2024
“What Matters” in the Emergency Department
Chera T, Tinetti M, Travers J, Galske J, Venkatesh A, Southerland L, Dresden S, McQuown C, Gettel C. “What Matters” in the Emergency Department. Medical Care 2024, 62: s50-s56. PMID: 39514495, PMCID: PMC11548826, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder adultsEmergency departmentEmergency careED visitsAssociated with meetingAssociated with older adultsEnd-of-lifeFollow-upPatient characteristicsMultivariate logistic regression modelCare of oneselfLogistic regression modelsFollow-up interviewsMulticenter prospective observational studyHealthcare settingsED encountersFunctional independenceProspective observational studySecondary analysisSymptom identificationAssess concernsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeCareObservational studyRacial, Ethnic, and Age-Related Disparities in Sedation and Restraint Use for Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Jivalagian P, Gettel C, Smith C, Robinson L, Brinker M, Shah D, Kumar A, Faustino I, Nath B, Chang-Sing E, Taylor R, Kennedy M, Hwang U, Wong A. Racial, Ethnic, and Age-Related Disparities in Sedation and Restraint Use for Older Adults in the Emergency Department. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39054237, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysical restraint useRestraint useOlder adultsED visitsPhysical restraintEmergency departmentElectronic health record dataHealth record dataBlack non-HispanicPatient-level characteristicsAge-related disparitiesAssociated with increased useRegional hospital networkCross-sectional studyLogistic regression modelsChemical sedationRetrospective cross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic groupNon-HispanicAgitation managementHospital sitesHospital networkRecord dataWhite non-Hispanic groupPrimary outcome
2023
Emergency medicine physician workforce attrition differences by age and gender
Gettel C, Courtney D, Agrawal P, Madsen T, Rothenberg C, Mills A, Lall M, Keim S, Kraus C, Ranney M, Venkatesh A. Emergency medicine physician workforce attrition differences by age and gender. Academic Emergency Medicine 2023, 30: 1092-1100. PMID: 37313983, PMCID: PMC10973949, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemale emergency physiciansEmergency physiciansMedian ageMultivariate logistic regression modelMale emergency physiciansResidency graduationRepeated cross-sectional analysisCharacteristics of physiciansWorkforce attritionCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsStudy time frameDate of birthPrimary outcomeFemale genderMale physiciansClinical practiceFemale physiciansClinical servicesPhysiciansEmergency medicineAgeNumber of yearsRecent dataWorkforce concerns