Triage

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Triage Clinic. 
  • A Machine Learning Methodology for Identification and Triage of Heart Failure Exacerbations. 
  • A Method for Grouping Emergency Department Visits by Severity and Complexity. 
  • A Triage Model for Interhospital Transfers of Low Risk Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients. 
  • A comparison of analgesic management for emergency department patients with sickle cell disease and renal colic. 
  • A geographic information system analysis of the impact of a statewide acute stroke emergency medical services routing protocol on community hospital bypass. 
  • A matched-cohort study of pediatric head injuries: collecting data to inform an evidence-based triage assessment. 
  • A meta-analysis and systematic review of computed tomography angiography as a diagnostic triage tool for patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency department. 
  • A secondary analysis to inform a clinical decision rule for predicting skull fracture and intracranial injury in children under age 2. 
  • A summative evaluation of an EMS partnership aimed at reducing ED length of stay. 
  • Aborted infarction: the ultimate myocardial salvage. 
  • Accelerating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction care: emergency medical services take center stage. 
  • Accuracy of the Emergency Severity Index triage instrument for identifying elder emergency department patients receiving an immediate life-saving intervention. 
  • Acute radiation injury: contingency planning for triage, supportive care, and transplantation. 
  • Admission Forced Vital Capacity Adds a Predictive Physiologic Tool to Triage Patients Suffering Rib Fractures: A Prospective Observation Trial. 
  • Allocating Resources Across the Life Span During COVID-19-Integrating Neonates and Children Into Crisis Standards of Care Protocols. 
  • An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of the Dissemination of a Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Episode Treatment Algorithm and a Case Management Referral Form for Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department. 
  • Application of a proactive risk analysis to emergency department sickle cell care. 
  • Application of the Sight Outcomes Research Collaborative Ophthalmology Data Repository for Triaging Patients With Glaucoma and Clinic Appointments During Pandemics Such as COVID-19. 
  • Are Emergency Departments in the United States Following Recommendations by the Emergency Severity Index to Promote Quality Triage and Reliability? 
  • Are two (inexperienced) heads better than one (experienced) head? Averaging house officers' prognostic judgments for critically ill patients. 
  • Assessing surge capacity for radiation victims with marrow toxicity. 
  • Assessment of Interrater Reliability of the Emergency Severity Index After Implementation in Emergency Departments in Jamaica Using a Learning Collaborative Approach. 
  • Cardiac marker testing: where should we focus? 
  • Care of children with sickle cell disease in the emergency department: parent and provider perspectives inform quality improvement efforts. 
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Emergency Department Sepsis Screening at Triage. 
  • Clinical and regulatory landscape for cardiogenic shock: A report from the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium ThinkTank on cardiogenic shock. 
  • Computed tomography: revolutionizing the practice of medicine for 40 years. 
  • Cost minimization in endoscopy center scheduling: a case-controlled study. 
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis based on the atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance/low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion Triage Study (ALTS). 
  • Creating ED point-of-care testing protocols: an expert panel and Delphi process. 
  • Critical pathways for patients with acute chest pain at low risk. 
  • Current use and outcomes of helicopter transport in pediatric trauma: a review of 18,291 transports. 
  • Determinants of the need for early acute intervention in patients treated conservatively after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI-5 Study Group. 
  • Development and Assessment of an Interpretable Machine Learning Triage Tool for Estimating Mortality After Emergency Admissions. 
  • Development and validation of a prioritization rule for obtaining an immediate 12-lead electrocardiogram in the emergency department to identify ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Diagnosis of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers and its impact on the prehospital care of patients. 
  • Differences between chest pain observation service patients and admitted "rule-out myocardial infarction" patients. 
  • Digital technology and COVID-19. 
  • Does this patient meet the criteria for Emergency Severity Index level 2? 
  • ED disposition of the Glasgow Coma Scale 13 to 15 traumatic brain injury patient: analysis of the Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in TBI study. 
  • Early detection measures and triage procedures for suicide ideation in chronic pain patients. 
  • Early identification of uncontrolled hemorrhage after trauma: current status and future direction. 
  • Early stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with drug-eluting and bare metal stents: the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy trial. 
  • Editorial: How epidemiology helps. 
  • Effect of a Triage-Based Screening Protocol on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Tanzanian Emergency Department: A Prospective Pre-Post Study. 
  • Effective management of sarin exposure: simulation case scenario. 
  • Effectiveness of Acute Care Remote Triage Systems: a Systematic Review. 
  • Effectiveness of a postoperative disposition protocol for sleep apnea surgery. 
  • Emergency Severity Index version 4: clarifying common questions. 
  • Emergency department patterns in psychiatric visits during the holiday season. 
  • Emergency department triage: why we need a research agenda. 
  • Emergency medical services system utilization over the last 10 years: what predicts transport of children? 
  • Emergency severity index triage category is associated with six-month survival. ESI Triage Study Group. 
  • Endovascular stroke intervention in the very young. 
  • Ethical considerations for allocation of scarce resources and alterations in surgical care during a pandemic. 
