Issue Special Issue 2/2013
Proceedings of the 5th Danish Emergency Medicine Conference
Content (51 Articles)
A mixed methods observational simulation-based study of interprofessional team communication
Charlotte Paltved, Kurt Nielsen, Peter Musaeus
Characteristics of patients not clinically recognized as suffering from bacteriaemia
Anders Johan Orland Rasmussen, Anne Grethe Mølbak, Jacob Hansen-Schwartz
Emergency department flow in an optimized setting
Lars L Stubbe Teglbjærg
Epidemiology of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in Cairo University Hospital in 2010
Tamer Montaser, Ahmed Hasan, Ahmed Ibrahim
Evaluation of potential factors compromising the use of electronic whiteboards 17 month after their implementation in Slagelse Emergency Department
Stine Vestergaard Elbæk, Tim Løye Møller, Gustav From
Management of acute alcohol withdrawal in the setting of a quick diagnostic unit integrated in an emergency department setting
Pernille Würtz Bøhm, Tove Beyer Fuglevig Mortensen, Thomas Andersen Schmidt
Normal temperature upon admission does not influence on timing of antibiotics for septic patients
Anne-Katrine Bertelsen, Julie Mackenhauer, Nina Buch, Helle Nibro, Hans Kirkegaard
Sepsis screening - a cross-sectional study from the Emergency Department Region Hospital Horsens
Nikolaj Raaber, Carsten Brandt, Liselotte Fisker
Triage and vital signs in a population discharged from and readmitted to the ED
Ida Helsø, Helle Ipsen, Claus Heinecke, Hanne Jørsboe
A biological Bayesian network for prediction of adverse outcome in a population of acutely ill patients triaged in the Emergency Department
Charlotte Barfod, Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Kai Henrik Wiborg Lange, Kristen Barfod
A literature review analysing endorsed performance and quality-in-care measures for emergency department assessment
Christian Michel Sørup, Peter Jacobsen, Jakob Lundager Forberg
A review of consecutive cardiac arrests in 2007 and 2012 at a regional hospital in Denmark: a retrospective cohort study
Lisbeth Quitzau, Henriette Ullerup-Aagaard, Mikkel Brabrand
A study of local guidelines for use of an Early Warning Score System to identify patients in need of treatment in the Intensive Care Unit
Jesper Kørup Jensen, Dorthe Hellemann, Gustav From
A third of all abstracts from the 2009 and 2010 Danish Emergency Medicine Conferences have been published as full-text articles: a retrospective study
Mikkel Brabrand, Dan Brun Petersen, Lars Folkestad, Peter Hallas
Acute Coronary Syndrome revisited
Niels Christian Kromann, Anne Grethe Mølbak, Jacob Hansen-Schwartz
An alternative resuscitation algorithm significantly reduces hands-of time during CPR: a full-scale simulation study
Magnus Pedersen, Anna Mohammed, Lars Folkestad, Jacob Brodersen, Mikkel Brabrand
Application of Structural Equation Modeling to determine Emergency Department patient satisfaction drivers
Christian Michel Sørup, Peter Jacobsen
Bacteremic patients in the Emergency Department – how do they present and what is the diagnostic validity of temperature, CRP and SIRS?
Katrine Prier Lindvig, Stig Lønberg Nielsen, Daniel Henriksen, Thøger Gorm Jensen, Hans Jørn Kolmos, Court Pedersen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen
Capillary refill time is a poor predictor of 30-day mortality: an observational cohort study
Monija Mrgan, Dorte Rytter, Mikkel Brabrand
Diagnostic performance of chest X-ray for the diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia in acute admitted patients with respiratory symptoms
Christian B Laursen, Erik Sloth, Jess Lambrechtsen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Poul Henning Madsen, Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Finn Rasmussen
Does hyperlactatemia at admission predict mortality in acute medical patients? A population based cohort study
Felix Haidl, Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Mikkel Brabrand, Annmarie Lassen
Effect of a pocket size guideline book in the emergency department; a questionnaire study
Melanie Correia Schrøder, Dan Brun Petersen
Emergency department patients with suspected infection at risk of intensive care unit transfer: a case-control Study
Marie K Jessen Pedersen, Julie Mackenhauer, Anne Mette S W Hvass, Hans Kirkegaard
Emergency departments in Denmark with a research responsible consultant expect increased research production
Cecilie Markvard Møller, Julie Mackenhauer, Anders Brøns Møllekær, Mikkel Brabrand, Peter Hallas, Hans Kirkegaard
Evaluating the impact of electronic whiteboard icons: an observational study of the work with blood tests in an emergency department
Arnvør á Torkilsheyggi, Morten Hertzum, Gustav From
Health care quality in a new Emergency Department based on the Danish Stroke register data
Maria Søe Mattsson, Michael Oettinger, Hanne Jørsboe
How well does TOKS identify patients with severe sepsis or septic shock?
