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Adverse Events Among Emergency Department Patients With Cardiovascular Conditions: A Multicenter Study
Calder LA, Perry J, Yan JW, De Gorter R, Sivilotti MLA, Eagles D, Myslik F, Borgundvaag B, Émond M, McRae AD, Taljaard M, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Cheng W, Forster AJ, Stiell IG. Adverse Events Among Emergency Department Patients With Cardiovascular Conditions: A Multicenter Study. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 77: 561-574. PMID: 33612283, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute heart failureAdverse eventsEmergency department patientsED visitsDepartment patientsHeart failureAtrial fibrillationHealth care provider visitsRecent-onset atrial fibrillationClinical practice guideline adherenceIndex ED visitPractice guideline adherenceAdverse event incidenceProspective cohort studyAdverse event ratesCase summariesQuality improvement opportunitiesFactor themesAdverse event typesCanadian EDsSentinel diagnosesED dischargeProvider visitsAdult patientsCohort studyDoes N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Improve the Risk Stratification of Emergency Department Patients With Syncope?
Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, McRae AD, Rowe BH, Sivilotti MLA, Mukarram M, Nemnom MJ, Booth RA, Calder LA, Stiell IG, Wells GA, Cheng W, Taljaard M. Does N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Improve the Risk Stratification of Emergency Department Patients With Syncope? Annals Of Internal Medicine 2020, 172: 648-655. PMID: 32340039, DOI: 10.7326/m19-3515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCanadian Syncope Risk ScoreSerious adverse eventsPro-B-type natriuretic peptideSerum NT-proBNP concentrationNT-proBNP concentrationsNT-proBNPNatriuretic peptideED patientsN-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptideTerminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptidePhysicians Services Incorporated FoundationIndex ED visitNT-proBNP valuesAdult ED patientsProspective cohort studySerum NT-proBNPEmergency department patientsNet reclassification indexHeterogeneity of outcomesAdjudication of outcomesNoncardiac eventsED dispositionAdverse eventsCohort studyComposite outcome
2019
Pharmacologic and surgical therapies for patients with Meniere’s disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ahmadzai N, Cheng W, Wolfe D, Bonaparte J, Schramm D, Fitzpatrick E, Lin V, Skidmore B, Esmaeilisaraji L, Kilty S, Hutton B. Pharmacologic and surgical therapies for patients with Meniere’s disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews 2019, 8: 341. PMID: 31888735, PMCID: PMC6937806, DOI: 10.1186/s13643-019-1195-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensorineural hearing lossMeniere's diseaseQuality of lifeSystematic reviewHearing-related disabilitySeverity of vertigoAttacks of vertigoIntractable Meniere's diseaseKey clinical trialsIntensity of tinnitusPre-specified eligibility criteriaCause of disabilityClinical treatment strategiesPlanned systematic reviewElectronic search strategyOptimal clinical treatment strategiesMedical information specialistBackgroundHearing lossVertigo attacksCochrane riskSurgical therapyBias toolSurgical interventionCochrane LibraryFuture trials