compare the analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of intravenous subdissociative-dose ketamine to nebulized ketamine in emergency department (ED) patients with acute painful conditions. We conducted a prospective, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy clinical trial in adult patients (ages 18 and older) with a numerical rating scale pain score of ≥5. We randomized subjects
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Observation at Home: A Virtual or Actual Solution to Emergency Department Crowding? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Daniel B. Gingold MD MPH
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The Premature Rush to Decision Instruments: Are We Facilitating Our Own Obsolescence? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Hashem E. Zikry MD, David L. Schriger MD MPH
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Payment Innovation in Emergency Care: A Case for Global Clinician Budgets Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Jesse M. Pines MD MBA, Bernard S. Black JD, L. Anthony Cirillo MD, Marika Kachman MD, Dhimitri A. Nikolla DO MS, Ali Moghtahderi PhD, Jonathan J. Oskvarek MD MBA, Nishad Rahman MD, Arjun Venkatesh MD MBA, Arvind Venkat MD
The fee-for-service funding model for US emergency department (ED) clinician groups is increasingly fragile. Traditional fee-for-service payment systems offer no financial incentives to improve quality, address population health, or make value-based clinical decisions. Fee-for-service also does not support maintaining ED capacity to handle peak demand periods. In fee-for-service, clinicians rely heavily
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Implementation and Equity Are the Keys for the Future of Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Jennifer N. Fishe MD
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Emergency Medical Services Use in New York City Amidst Record-Breaking Fine Particulate Matter Levels from the Canadian Wildfires, June 2023 Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Elizabeth A. Lancet DrPH MPH, Glenn Asaeda MD, Rachel Zeig-Owens DrPH MPH, David J. Prezant MD
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Concordance Between Electronic Health Record-Recorded Race and Ethnicity and Patient Report in Emergency Department Patients Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Nicholas R. Pettit DO PhD, Kathleen A. Lane MS, Leslie Gibbs NP, Paul Musey MD MSC, Xiaochun Li PhD, Joshua R. Vest PhD MPH
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Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening in Emergency Departments: Results From the Pragmatic Randomized HIV Testing Using Enhanced Screening Techniques in Emergency Departments Trial Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Jason Haukoos MD MSc, Emily Hopkins MSPH, Jonathan D. Campbell PhD, Michael S. Lyons MD MPH, Richard E. Rothman MD PhD, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh PhD, Douglas A.E. White MD, Stacy Trent MD MPH, Alia A. Al-Tayyib PhD, Edward M. Gardner MD, Allison L. Sabel MD PhD, Sarah E. Rowan MD, HIV Testing Using Enhanced Screening Techniques in Emergency Departments (TESTED) Trial Investigators, Bryan Austin, Jacob Cohen
Identification of HIV remains a critical health priority for which emergency departments (EDs) are a central focus. The comparative cost-effectiveness of various HIV screening strategies in EDs remains largely unknown. The goal of this study was to compare programmatic costs and cost-effectiveness of nontargeted and 2 forms of targeted opt-out HIV screening in EDs using results from a multicenter,
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The Role of International Classification of Diseases 10 Codes in Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Examining the Sensitivity and Specificity of Current Practice Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 May Shum MD, Dorothea Robertson, Caitlin Ryus MD MPH, Gunjan Tiyyagura MD MHS
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Emergency Medicine Postgraduate Year, Laryngoscopic View, and Endotracheal Tube Placement Success Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Dhimitri A. Nikolla DO MS, Joseph Offenbacher MD, Michael D. April MD PhD, Silas W. Smith MD, Anthony Battista DO, Scott A. Ducharme DO, Jestin N. Carlson MD MS, Calvin A. Brown III MD
Prior work has found first-attempt success improves with emergency medicine (EM) postgraduate year (PGY). However, the association between PGY and laryngoscopic view – a key step in successful intubation – is unknown. We examined the relationship among PGY, laryngoscopic view (ie, Cormack–Lehane view), and first-attempt success. We performed a retrospective analysis of the National Emergency Airway
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From Barriers to Blocks: Overcoming Obstacles to Create Robust Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Programs in Emergency Departments Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Adrienne Malik MD
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Consensus-Driven Recommendations to Support Physician Pregnancy, Adoption, Surrogacy, Parental Leave, and Lactation in Emergency Medicine Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Michelle D. Lall MD MHS, Namita Jayaprakash MB BcH BAO MRCEM, Angela Carrick DO, Bernard P. Chang MD PhD, Nadine T. Himelfarb MD, Ynhi Thomas MD MPH, Matthew L. Wong MD MPH, Valerie Dobiesz MD MPH, Neha P. Raukar MD MS, American College of Emergency Physicians Well-being Committee and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine
