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Volume of emergency department admissions for sepsis is related to inpatient mortality: results of a nationwide cross-sectional analysisEmilie S Powell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Crit Care Med 38:2161-8. 2010..This study examines whether there is an association between the annual volume of patients admitted via the emergency department with sepsis and inpatient mortality...
Adding more beds to the emergency department or reducing admitted patient boarding times: which has a more significant influence on emergency department congestion?Rahul K Khare
Northwestern University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Ann Emerg Med 53:575-85. 2009..We evaluate a computer simulation model designed to assess the effect on emergency department (ED) length of stay of varying the number of ED beds or altering the interval of admitted patient departure from the ED...
Sixty-four-slice computed tomography of the coronary arteries: cost-effectiveness analysis of patients presenting to the emergency department with low-risk chest painRahul K Khare
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:623-32. 2008....
The relationship between the emergent primary percutaneous coronary intervention quality measure and inpatient myocardial infarction mortalityRahul K Khare
Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:793-800. 2010....
Cost-effectiveness of a novel indication of computed tomography of the coronary arteriesEmilie S Powell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Crit Pathw Cardiol 11:20-5. 2012..The aim of this study is to estimate the cost-effectiveness of computed tomography of the coronary arteries (CTCA) in the OU for the evaluation of low-risk chest pain patients with indeterminate- or positive-stress test results...
Lower mortality in sepsis patients admitted through the ED vs direct admissionEmilie S Powell
Northwestern University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 602611, USA
Am J Emerg Med 30:432-9. 2012..This study analyzes if patients with sepsis admitted through the emergency department (ED) have lower inpatient mortality than do patients admitted directly to the hospital...
The relationship between inpatient discharge timing and emergency department boardingEmilie S Powell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Emerg Med 42:186-96. 2012..Improved timing of inpatient discharges could positively affect ED boarding, and this hypothesis can be tested with computer modeling...
Diagnostic uncertainty and costs associated with current emergency department evaluation of low risk chest painRahul K Khare
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Crit Pathw Cardiol 7:191-6. 2008..The objective of this study is to quantify the prevalence and costs associated with positive and indeterminate stress tests that result in negative cardiac catheterization...
Cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of older adults in the ED settingBrian W Patterson
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Am J Emerg Med 30:1072-9. 2012..We performed this study to determine if influenza vaccination of older adults in the emergency department (ED) may be cost-effective...
Hospital-reported data on the pneumonia quality measure "Time to First Antibiotic Dose" are not associated with inpatient mortality: results of a nationwide cross-sectional analysisErin Quattromani
Department of Emergency Medicine EQ, ESP, RKK, NC, KS, UP, MJP, DMC and the Institute for Healthcare Studies and Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine ESP, RKK, JF, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:496-503. 2011..The objective of this study was to determine whether hospital performance on the TFAD measure for patients admitted from the emergency department (ED) for pneumonia is associated with decreased mortality...
Achieving efficiency in crowded emergency departments: a research agendaMichael J Ward
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:1303-12. 2011....
Interventions to improve patient-centered care during times of emergency department crowdingJulius Cuong Pham
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:1289-94. 2011....
More patients are triaged using the Emergency Severity Index than any other triage acuity system in the United StatesMegan McHugh
Department of Emergency Medicine and Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 19:106-9. 2012..The purpose of this effort was to measure the use of various triage acuity systems in U.S. hospitals...
Workplace violence: a survey of emergency physicians in the state of MichiganTerry Kowalenko
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0305, USA
Ann Emerg Med 46:142-7. 2005..We seek to determine the amount and type of work-related violence experienced by Michigan attending emergency physicians...
Aortobronchial fistula in a pediatric patient with massive hemoptysis: treatment by means of an aortic endograftRahul K Khare
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 80:731-3. 2005..We report a pediatric case of an aortobronchial fistula treated with an aortic endograft and discuss the technical limitations and potential complications of this procedure...
Capturing more emergency department errors via an anonymous web-based reporting systemRahul K Khare
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Qual Manag Health Care 14:91-4. 2005..We present a model Web-based system for reporting of errors that occur in patient care in the ED...
Resident perceptions of medical errors in the emergency departmentStephen M Schenkel
University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Acad Emerg Med 10:1318-24. 2003..To evaluate resident experience and perceptions of medical error associated with emergency department (ED) care...
