2021
Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Janke AT, Jain S, Hwang U, Rosenberg M, Biese K, Schneider S, Goyal P, Venkatesh AK. Emergency department visits for emergent conditions among older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 1713-1721. PMID: 33955546, PMCID: PMC8242842, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionED visit countsOlder adultsHip fractureExcess mortalityEmergent conditionsED sitesVisit countsEmergency department visitsIncident rate ratiosNational clinical quality registryAge categoriesClinical quality registryEarly pandemic periodCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic periodPoisson regression modelsPre-pandemic periodED visitsYounger patientsDepartment visitsPoor outcomeEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionED diagnosis
2008
The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Clinically Oriented Outcomes
Bernstein SL, Aronsky D, Duseja R, Epstein S, Handel D, Hwang U, McCarthy M, McConnell K, Pines JM, Rathlev N, Schafermeyer R, Zwemer F, Schull M, Asplin BR, Medicine E. The Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Clinically Oriented Outcomes. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008, 16: 1-10. PMID: 19007346, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00295.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDomains of qualityEmergency departmentED crowdingEffect of EDST-elevation myocardial infarctionTime-sensitive conditionsObjective clinical endpointsEnglish-language literatureEmergency department (ED) crowdingHospital mortalityAcute painCohort studyCase seriesMyocardial infarctionPatient satisfactionSingle institutionClinical endpointsClinical trialsStudy qualityMedical adviceMedicine reportMedical literaturePatientsCareBody of data