The emergency department clinical environment is unique, and guidelines for promoting supportive and equitable workplace cultures ensure success and longevity for pregnant persons and parents in emergency medicine. There is paucity, variability, and dissatisfaction with current parental (historically referred to as maternity and paternity) leave policies. This paper describes the development of consensus-derived
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Joins Choosing Wisely, But Is It Enough? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Kayleigh Fischer MD, Irma T. Ugalde MD
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Managing Acute Headache in Pregnant and Postpartum Women Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Tatiana Greige MD, Jonathan A. Edlow MD
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Right Ventricular “Bubble Time” to Identify Patients With Right Ventricular Dysfunction Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Allison Cohen MD, Timmy Li PhD, Nicholas Bielawa PA-C, Alexander Nello DO, Allen Gold DO, Margaret Gorlin MS, Mathew Nelson DO, Edward Carlin MD, Daniel Rolston MD MSHPM
We propose a novel method of evaluating right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in the emergency department (ED) using RV “bubble time”—the duration of time bubbles from a saline solution flush are visualized in the RV on echocardiography. The objective was to identify the optimal cutoff value for RV bubble time that differentiates patients with RV dysfunction and report on its diagnostic test characteristics
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Does the Use of Sterile Gloves for the Repair of Wounds and Lacerations Reduce the Risk of Infection? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Giovana Landal De Almeida Lobo MD, Sangil Lee MD MS
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Early Physician Gestalt Versus Usual Screening Tools for the Prediction of Sepsis in Critically Ill Emergency Patients Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Sarah K.S. Knack MD, Nathaniel Scott MD MHA, Brian E. Driver MD, Matthew E. Prekker MD, MPH, Lauren Page Black MD, Charlotte Hopson MS, Ellen Maruggi BS, Olivia Kaus BS, Walker Tordsen BS, Michael A. Puskarich MD MS
Compare physician gestalt to existing screening tools for identifying sepsis in the initial minutes of presentation when time-sensitive treatments must be initiated. This prospective observational study conducted with consecutive encounter sampling took place in the emergency department (ED) of an academic, urban, safety net hospital between September 2020 and May 2022. The study population included
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The Value of an Emergency Medicine Virtual Observation Unit Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Emily M. Hayden MD MHPE, Beth G. Grabowski MBA MPH, Ekta B. Kishen MPH, Kori S. Zachrison MD MSc, Benjamin A. White MD
We implemented a virtual observation unit in which emergency department (ED) patients receive observation-level care at home. Our primary aim was to compare this new care model to in-person observation care in terms of brick-and-mortar ED length of stay (inclusive of ED observation unit time) as well as secondarily on inpatient admission and 72-hour return visits (overall and with admission). In a
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What Is the Efficacy of Antibiotic Treatment for Children Diagnosed With Acute Otitis Media? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Brooke Lajeunesse MD, Michael Gottlieb MD, Brit Long MD
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Managing Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Michael Gottlieb MD, Nicholas Chien MD, Brit Long MD
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National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network Meeting Report: Managing Patients Exposed to Xylazine-Adulterated Opioids in Emergency, Hospital and Addiction Care Settings Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Jeanmarie Perrone MD, Rachel Haroz MD, Joseph D’Orazio MD, Giacomo Gianotti DVM DVSc, Jennifer Love MD, Matthew Salzman MD, Margaret Lowenstein MD MSHP, Ashish Thakrar MD, Stephanie Klipp RN CARN, Lisa Rae MD, Megan K. Reed PhD MPH, Edward Sisco PhD, Rachel Wightman MD, Lewis S. Nelson MD MBA
Used as a veterinary sedative and not approved for human use, xylazine has been increasingly linked with opioid overdose deaths in the United States. A growing number of people have been exposed to xylazine in the illicit opioid supply (especially fentanyl) or in other drugs, particularly in some areas of the Northeast. Xylazine is an α-2 adrenergic agonist that decreases sympathetic nervous system
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infections Among Emergency Health Care Personnel: Impact on Delivery of United States Emergency Medical Care, 2020 Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Kurt D. Weber MD, William Mower MD PhD, Anusha Krishnadasan PhD, Nicholas M. Mohr MD MS, Juan Carlos Montoy MD PhD, Robert M. Rodriguez MD, Philip A. Giordano MD, Patrick Ten Eyck PhD, Karisa K. Harland PhD, Kelli Wallace MS, Lawrence Clifford McDonald MD, Preeta K. Kutty MD MPH, Elisabeth M. Hesse MD MTM&H, David A. Talan MD, Project COVERED Emergency Department Network, Monica Bahamon MPH, Jestin
In the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and before vaccine availability, there were concerns that infected emergency department (ED) health care personnel could present a threat to the delivery of emergency medical care. We examined how the pandemic affected staffing levels and whether COVID-19 positive staff were potentially infectious at work in a cohort of US ED health
