Emergency physician focused cardiac ultrasound improves diagnosis of ascending aortic dissection
Pare JR, Liu R, Moore CL, Sherban T, Kelleher MS, Thomas S, Taylor RA. Emergency physician focused cardiac ultrasound improves diagnosis of ascending aortic dissection. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 34: 486-492. PMID: 26782795, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicAortic DissectionAutopsyDiagnostic ErrorsEchocardiography, TransesophagealEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency MedicineFemaleHumansMaleMedical RecordsMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicMulti-Institutional SystemsOutcome Assessment, Health CareRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsAortic dissectionCardiac ultrasoundEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansAscending aortic dissectionPrimary outcome measureFocus groupsNonspecific presentationED visitsSecondary outcomesAortic dilationMedian timeRetrospective reviewResuscitate statusMedical recordsThoracic aortaDeadly diagnosisOutcome measuresAutopsy reportsPatientsMisdiagnosis rateDissectionUltrasoundMortalityPhysiciansImproving emergency physician performance using audit and feedback: a systematic review
Le Grand Rogers R, Narvaez Y, Venkatesh AK, Fleischman W, Hall MK, Taylor RA, Hersey D, Sette L, Melnick ER. Improving emergency physician performance using audit and feedback: a systematic review. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 33: 1505-1514. PMID: 26296903, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.07.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency Service, HospitalFeedbackHumansMedical AuditMedical Staff, HospitalOutcome Assessment, Health CareConceptsEmergency physician performanceSystematic reviewPhysician performanceStandardized reportingSufficient outcome dataEmergency department settingTreatment effectsQuality of careHealth care settingsFull-text articlesFeedback interventionNumerous clinical conditionsNonrandomized studyBlack checklistDepartment settingInclusion criteriaCare settingsClinical conditionsMethodological qualityOutcome dataEmergency carePRISMA statementPubMed databaseMajority of studiesBlack score