2022
EMS Non-Transport of Low-Risk COVID-19 Patients
Couturier K, Nelson AR, Burns K, Cone DC, Rollins M, Venkatesh AK, Ulrich A, Shapiro M, Joseph D. EMS Non-Transport of Low-Risk COVID-19 Patients. Prehospital Emergency Care 2022, 27: 310-314. PMID: 35639643, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2022.2083278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEMS cliniciansLow-risk COVID-19 patientsSuburban EMS systemLow-risk patientsED visit ratesEMS systemCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19ED visitsRetrospective reviewEmergency departmentCOVID-19 casesProtocol violationsCommon reasonConnecticut OfficeHospital resourcesPatientsSmall studyVisit ratesVital signsHealth systemSymptomsReasonable adherenceClinicians
2020
National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015
Pendyal A, Rothenberg C, Scofi JE, Krumholz HM, Safdar B, Dreyer RP, Venkatesh AK. National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e017208. PMID: 33047624, PMCID: PMC7763391, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarctionMedian ED lengthUS emergency departmentsEmergency departmentED visitsMyocardial infarctionED administrationED lengthAMI careNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyCare processesAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyEvidence-based medicationsNonaspirin antiplatelet agentsEarly invasive strategyAnnual ED visitsRegionalization of careED care processesReal-world trendsAntiplatelet therapyAnnual incidenceAntiplatelet agentsYearly incidenceCare SurveyAssociation between emergency department chief complaint and adverse hospitalization outcomes: A simple early warning system?
Lord K, Rothenberg C, Parwani V, Finn E, Khan A, Sather J, Ulrich A, Chaudhry S, Venkatesh A. Association between emergency department chief complaint and adverse hospitalization outcomes: A simple early warning system? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 45: 548-550. PMID: 32839053, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.07.040.Peer-Reviewed Original Research