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Sound Decisions: Rethinking the Role of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Analgesia in the Emergency Department Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Michael Gottlieb MD, Arun Nagdev MD
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Harnessing the Power of Generative AI for Clinical Summaries: Perspectives From Emergency Physicians Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yuval Barak-Corren MD MS, Rebecca Wolf BSc, Ronen Rozenblum MPH PhD, Jessica K. Creedon MD, Susan C. Lipsett MD, Todd W. Lyons MD MPH, Kenneth A. Michelson MD MPH, Kelsey A. Miller MD EdM, Daniel J. Shapiro MD, Ben Y. Reis PhD, Andrew M. Fine MD MPH
The workload of clinical documentation contributes to health care costs and professional burnout. The advent of generative artificial intelligence language models presents a promising solution. The perspective of clinicians may contribute to effective and responsible implementation of such tools. This study sought to evaluate 3 uses for generative artificial intelligence for clinical documentation
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Geriatric Emergency Medication Safety Recommendations (GEMS-Rx): Modified Delphi Development of a High-Risk Prescription List for Older Emergency Department Patients Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Rachel M. Skains MD MSPH, Jennifer L. Koehl PharmD BCPS, Amer Aldeen MD, Christopher R. Carpenter MD MSc, Cameron J. Gettel MD MHS, Elizabeth M. Goldberg MD ScM, Ula Hwang MD MPH, Keith E. Kocher MD MPH, Lauren T. Southerland MD MPH, Pawan Goyal MD, Carl T. Berdahl MD MS, Arjun K. Venkatesh MD MBA, Michelle P. Lin MD MPH
Half of emergency department (ED) patients aged 65 years and older are discharged with new prescriptions. Potentially inappropriate prescriptions contribute to adverse drug events. Our objective was to develop an evidence- and consensus-based list of high-risk prescriptions to avoid among older ED patients. We performed a modified, 3-round Delphi process that included 10 ED physician experts in geriatrics
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Midline Catheters Are the Optimal Vascular Access Device For Managing Septic Shock in the Emergency Department Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Alexander Bracey MD, Michael H. Sherman MD MA
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Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Are Preferable for Emergency Department Patients With Septic Shock Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Michael J. Waxman MD MPH, Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins MD MPH
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The Central Venous Catheter Cannot Be Supplanted When It Comes to Septic Shock Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Gregory P. Wu MD, Nana Sefa MD MPH
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Development and Validation of a Natural Language Processing Model to Identify Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism in Real Time to Facilitate Safe Outpatient Management Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Krunal D. Amin MD, Elizabeth Hope Weissler MD, William Ratliff MBA, Alexander E. Sullivan MD, Tara A. Holder MD, Cathleen Bury MD, Samuel Francis MD, Brent Jason Theiling MD MS, Bradley Hintze BS, Michael Gao BS, Marshall Nichols MS, Suresh Balu MBA, William Schuyler Jones MD, Mark Sendak MD MPP
This study aimed to (1) develop and validate a natural language processing model to identify the presence of pulmonary embolism (PE) based on real-time radiology reports and (2) identify low-risk PE patients based on previously validated risk stratification scores using variables extracted from the electronic health record at the time of diagnosis. The combination of these approaches yielded an natural
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Reliability of a Measure of Admission Intensity for Emergency Physicians Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Alexander T. Janke MD MHS, Jonathan J. Oskvarek MD MBA, Mark S. Zocchi PhD MPH, Angela G. Cai MD MBA, Ori Litvak MBA, Jesse M. Pines MD MBA, Arjun K. Venkatesh MD MBA
We assess the stability of a measure of emergency department (ED) admission intensity for value-based care programs designed to reduce variation in ED admission rates. Measure stability is important to accurately assess admission rates across sites and among physicians. We sampled data from 358 EDs in 41 states (January 2018 to December 2021), separate from sites where the measure was derived. The
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Topical Diclofenac Versus Oral Ibuprofen Versus Diclofenac + Ibuprofen for Emergency Department Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Study Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Nauman Khankhel MD, Benjamin W. Friedman MD MS, Jesse Baer MD, Lucy Lopez RPA, Carmen Feliciano RN, Sharon Lee PharmD, Eddie Irizarry MD
Topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are useful for a variety of musculoskeletal injuries. It is not known whether topical NSAIDs should be used for patients presenting with acute nonradicular musculoskeletal low back pain. We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind study in which patients 18 to 69 years of age visiting the emergency department (ED) with acute, nontraumatic
