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Predictors and outcomes of frequent emergency department usersBenjamin C Sun
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Acad Emerg Med 10:320-8. 2003..To identify predictors and outcomes associated with frequent emergency department (ED) users...- Inconsistent electrocardiographic testing for syncope in United States emergency departmentsBenjamin C Sun
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Cardiol 93:1306-8. 2004..Variation in electrocardiographic testing represents an opportunity to improve the care of patients presenting with syncope to emergency departments... - Characteristics and admission patterns of patients presenting with syncope to U.S. emergency departments, 1992-2000Benjamin C Sun
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Acad Emerg Med 11:1029-34. 2004..To describe the characteristics and admission patterns of patients with syncope presenting to U.S. emergency departments (EDs)... - Direct medical costs of syncope-related hospitalizations in the United StatesBenjamin C Sun
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 95:668-71. 2005..4 billion (95% confidence interval [CI] $2.2 to $2.6 billion), with a mean cost of $5,400 (95% CI $5,100 to $5,600) per hospitalization. Efforts to safely decrease syncope-related admissions may result in substantial costs savings... - Low diagnostic yield of electrocardiogram testing in younger patients with syncopeBenjamin C Sun
Department of Medicine, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Ann Emerg Med 51:240-6, 246.e1. 2008..For ECG testing, we assess the diagnostic yield (frequency that ECG identified the reason for syncope) and predictive accuracy for 14-day cardiac events after an episode of syncope as a function of age... - Older age predicts short-term, serious events after syncopeBenjamin C Sun
Department of Medicine, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:907-12. 2007..To assess the relationship between age and 14-day serious events after an emergency department (ED) visit for syncope... - Evaluation of a modified prediction instrument to identify significant pediatric intracranial injury after blunt head traumaBenjamin C Sun
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 49:325-32, 332.e1. 2007.... - External validation of the San Francisco Syncope RuleBenjamin C Sun
Department of Medicine, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Ann Emerg Med 49:420-7, 427.e1-4. 2007..We externally validate the ability of the San Francisco Syncope Rule to accurately identify syncope patients who will experience a 7-day serious clinical event... - Effects of hospital closures and hospital characteristics on emergency department ambulance diversion, Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2004Benjamin C Sun
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 47:309-16. 2006..We assess the effects of nearby hospital closures and other hospital characteristics on emergency department (ED) ambulance diversion... 
Hospital determinants of emergency department left without being seen ratesRenee Y Hsia
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 58:24-32.e3. 2011..We seek to determine whether hospital-level socioeconomic status case mix or hospital structural characteristics are predictive of ED left without being seen rates...
A conceptual model for assessing quality of care for patients boarding in the emergency department: structure-process-outcomeShan W Liu
Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:430-5. 2011..The goal of the conceptual model is to create a practical framework on which a research and policy agenda can be based to measure and improve quality of care for boarded patients...- A patient education intervention does not improve satisfaction with emergency careBenjamin C Sun
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Emerg Med 44:378-83. 2004..We determine whether a patient education intervention based on a previously validated model increases satisfaction with emergency department (ED) care... - Risk prediction for patients with syncopeBenjamin C Sun
Ann Emerg Med 44:422-3; author reply 423-4. 2004 - Characteristics and temporal trends of "left before being seen" visits in US emergency departments, 1995-2002Benjamin C Sun
Department of Medicine, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
J Emerg Med 32:211-5. 2007..LBBS visits disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. These findings suggest that recent strains on the US ED system are adversely affecting healthcare quality and access... - Productivity and career paths of previous recipients of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine research grant awardsKelly D Young
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:560-6. 2008..The objective was to assess productivity of previous recipients of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) grant awards...