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Use of an electronic information system to identify adverse events resulting in an emergency department visitStacy Ackroyd-Stolarz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Qual Saf Health Care 19:e53. 2010..The objective of the current study was to demonstrate the feasibility of using routinely collected electronic data to identify AEs in patients presenting to EDs in one Canadian health authority...
Impact of adverse events on hospital disposition in community-dwelling seniors admitted to acute careStacy Ackroyd-Stolarz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Canada
Healthc Q 12:34-9. 2009..009). The potential contribution of an AE to the subsequent placement in a long-term care facility offers a compelling reason to develop prevention strategies for hospitalized seniors...- The association between a prolonged stay in the emergency department and adverse events in older patients admitted to hospital: a retrospective cohort studyS Ackroyd-Stolarz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
BMJ Qual Saf 20:564-9. 2011..The study objective was to determine whether a prolonged ED stay is associated with an increased risk for the occurrence of AEs for older patients admitted to hospital... - Demystifying medication safety: making sense of the terminologyStacy Ackroyd-Stolarz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 2Y9
Res Social Adm Pharm 2:280-9. 2006..Although there is a growing interest in medication safety, there remains much confusion about the terminology used to describe the problem. Some have described the classification of medication safety terminology as haphazard... - Adverse events related to medications identified by a Canadian poison centreS A Ackroyd-Stolarz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 18:e250-6. 2011..Poison centres are an underutilized source of information on adverse events related to medications, including therapeutic errors and adverse drug reactions... - Approaches to improving the safety of the medication use systemStacy Ackroyd-Stolarz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Healthc Q 8:59-64. 2005..Decision criteria are proposed that can be used by administrators and healthcare providers to allocate resources for prevention strategies that will improve medication safety... - Adverse events in older patients admitted to acute care: a preliminary cost descriptionStacy Ackroyd-Stolarz
Department of Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Healthc Manage Forum 22:32-6. 2009..Patients with an AE had twice the hospital length of stay (20.2 versus 9.8 days, p < 0.00001), resulting in 1,400 extra days at a cost of approximately $7,500/patient... - Influence of a new province-wide trauma system on motor vehicle trauma care and mortalityJohn M Tallon
Department of Emergency, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
J Trauma 60:548-52. 2006..In Nova Scotia, a province-wide trauma system was implemented between 1995 and 1998. This study investigated the influence of the province-wide trauma system on motor vehicle trauma care and mortality in its first 2 years of existence... - Occupational injuries and stressors among Canadian air medical health care professionals in rotor-wing programsAaron K Sibley
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Air Med J 24:252-7. 2005..We sought to characterize the epidemiology of occupational injuries experienced by Canadian rotor-wing health care providers... - Major traumatic brain injury: time to tertiary care and the impact of a clinical guidelineGinette Thibault-Halman
Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Trauma 70:1134-40. 2011.... - Prehospital hypoglycemia: the safety of not transporting treated patientsEd Cain
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, 1496 Bedford Highway, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B4A 1E5
Prehosp Emerg Care 7:458-65. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine the outcomes of patients treated and not transported for hypoglycemia and identify criteria that could be used to identify patients who did not require transport to hospital... 
The epidemiology of surgically treated acute subdural and epidural hematomas in patients with head injuries: a population-based studyJohn M Tallon
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Can J Surg 51:339-45. 2008....- The contribution of blood cultures to the clinical management of adult patients admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective observational studySamuel G Campbell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Chest 123:1142-50. 2003..To assess the clinical usefulness of blood cultures (BCs) in the management of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... - Out-of-hospital continuous positive airway pressure ventilation versus usual care in acute respiratory failure: a randomized controlled trialJames Thompson
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ann Emerg Med 52:232-41, 241.e1. 2008.... - Potentially inappropriate prescribing of benzodiazepines for older adults and risk of falls during a hospital stay: a descriptive studyStacy Ackroyd-Stolarz
BSc OT, PhD, is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia She is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the College of Pharmacy at Dalhousie University and is the recipient of the Dr David Rippey Patient Safety Fellowship Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Can J Hosp Pharm 62:276-83. 2009..Falls have been identified as a potential adverse event associated with the administration of psychotropic medications to older patients... - Agreement between emergency physician diagnosis and radiologist reports in patients discharged from an emergency department with community-acquired pneumoniaSamuel G Campbell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Emerg Radiol 11:242-6. 2005..1%) were read as normal. EPs and radiologists frequently disagree on whether a patient has pneumonia or not. Perhaps it is time to revisit the gold standard status of plain chest X-ray... - Geriatric air medical transport: a program reviewConnie H LeBlanc
Deparment of Emergeny Medicine, QEII Health Science Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Air Med J 21:38-40. 2002..Air medical transport programs should have strategies, education, and protocols that reflect the unique pathophysiology of the elderly... - Identifying bioethics learning needs: a survey of Canadian emergency medicine residentsMerril A Pauls
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Acad Emerg Med 13:645-52. 2006..Educational interventions based on identified learning needs are more effective at changing practice than interventions that are not. The goal of this study was to identify the bioethics learning needs of Canadian EM residents...