BMC emergency medicine

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…

BACKGROUND: Emergency 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 ove…

BACKGROUND: Heterotopic 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 false…

BACKGROUND: The 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 tomog…