2024
Geriatric Emergency Medication Safety Recommendations (GEMS-Rx): Modified Delphi Development of a High-Risk Prescription List for Older Emergency Department Patients
Skains R, Koehl J, Aldeen A, Carpenter C, Gettel C, Goldberg E, Hwang U, Kocher K, Southerland L, Goyal P, Berdahl C, Venkatesh A, Lin M. Geriatric Emergency Medication Safety Recommendations (GEMS-Rx): Modified Delphi Development of a High-Risk Prescription List for Older Emergency Department Patients. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: 274-284. PMID: 38483427, PMCID: PMC11343681, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.01.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOlder ED patientsHigh-risk prescriptionsED patientsHigh-risk medication usePrescribed high-risk medicationsEmergency departmentHigh-risk medicationsEnd of lifeShort-term adverse eventsAdverse drug eventsQuestionnaire response rateEmergency department patientsDrug eventsRound 2Prescription refillsPhysician expertsMedication useSkeletal muscle relaxantsDepartment patientsMedication categoriesAdverse eventsRisk of short-term adverse eventsMedication classesMedical indicationsPrescription list
2022
Development of a Novel Emergency Department Quality Measure to Reduce Very Low-Risk Syncope Hospitalizations
Probst MA, Janke AT, Haimovich AD, Venkatesh AK, Lin MP, Kocher KE, Nemnom MJ, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V. Development of a Novel Emergency Department Quality Measure to Reduce Very Low-Risk Syncope Hospitalizations. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 79: 509-517. PMID: 35487840, PMCID: PMC9117517, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNationwide Emergency Department SampleLow-risk cohortHospitalization ratesUnexplained syncopeHeart diseaseED patient dataEmergency department evaluationHospital-level factorsSerious adverse eventsAdult ED patientsEmergency Department SampleSyncope hospitalizationsOutpatient managementAdult patientsAdverse eventsProspective cohortDepartment evaluationED patientsRelated hospitalizationsRisk stratificationED volumeSyncopePatientsHospitalizationMedian rate