2017
Bouncing Back Elsewhere: Multilevel Analysis of Return Visits to the Same or a Different Hospital After Initial Emergency Department Presentation
Shy BD, Loo GT, Lowry T, Kim EY, Hwang U, Richardson LD, Shapiro JS. Bouncing Back Elsewhere: Multilevel Analysis of Return Visits to the Same or a Different Hospital After Initial Emergency Department Presentation. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2017, 71: 555-563.e1. PMID: 28967514, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.08.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHealth Information ExchangeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedMultilevel AnalysisOdds RatioPatient ReadmissionQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsED visitsSame hospitalReturn visitsOdds ratioHealth information exchangeInitial emergency department presentationEmergency department return visitsInitial ED visitED return visitsInitial ED presentationEmergency department presentationsConfidence intervalsHospital-level dataEarly revisitsED presentationsInitial visitMale sexSecond HospitalStudy EDPatient visitsAcademic hospitalHospital variablesHealth information exchange networkDifferent hospitalsHospital
2015
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for intracapsular and extracapsular hip fractures
Dickman E, Pushkar I, Likourezos A, Todd K, Hwang U, Akhter S, Morrison S. Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for intracapsular and extracapsular hip fractures. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 34: 586-589. PMID: 26809928, PMCID: PMC4799725, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound-guided femoral nerve blockExtracapsular hip fracturesMean pain scoreFemoral nerve blockHip fracturePain scoresNerve blockPain reliefExtracapsular groupIntracapsular groupEmergency departmentUltrasound-guided nerve blocksSubgroup analysisClinical trialsExtracapsular hipAcademic hospitalPatientsSimilar reductionPainScoresReliefHoursFracturesGroupNew York City