  • Evaluation of a Telephone Advice Nurse in a Nursing Faculty Managed Pediatric Community Clinic 
  • Evolution of the CCU from rhythm, function and protection to reperfusion and beyond: a personal journey and perspective. 
  • Factors Associated With Triage Decisions in Older Adult Trauma Patients: Impact on Mortality and Morbidity. 
  • Factors Contributing to Inappropriate Visits of Frequent Attenders and Their Economic Effects at an Emergency Department in Singapore. 
  • Failure of thrombin generation markers to triage patients presenting with chest pain. 
  • Field-Triage, Hospital-Triage and Triage-Assessment: A Literature Review of the Current Phases of Adult Trauma Triage. 
  • Five-level triage: a report from the ACEP/ENA Five-level Triage Task Force. 
  • Getting cardiogenic shock patients to the right place-How initial intensive care unit triage decisions impact processes of care and outcomes. 
  • High-Sensitivity Troponin in Acute Heart Failure Triage. 
  • How much do we gain by reducing time to reperfusion therapy? 
  • Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Disease Presentation, Emergency Department Triage and Inpatient Cardiology Services in a Low- to Middle-Income Country - Perspective from a Tertiary Care Hospital of Pakistan. 
  • Impact of bleeding on mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention results from a patient-level pooled analysis of the REPLACE-2 (randomized evaluation of PCI linking angiomax to reduced clinical events), ACUITY (acute catheterization and urgent intervention triage strategy), and HORIZONS-AMI (harmonizing outcomes with revascularization and stents in acute myocardial infarction) trials. 
  • Impact of chronic kidney disease on early (30-day) and late (1-year) outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with alternative antithrombotic treatment strategies: an ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) substudy. 
  • Impact of delay to angioplasty in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: analysis from the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Impact of emergency department volume on registered nurse time at the bedside. 
  • Impact of nonculprit vessel myocardial perfusion on outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: analysis from the ACUITY trial (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy). 
  • Impact of physician screening in the emergency department on patient flow. 
  • Impact of physician-assisted triage on timing of antibiotic delivery in patients admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). 
  • Implementation and refinement of the emergency severity index. 
  • Implementing remote triage in large health systems: A qualitative evidence synthesis. 
  • Implementing the Emergency Severity Index Triage System in Jamaican Accident and Emergency Departments. 
  • Improving patient flow in the emergency department by placing a family nurse practitioner in triage: a quality-improvement project. 
  • Improving the Care of Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department Using a Quality Improvement Framework: The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS). 
  • Incidence and clinical consequences of acquired thrombocytopenia after antithrombotic therapies in patients with acute coronary syndromes: results from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trial. 
  • Increasing utilization of computed tomography in the pediatric emergency department, 2000-2006. 
  • Interhospital ECMO Transport: Regional Focus. 
  • Machine Learning and Statistical Models to Predict Postpartum Hemorrhage. 
  • Management of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. 
  • Management of simple thoracic injuries at a level I trauma centre: can primary health care system take over? 
  • Medical planning and response for a nuclear detonation: a practical guide. 
  • More patients are triaged using the Emergency Severity Index than any other triage acuity system in the United States. 
  • Moving care forward: prehospital emergency cardiac systems. 
  • NHAMCS Validation of Emergency Severity Index as an Indicator of Emergency Department Resource Utilization. 
  • National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: the role of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain. 
  • Navigating the scylla and charybdis of chest pain management in the emergency department. Is a computer the answer? 
  • Novel model for predicting inpatient mortality after emergency admission to hospital in Singapore: retrospective observational study. 
  • Nurse practitioner students as an essential workforce: The lessons of coronavirus disease 2019. 
  • Outcomes following pre-operative clopidogrel administration in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Paradoxical use of invasive cardiac procedures for patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: an international perspective from the CRUSADE Initiative and the Canadian ACS Registries I and II. 
  • Patient Triage for Resection of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer to the Liver: Can We Do Better Using MRI? 
  • Pediatric Triage Education for the General Emergency Nurse: A Randomized Crossover Trial Comparing Simulation With Paper-Case Studies. 
  • Pediatric triage: a review of emergency education literature. 
  • Prediction of risk of death and myocardial infarction in the six months after presentation with acute coronary syndrome: prospective multinational observational study (GRACE). 
  • Predictors of vertigo in the emergency department: The preved study. 
  • Prognosis of patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction and nonobstructive coronary artery disease: propensity-matched analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy trial. 
  • Prognostic significance of coronary thrombus in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: a subanalysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Pulmonary aspects of treatment of long bone fractures in the polytrauma patient. 
  • Rapid Triage of Mental Health Risk in Emergency Medical Workers: Findings From Typhoon Haiyan. 
  • Re-evaluating triage in the new millennium: A comprehensive look at the need for standardization and quality. 
  • Reader response: Optimizing in-hospital triage for large vessel occlusion using a novel clinical scale (GAI2AA). 
  • Refining Emergency Severity Index triage criteria. 
  • Relation of Baseline Hemoglobin Levels and Adverse Events in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY and Harmonizing Outcomes with RevasculariZatiON and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trials). 
