BMC emergency medicine

2025

doi:10.1186/s12873-025-01369-8 ·PMID:41286663

INTRODUCTION: Medication therapy is linked to increased risks and preventable adverse drug events (ADEs). ADEs significantly burden healthcare systems by raising hospitalization rates, emergency department (ED) visits, prolonged hospital st…

2025

Prognostic models for predicting patient arrivals in emergency departments: an updated systematic review and research agenda.

doi:10.1186/s12873-025-01250-8 ·PMID:40596904

BackgroundEmergency departments (ED) are struggling with an increased influx of patients. One of the methods to help departments prepare for surges of admittance is time series forecasting (TSF). The aim of this study was to create an overv…

2019

Acute pelvic pain following miscarriage heterotopic pregnancy must be excluded: case report.

doi:10.1186/s12873-019-0268-8 ·PMID:31653205

BackgroundHeterotopic pregnancies are increasing in prevalence and this case highlights the importance of excluding the diagnosis in patients with pelvic pain following miscarriage. A known pre-existing intrauterine pregnancy can be falsely…

2007

Optimization of diagnostic imaging use in patients with acute abdominal pain (OPTIMA): Design and rationale.

doi:10.1186/1471-227x-7-9 ·PMID:17683592

BackgroundThe acute abdomen is a frequent entity at the Emergency Department (ED), which usually needs rapid and accurate diagnostic work-up. Diagnostic work-up with imaging can consist of plain X-ray, ultrasonography (US), computed tomogra…