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Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments: international ID-IRI study.

2021

We aimed to explore factors for optimizing antimicrobial treatment in emergency departments. A single-day point prevalence survey was conducted on January 18, 2020, in 53 referral/tertiary hospitals in 22 countries. 1957 (17%) of 11557 patients presenting to EDs had infections. The mean qSOFA score was 0.37 +/- 0.74. Sepsis (qSOFA >= 2) was recorded in 218 (11.1%) patients. The mean qSOFA score was significantly higher in low-middle (1.48 +/- 0.963) compared to upper-middle (0.17 +/- 0.482) and high-income (0.36 +/- 0.714) countries ( P < 0.001). Eight (3.7%) patients with sepsis were treated as outpatients. The most common diagnoses were upper-respiratory (n = 877, 43.3%), lower-respirator…

0301 basic medicinePoint prevalence surveymedicine.medical_specialtyUrologic NeoplasmsReferralinternational ID-IRI study- JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY 2021 [Erdem H. Hargreaves S. ANKARALI H. ÇAŞKURLU H. Ceviker S. A. Bahar-Kacmaz A. Meric-Koc M. ALTINDİŞ M. Yildiz-Kirazaldi Y. Kizilates F. et al. -Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments]medicine.drug_classOrgan Dysfunction Scores030106 microbiologyAntibioticsPractice Patternsemergency ; antibiotic ; elderly ; infection ; sepsis ; treatmentGlobal HealthelderlyCommunicable Diseasestreatment.SepsisHospital03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineantibioticSepsismedicineHumansPharmacology (medical)Practice Patterns Physicians'Developing CountriesRespiratory Tract InfectionsPharmacologyEmergency ServicePhysicians'Adult patientstreatmentbusiness.industryPatient AcuityAntimicrobialmedicine.diseasehumanitiesinfectionDrug UtilizationAnti-Bacterial AgentsInfectious DiseasesOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisEmergency medicineEmergencysepsibusinessEmergency Service HospitalJournal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
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Delirium Assessment in Older People in Emergency Departments. A Literature Review.

2018

Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome often manifesting in acute disease conditions, and with a greater prevalence in the older generation. Delirium in the Emergency Department (ED) is a highly prevalent problem that typically goes unnoticed by healthcare providers. The onset of a delirium episode in the ED is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. Because delirium is a preventable syndrome, these statistics are unacceptable. Emergency Department staff therefore should strive to perform systematic screening in order to detect delirium. Different tools have been developed for the assessment of delirium by healthcare professionals other than psychiatrists or geriatricians. …

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