Test characteristics of clinical findings and clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children with ...

Background Patients with traumatic wounds frequently present to the ED. Literature on whether to treat these wounds sterile or non-sterile is sparse. Non-sterile treatment has the advantage of saving ...

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Background Vital signs in triage are essential for effective risk stratification in the emergency department (ED). They are also increasingly used to calculate an early warning score at the time of ...

Background Increasing demand and crowding in emergency departments (EDs) remain persistent challenges for healthcare systems worldwide. A portion of these visits is avoidable, indicating they could ...

Background ED patient wait times have been progressively increasing leading to patient dissatisfaction in ED. Managing patient expectations towards wait times in ED may be more effective at decreasing ...

Correspondence to Leszek Pstras, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ks. Trojdena 4, Warsaw 02-109, Poland; lpstras{at}ibib.waw.pl The study by ...

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Background In Finland, more than a third of the patients attended by the emergency medical services (EMS) are discharged on scene without ambulance transport, with ...