2018
Emergency department boarding and adverse hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to a general medical service
Lord K, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Finn EB, Rothenberg C, Emerson B, Rosenberg A, Venkatesh AK. Emergency department boarding and adverse hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to a general medical service. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 36: 1246-1248. PMID: 29605480, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.03.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse hospitalization outcomesRapid response team activationGeneral medical servicesHospitalization outcomesEmergency departmentED boardingComposite outcomeCare escalationPrimary outcomeAdverse outcomesRRT activationPatient encountersConsecutive patient encountersGeneral medicine serviceInpatient hospital stayMedical servicesEmergency department boardingED departureHospital mortalityHospital deathHospital stayED admissionPatient demographicsHospital admissionIntensive careEnd-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Use for Tracheal Intubation
Langhan ML, Emerson BL, Nett S, Pinto M, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Rehder KJ, Krawiec C, Meyer K, Giuliano JS, Owen EB, Tarquinio KM, Sanders RC, Shepherd M, Bysani GK, Shenoi AN, Napolitano N, Gangadharan S, Parsons SJ, Simon DW, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A. End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Use for Tracheal Intubation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018, 19: 98-105. PMID: 29140968, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCapnography useTracheal intubationCardiac arrestEmergency departmentEsophageal intubationOxygen desaturationWaveform capnographyAdverse tracheal intubation-associated eventsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyNational Emergency Airway RegistryTracheal intubation-associated eventsEnd-tidal carbon dioxide measurementPrimary tracheal intubationsRetrospective cohort studyUse of capnographyTracheal intubation procedureQuality improvement initiativesAirway RegistryCohort studyProvider characteristicsSafety outcomesIntubationIntubation procedureCapnographyImprovement initiatives
2013
Paediatric community-acquired septic shock: results from the REPEM network study
Van de Voorde P, Emerson B, Gomez B, Willems J, Yildizdas D, Iglowstein I, Kerkhof E, Mullen N, Pinto CR, Detaille T, Qureshi N, Naud J, De Dooy J, Van Lancker R, Dupont A, Boelsma N, Mor M, Walker D, Sabbe M, Hachimi-Idrissi S, Da Dalt L, Waisman H, Biarent D, Maconochie I, Moll H, Benito J. Paediatric community-acquired septic shock: results from the REPEM network study. European Journal Of Pediatrics 2013, 172: 667-674. PMID: 23354787, PMCID: PMC3631515, DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-1930-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric Overall Performance CategoryMechanical ventilationEmergency departmentEarly goal-directed therapyOverall Performance CategorySubsequent intensive careUse of dobutamineFuture prospective trialsGoal-directed therapyIntensive care admissionProspective observational trialLower base excessVasoactive medicationsCare admissionSevere sepsisSignificant comorbiditiesVasoactive supportProspective trialDisease courseOrgan dysfunctionOverall mortalitySeptic shockED consultationsObservational trialConcomitant treatment