Anette Tanderup, Merete Storgaard, Annmarie Lassen
I see you? - Predicting who will require intensive care
Maria Bjørn Marcussen, Christian Backer Mogensen
Impaired comprehension of diagnostic procedures and medication instructions in a quick diagnostic unit setting
Lisa Nebelin Hvidt, Kim Madsen, Kristian Nebelin Hvidt, Thomas A Schmidt
Implementing a nationwide criteria-based emergency medical dispatch system: a register-based follow-up study
Mikkel S Andersen, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Jan Nørtved Sørensen, Søren Bruun Jepsen, Jesper Bjerring Hansen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen
Inter-rater agreement of the triagesystem RETTS-HEV
Louise Nissen, Hans Kirkegaard, Noel Perez, Ulf Hørlyck, Louise Pape
Leading consultants in the emergency departments are more in favour of a specialty in emergency medicine than their collaborating colleagues
Julie Mackenhauer, Nina Bjerre Andersen, Hans Kirkegaard
Loss of independence: a novel but important global marker of illness
Mikkel Brabrand, Jesper Hallas, Torben Knudsen
Massive underreporting of type II Diabetes in emergency department admissions
Josefin Gustafsson, Søren Wistisen Rasmussen, Thomas Schmidt-Andersen
Medical students improve their self-assessed ability in managing acute situations after simulation-based training
Louise Simonsen, Ian Henriksen, Nicolai Helligsøe Bæk, Doris Østergaard
No link between social admissions of elderly people and Christmas time
Gitte Colaco, Thomas A Schmidt
Patients experience satisfaction and less initial waiting time after implementation of an Emergency Department with an observation unit
Maria Søe Mattsson, Hanne B Jørsboe
Point-of-care ultrasound in patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Mohammad Al hashimy, Kim Hvid Benn Madsen, Thomas Andersen Schmidt
Prediction of in-hospital mortality and admission to ICU using vital signs - a study of Early Warning Score as an alternative to traditional triage
Momo Menna Illum Vendler, Tobias Thostrup Andersen, Charlotte Barfod, Jakob Lundager Forberg
Predictors of acute admission of more than 48 hours duration
Erlend Aabel, Christer Aas Hansen, Christian Backer Mogensen
Prehospital fentanyl administration by ambulance personnel
KF Christensen, L Nikolajsen, H Kirkegaard, EF Christensen
Prevention of pressure ulcers at orthopaedic patients begins on the accident and emergency department
Mai Sommer, Gitte Boier Tygesen, Anne Jacobsen
Reporting vital parameters upon referral of patients to the emergency department needs to be improved
Christina Bach, Thomas A Schmidt
Spontaneous nosebleeds in the emergency department setting - characteristics, co-morbidities and treatment efficacy
Irfan Rafique, Thomas A Schmidt
The quality of EDIFACT referrals from primary care to the emergency department
Hanne Hestbech, Søren W Hansen, Thomas A Schmidt
Timing of antibiotic treatment among infected patients with- and without fever - a prospective cohort study in a medical emergency department
Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Christian Borbjerg Laursen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen
Treatment of transfusion requiring anemia in a Quick Diagnostic Unit integrated in an Emergency Department Setting
Charlotte Stenqvist, Søren Wistisen Rasmussen, Thomas Andersen Schmidt
Triage of children in an Emergency Department
Dennis Graversen, Ann-Britt Kiholm Kirkedal
Triage of patients for emergency medical team based on pre-hospital observations
Christian Melchior Olesen, Christian Baaner Skjærbæk, Leif Rognås
Use of OTC-drugs prior to Hospitalization
Magnus Pedersen, Mikkel Brabrand