2023
Clinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage
Zachrison K, Goldstein J, Jauch E, Radecki R, Madsen T, Adeoye O, Oostema J, Feeser V, Ganti L, Lo B, Meurer W, Corral M, Rothenberg C, Chaturvedi A, Goyal P, Venkatesh A. Clinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 258-269. PMID: 37074253, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.03.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracranial hemorrhageAcute neurologic emergenciesEmergency department careNontraumatic intracranial hemorrhageCare of patientsClinical performance measuresCommunity EDNeurologic emergencySyndromic approachEmergency departmentEvidence-based targetsHyperacute phaseWarrants further developmentWorkgroup of expertsQuality improvement resourcesCare processesReview of dataQuality improvementHemorrhageInternal quality improvementCareNational sampleBroad implementationEDImprovement resources
2022
Prehospital emergency department care activations during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge.
Leff R, Fleming-Nouri A, Venkatesh AK, Parwani V, Rothenberg C, Sangal RB, Flood CT, Goldenberg M, Wira C. Prehospital emergency department care activations during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2022, 17: 23-39. PMID: 35913181, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2022.0417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 hospital admissionsCOVID-19 pandemic surgeTotal ED volumeNumber of patientsCOVID-19 hospitalizationScatterplot smoothing curvesPublic health measuresCritical medical conditionPublic health emergencyPrehospital presentationStroke activationHospital admissionPrimary outcomeTrauma activationsUrban EDAcademic EDCOVID-19 casesPrehospital settingClinical indicationsType of presentationMedical conditionsED volumePandemic surgeAbsolute decreaseHealth measures
2021
Emergency Department Utilization for Emergency Conditions During COVID-19
Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Shu-Xia L, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Terry A, Lin M. Emergency Department Utilization for Emergency Conditions During COVID-19. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 78: 84-91. PMID: 33840512, PMCID: PMC7805390, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED visitsED visit countsVisit countsClinical Modification codesEmergency department utilizationAcute myocardial infarctionEmergency Department registryCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreakCoronavirus disease 2019Emergency department (ED) visitationEmergency medical conditionsClinical quality registryTotal visit countsDisease 2019 outbreakCerebrovascular diseaseMyocardial infarctionQuality registryTenth RevisionDisease 2019Medical conditionsEmergency conditionsInternational ClassificationEmergency carePrepandemic levelsDepartment registry