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Shift Scheduling and Overnight Work Among Pregnant Emergency Medicine Residents Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Isha Agarwal MD ScD, Casey Z. MacVane MD MPH
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Peripheral Nerve Blocks in the Preoperative Management of Hip Fractures: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Minoru Hayashi MD, Norio Yamamoto MD, Naoto Kuroda MD, Kenichi Kano MD, Takanori Miura MD, Yuji Kamimura MD PhD, Akihiro Shiroshita MD MPH
We conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis to evaluate the comparative efficacy of peripheral nerve block types for preoperative pain management of hip fractures. We searched Cochrane, Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, ICTRP, , and Google Scholar for randomized clinical trials. We included participants aged more than 16 years with hip fractures who received peripheral
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Are the HINTS and HINTS Plus Examinations Accurate for Identifying a Central Cause of Acute Vestibular Syndrome? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Kyle Smiley MD, Michael Jay Yoo MD, Brit Long MD
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In reply Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Hidde ten Berg, Bram van Bakel, Lieke van de Wouw, Kim E. Jie, Anoeska Schipper, Henry Jansen, Rory D. O’Connor, Bram van Ginneken, Steef Kurstjens
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A Violently Violaceous Rash of Infancy Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Jennie Xu, Evan Mahl
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Man With Nocturnal Cough Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Hung-Bin Tsai, Hsin-Lu Yang, Fei-Ti Lee, Nin-Chieh Hsu
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Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules (Evidence-Based Medicine) 3rd Edition Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Jason D. Heiner
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In reply Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Lisa Marie Saffire, Jake Valentine, Joshua Niforatos, Paul Logan Weygandt
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Finding the Foliage in Forest Plots: Vertigo Management Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Brendan Freeman, Shorok Hassan, Anand K. Swaminathan
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In a Postpandemic Era, Is Telehealth Still a Vital Tool? Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Monique Brouillette
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Man With Knee Pain Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Tien-You Hsu, Yu-Chen Chiu, Sheng-En Chu, Chun-Yen Huang, Jen-Tang Sun, Chih-Jung Chang
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Newborn With Scrotal Swelling Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Diana Savitzky, Yash Chavda
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Diagnostic Dilemma: ChatGPT Can’t Tell You What You Don’t Already Know Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Carl Preiksaitis, Christian Rose
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Implications and Limitations of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Diagnosing Acute Cholecystitis Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Daniel Weingrow
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The 4 S's of Disaster Management Framework: A Case Study of the 2022 Pediatric Tripledemic Response in a Community Hospital Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Alexandra H. Baker MD, Lois K. Lee MD MPH, Brian E. Sard MD, Sarita Chung MD
Most children in the United States present to community hospitals for emergency department (ED) care. Those who are acutely ill and require critical care are stabilized and transferred to a tertiary pediatric hospital with intensive care capabilities. During the fall of 2022 “tripledemic,” with a marked increase in viral burden, there was a nationwide surge in pediatric ED patient volume. This caused
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Recommendations for Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Five Opportunities to Improve Value Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Paul C. Mullan MD MPH, Kelly A. Levasseur DO MHA, Lalit Bajaj MD MPH, Michele Nypaver MD, James M. Chamberlain MD, Jennifer Thull-Freedman MD MSc, Olivia Ostrow MD, Shabnam Jain MD MPH
Unnecessary diagnostic tests and treatments in children cared for in emergency departments (EDs) do not benefit patients, increase costs, and may result in harm. To address this low-value care, a taskforce of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians was formed to create the first PEM Choosing Wisely recommendations. Using a systematic, iterative process, the taskforce collected suggested items
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Blunt Head Injury in the Elderly: Analysis of the NEXUS II Injury Cohort Ann. Emerg. Med. (IF 5.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 William R. Mower MD PhD, Thomas E. Akie MD PhD, Naseem Morizadeh MD, Malkeet Gupta MD, Gregory W. Hendey MD, Jake L. Wilson MD, Lorenzo Pierre Leonid Duvergne BS, Phillip Ma, Pravin Krishna, Robert M. Rodriguez MD
Changes with aging make older patients vulnerable to blunt head trauma and alter the potential for injury and the injury patterns seen among this expanding cohort. High-quality care requires a clear understanding of the factors associated with blunt head injuries in the elderly. Our objective was to develop a detailed assessment of the injury mechanisms, presentations, injury patterns, and outcomes