Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Emergency department

  1. COVID-19 changed emergency department care patterns in Germany
    Mixed methods study examining pandemic-driven changes in emergency department operations, staff experiences, and identified preparedness requirements for future health crises in German hospitals.
  2. Environmental Stressors and Older Adult Morbidity: Initial Findings from University Medical Centre Maribor as Part of a Slovenian - Turkish Bilateral Study
    Environmental stressors and air pollution linked to respiratory morbidity in older adults in Slovenia. Study of 4,870 emergency department visits examines associations with meteorological.
  3. Designing Care-fully: Robots for Acute Cancer Care
    Care ethics framework for designing social robots in acute cancer care, examining how robots can amplify compassion in emergency department settings through collaborative stakeholder research.
  4. Lithium use in psychiatric emergencies requires careful selection and monitoring
    Narrative review of lithium carbonate use in psychiatric emergencies, examining clinical indications, toxicity management, and organizational requirements for safe application in acute care settings.
  5. Undocumented patients had more self-pay ED visits after 2018
    Study shows undocumented patients increased self-pay emergency visits after 2018 public charge policy announcement, with differential rates persisting through mid-2019.
  6. Regular home visits were not linked to fewer ED visits during heat
    Cohort study of 597,388 dual-eligible older adults found no significant association between weekly Medicaid home visits preceding extreme heat events and reduced ED visit rates during those events.