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| Jin H HanSummaryAffiliation: Vanderbilt University Country: USA Publications
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Altered mental status in older patients in the emergency departmentJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Quality Aging, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Clin Geriatr Med 29:101-36. 2013..For patients with acute changes in mental status the ED evaluation should focus on searching for the underlying etiology. Infection is one of the most common precipitants of delirium, but multiple causes may exist concurrently...- Delirium in older emergency department patients is an independent predictor of hospital length of stayJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine JHH, ABS, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health JS, RSD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:451-7. 2011..The consequences of delirium in the emergency department (ED) remain unclear. This study sought to determine if delirium in the ED was an independent predictor of prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS)... 
The effect of cognitive impairment on the accuracy of the presenting complaint and discharge instruction comprehension in older emergency department patientsJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Ann Emerg Med 57:662-671.e2. 2011..We seek to determine how delirium and dementia affect the accuracy of the presenting illness and discharge instruction comprehension in older emergency department (ED) patients...- Delirium in the older emergency department patient: a quiet epidemicJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 703 Oxford House, 1313 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 28:611-31. 2010..Once delirium is diagnosed, the ED evaluation should focus on searching for the underlying cause. Infection is one of the most common precipitants of delirium, but multiple causes may exist concurrently... - Delirium in the emergency department: an independent predictor of death within 6 monthsJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:244-252.e1. 2010..As a result, we seek to determine whether delirium in the ED is independently associated with 6-month mortality in older patients and whether this relationship is modified by nursing home status... - Delirium in the nursing home patients seen in the emergency departmentJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 703 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:889-94. 2009.... - Delirium in older emergency department patients: recognition, risk factors, and psychomotor subtypesJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:193-200. 2009.... 
The elder patient with suspected acute coronary syndromes in the emergency departmentJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:732-9. 2007..To describe the evaluation and outcomes of elder patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) presenting to the emergency department (ED)...- The effect of emergency department expansion on emergency department overcrowdingJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:338-43. 2007..To examine the effects of emergency department (ED) expansion on ambulance diversion at an urban, academic Level 1 trauma center... - Chronic kidney disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromesJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Am J Med 119:248-54. 2006..We examined the treatment and outcomes of patients with both non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes and moderate to severe chronic kidney disease... - Factors affecting cardiac catheterization rates in elders with acute coronary syndromesJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:228-33. 2007..Elder patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are less likely to receive cardiac catheterization. The reasons for this are unclear... - The role of cardiac risk factor burden in diagnosing acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department settingJin H Han
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Ann Emerg Med 49:145-52, 152.e1. 2007..We seek to determine whether cardiac risk factor burden (defined as the number of conventional cardiac risk factors present) is useful for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department (ED) setting... - Discordant cardiac biomarkers: frequency and outcomes in emergency department patients with chest painAlan B Storrow
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Ann Emerg Med 48:660-5. 2006.... - Decreasing lab turnaround time improves emergency department throughput and decreases emergency medical services diversion: a simulation modelAlan B Storrow
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:1130-5. 2008..Furthermore, such models may suggest the advantage of bedside or point-of-care testing and how they might affect efficiency measures... - The effect of physician triage on emergency department length of stayJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 4700, USA
J Emerg Med 39:227-33. 2010..Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a serious public health issue, but few solutions exist... - Epidemiology and risk factors for delirium across hospital settingsEduard E Vasilevskis
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 26:277-87. 2012..Future studies must work to understand the epidemiology across settings and focus upon modifiable risk factors that can be integrated into existing delirium prevention and treatment protocols... - Changes in cardiac troponin T measurements are associated with adverse cardiac events in patients with chronic kidney diseaseJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0769, USA
Am J Emerg Med 23:468-73. 2005..10 ng/mL. For in-hospital and 30-day ACE, a short-term increase in cTnT of 0.11 ng/mL had a positive likelihood ratio of 13.3 and 11.9, respectively. Long-term and short-term increases in cTnT are associated with an ACE... - An evaluation of statewide emergency department utilization following Tennessee Medicaid disenrollmentBenjamin S Heavrin
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:1121-8. 2011..The objective of this study was to examine the statewide effect of such a disenrollment on Tennessee emergency department (ED) utilization... - Assessment of stroke index using impedance cardiography: comparison with traditional vital signs for detection of moderate acute blood loss in healthy volunteersJoshua M Kosowsky
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Acad Emerg Med 9:775-80. 2002....