  • Reliability and validity of a new five-level triage instrument. 
  • Reliability and validity of scores on The Emergency Severity Index version 3. 
  • Reliability and validity of the emergency severity index for pediatric triage. 
  • Reliability of Glasgow Coma Score in pediatric trauma patients. 
  • Retrospective Chart Review of the Triage Algorithm for Psychiatric Screening (TAPS) for Patients Who Present to Emergency Departments With Psychiatric Chief Complaints. 
  • ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: recommendations on triage of patients to heart attack centers: is it time for a national policy for the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction? 
  • Scoring System to Triage Patients for Spine Surgery in the Setting of Limited Resources: Application to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and Beyond. 
  • September 11, 2001, revisited: a review of the data. 
  • Shifting Gears: Triage and Traffic in Urban India 
  • Should palliative care be a necessity or a luxury during an overwhelming health catastrophe? 
  • Should you close your waiting room? Addressing ED overcrowding through education and staff-based participatory research. 
  • Sickle cell disease management in the emergency department: what every emergency nurse should know. 
  • Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of emergency department patients with potential acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Substance use among patients with a psychotic disorder in a psychiatric emergency room. 
  • Taking a Second Look at Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy for the Treatment of Early Stage Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Outbreak. 
  • The Current State of Radiology Call Assistant Triage Programs Among US Radiology Residency Programs. 
  • The Emergency Severity Index (version 3) 5-level triage system scores predict ED resource consumption. 
  • The Emergency Severity Index Version 4: changes to ESI level 1 and pediatric fever criteria. 
  • The Global Spine Care Initiative: care pathway for people with spine-related concerns. 
  • The Role of Chest Imaging in Patient Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Consensus Statement from the Fleischner Society. 
  • The Utility of Point-of-Care Testing at Emergency Department Triage by Nurses in Simulated Scenarios. 
  • The burden of hypertension in the emergency department and linkage to care: A prospective cohort study in Tanzania. 
  • The chest-pain unit--ready for prime time? 
  • The effects of emergency department crowding on triage and hospital admission decisions. 
  • The emergency severity index triage algorithm version 2 is reliable and valid. 
  • The evaluation of casualties from Operation Iraqi Freedom on return to the continental United States from March to June 2003. 
  • The flex track: flexible partitioning between low- and high-acuity areas of an emergency department. 
  • The influence of triage systems and triage scores on timeliness of ED analgesic administration. 
  • The introduction of a midwife-led obstetric triage system into a regional referral hospital in Ghana. 
  • The left bundle-branch block puzzle in the 2013 ST-elevation myocardial infarction guideline: from falsely declaring emergency to denying reperfusion in a high-risk population. Are the Sgarbossa Criteria ready for prime time? 
  • The need for quick computer response with minimal input: development of an ED computer system. 
  • The third delay: understanding waiting time for obstetric referrals at a large regional hospital in Ghana. 
  • The value of CT angiography and transcranial doppler sonography in triaging suspected cerebral vasospasm in SAH prior to endovascular therapy. 
  • Treatment pathways and quality improvement for patients with acute myocardial infarction at a tertiary care center. 
  • Triage Considerations for Patients Referred for Structural Heart Disease Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An ACC/SCAI Position Statement. 
  • Triage after hospitalization with advanced heart failure: the ESCAPE (Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness) risk model and discharge score. 
  • Triage and emergency evacuation of recreational divers: a case series analysis. 
  • Triage considerations for patients referred for structural heart disease intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic: An ACC/SCAI position statement. 
  • Triage for the neurosurgeon. 
  • Triage to Observation: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Chest Pain Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department. 
  • Triage: how long does it take? how long should it take? 
  • Triaging Admissions: A Survey of Internal Medicine Resident Experiences and Perceptions and Recommendations on Inpatient Triage Education. 
  • Triaging Patient Scheduling Can Minimize the Risks of Breast Cancer Screening Programs. 
  • Triaging Primary Care Patients Referred for Chest Pain to Specialist Cardiology Centres: Efficacy of an Optimised Protocol. 
  • Undertriage of Trauma-Related Deaths in U.S. Emergency Departments. 
  • Unnecessary Interfacility Transfers for Craniomaxillofacial Trauma. 
  • Use of an electronic patient-reported outcome measurement system to improve distress management in oncology. 
  • Use of diagnosis codes for detection of clinically significant opioid poisoning in the emergency department: A retrospective analysis of a surveillance case definition. 
  • Usefulness of combining necrosis and platelet markers in triaging patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department. 
  • Using Technology to Create a More Humanistic Approach to Integrating Palliative Care into the Intensive Care Unit. 
  • Using the ICH score during acute telestroke consults to triage transfer to tertiary centers. 
  • VA Stroke Study: neurologist care is associated with increased testing but improved outcomes. 
  • What Now for Rehabilitation Specialists? Coronavirus Disease 2019 Questions and Answers. 
  • Which factors should be included in triage? An online survey of the attitudes of the UK general public to pandemic triage dilemmas. 
  • Which features of patients are morally relevant in ventilator triage? A survey of the UK public. 
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  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology