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{"title":"Agreement between the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory among emergency physicians and trainees.","authors":"Henry Li, Erica Dance, Zafrina Poonja, Leandro Solis Aguilar, Isabelle Colmers-Gray","doi":"10.1111/acem.14994","DOIUrl":"10.1111/acem.14994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Emergency physicians have the highest rates of burnout among all specialties. Existing burnout tools include the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) and single-item measures from the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). While both were designed to measure burnout, how they conceptualize this phenomenon differs and their agreement is unclear. Given the close conceptual relationship between emotional regulation strategies such as distancing and distraction with the MBI subscale of depersonalization, we examined agreement between the two inventories and association with emotional regulation strategies as a lens to explore the conceptualization of burnout.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional survey of adult and pediatric emergency physicians and trainees in Canada. Survey questions were pretested using written feedback and cognitive interviews. \"Frequent use\" of an emotional regulation strategy was \"most\" or \"all\" shifts (≥4 on 5-point Likert scale). Burnout was defined as mean ≥50/100 on the CBI and scoring ≥5 (out of 7) on at least one of the single-item measures from the MBI. Associations with burnout were examined using multivariable logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 147 respondents, 44.2% were positive for burnout on the CBI and 44.9% on the single-item measures from the MBI. Disagreement was 21.1% overall, ranging from 12.5% for older (≥55 years) physicians to 30.2% for younger (<35 years) physicians. Use of distraction and use of distancing were strongly associated with burnout on the single-item measures (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 14.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.4-60.8]) and CBI (aOR 10.1, 95% CI 2.5-39.8, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite near-equal rates of burnout, agreement between the CBI and single-item measures from the MBI varies and was lower for younger emergency physicians/trainees. While emotional regulation strategies were felt to be important in supporting a career in emergency medicine, they were strongly associated with burnout. Future research is needed to better understand this phenomenon and which tools to use to measure burnout.</p>","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1243-1255"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649597/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141854516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Response to: \"Evaluating the efficacy of prehospital transfusion: A critical analysis\".","authors":"David W Schoenfeld, Carlo L Rosen, Tim Harris, Stephen H Thomas","doi":"10.1111/acem.15025","DOIUrl":"10.1111/acem.15025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1290-1291"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142339029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Epidemiology of sepsis presentations and management among United States emergency departments from 2016 to 2023.","authors":"Michael Gottlieb, Emily Wusterbarth, Robert Hlavin, Kyle Bernard, Eric Moyer","doi":"10.1111/acem.15057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142738014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ruling out pulmonary embolism safely: Standardized reporting of the failure rate.","authors":"Yonathan Freund, Christopher Kabrhel, Scott D Casey, David R Vinson, William B Stubblefield, Jeffrey Kline, Delphine Douillet, Federico Germini, Andrea Penaloza, Olivier Hugli, Pierre-Marie Roy, Kerstin de Wit","doi":"10.1111/acem.15055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15055","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142738016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can first impressions predict patient outcomes?","authors":"Ellie C Treloar, Ann Abraham, Eden Smith, Matheesha Herath, Matthew Watson, Nikki Pennifold, Katarina Foley, Guy Maddern, Matthias Wichmann","doi":"10.1111/acem.15053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142738012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Opening invisible wounds.","authors":"Laura E Walker, Alexander Finch, Jason Carney","doi":"10.1111/acem.15054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142715003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Failure rate of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria rule for adults 35 years or younger: Findings from the RIETE Registry.","authors":"Thibaut Jossein, Lucia Mazzolai, Alicia Lorenzo Hernández, Sonia Otálora Valderrama, Marija Zdraveska, Agustina Rivas Guerrero, Antonio López Ruiz, Pierpaolo Di Micco, Manuel Monreal, Olivier Hugli","doi":"10.1111/acem.15046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use of a computed tomography pulmonary angiogram to diagnose pulmonary embolism (PE) has increased, leading not only to higher PE diagnoses but also to overdiagnosis and unnecessary radiation exposure, even in young patients despite a lower PE incidence. The aim of this study was to assess the failure rate of the pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria 35 (PERC-35) rule developed to reduce unnecessary testing in individuals aged ≤35 years among patients included in the Registro Informatizado de la Enfermedad TromboEmbolica Venosa (RIETE) Registry.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study used data from the RIETE Registry, an ongoing, international prospective registry of patients with objectively confirmed venous thromboembolism. The primary outcome was the missed PE rate using PERC-35 criteria. Secondary outcomes included the comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics, PE localization, treatment strategies, and outcomes between PERC-negative (PERC-35N) versus PERC-positive (PERC-35P) patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 58,918 adult patients with acute PE, the PERC-35 rule demonstrated a low missed PE rate of 0.35% (n = 204), with an upper 95% confidence interval [CI] of 0.40%. The missed rate was 7.0% (95% CI 6.0%-7.9%) in the 18- to 35-year subgroup. Compared to PERC-35P patients, PERC-35N patients were younger (mean age 28.4 years), with a lower body mass index, and included a higher proportion of pregnant/postpartum women. PERC-35N patients had a significantly lower rate of chronic diseases and presented less frequently with dyspnea or syncope but more often with chest pain. They showed lower rates of positive D-dimer and troponin levels. PERC-35N patients experienced fewer major bleeding episodes, similar recurrence rates of PE/deep vein thrombosis, and no deaths during anticoagulation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The PERC-35 rule demonstrated a low failure rate to exclude PE in patients aged 18-35 years and could reduce imaging and radiation exposure in young patients with a low PE pretest probability if confirmed prospectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142709023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How do triage nurses use their Know-Who to make decisions? A pilot exploratory study.","authors":"Yoann Noiré, Thomas Schmutz, Vincent Ribordy, Alexandra Cansé, Thierry Pelaccia","doi":"10.1111/acem.15049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142685745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consent to advanced imaging in antenatal pulmonary embolism diagnostics: Prevalence, outcomes of nonconsent and opportunities to mitigate delayed diagnosis risk.","authors":"David R Vinson, Madeline J Somers, Edward Qiao, Aidan R Campbell, Grace V Heringer, Cole J Florio, Lara Zekar, Cydney E Middleton, Sara T Woldemariam, Nachiketa Gupta, Luke S Poth, Mary E Reed, Nareg H Roubinian, Ali S Raja, Jeffrey D Sperling","doi":"10.1111/acem.15045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nonconsent to pulmonary vascular (or advanced) imaging for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy can delay diagnosis and treatment, increasing risk of adverse outcomes. We sought to understand factors associated with consent and understand outcomes after nonconsent.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study was undertaken across 21 community hospitals from October 1, 2021, through March 31, 2023. We included gravid patients undergoing diagnostics for suspected PE who were recommended advanced imaging. The primary outcome was verbal consent to advanced imaging. Diagnostic settings were nonobstetric (99% emergency departments [EDs]) and obstetrics (labor and delivery and outpatient clinics). Using quasi-Poisson regression, we calculated adjusted relative risks (aRRs) of consenting with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We also reported symptom resolution and delayed imaging at follow-up and 90-day PE outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Imaging was recommended for 405 outpatients: median age was 30.5 years; 50% were in the third trimester. Evaluation was more common in nonobstetric (83%) than obstetric settings (17%). Overall, 314 (78%) agreed to imaging and 91 (22%) declined imaging. Consenting was more prevalent in obstetric settings compared with nonobstetric settings: 99% versus 73% (p < 0.001). When adjusted for demographic and clinical variables, including pretest probability, only obstetric setting was independently associated with consenting: aRR 1.26 (95% CI 1.09-1.44). Seventy-nine (87%) patients declining imaging had 30-day follow-up. Eight of 12 who reported persistent or worsening symptoms on follow-up were again recommended advanced imaging and consented. Imaging was negative. None who initially declined imaging were diagnosed with PE or died within 90 days.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>One in five gravid patients suspected of PE declined advanced imaging, more commonly in nonobstetric (principally ED) settings than obstetric settings. Patients symptomatic on follow-up responded favorably to subsequent imaging recommendations without 90-day outcomes. Improving the communication and documentation of informed consent and securing close follow-up for nonconsenters may mitigate risks of missed and delayed PE diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142646764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Documentation of incidentally noted hepatic steatosis to emergency department patients: A retrospective study.","authors":"Amy V Kontrick, Joshua B Alinger, Emily C Goins, Alessia F Mollo, Daniel S Cruz, Danielle M McCarthy","doi":"10.1111/acem.15044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hepatic steatosis is a common incidental finding on emergency department (ED) imaging studies, occurring in up to 10% of studies, and carries significant long-term morbidity. Frequently considered an unimportant finding, it is unknown how often ED patients are informed of hepatic steatosis. Our objective was to examine hepatic steatosis inclusion in ED discharge materials.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from discharged patients at an urban academic ED (>90,000 visits) with abdominal imaging (computed tomography or ultrasound) from 2019 to 2022 were screened. Patients with radiology reports documenting hepatic steatosis were included. Two trained data abstractors analyzed discharge materials and coded disclosure of steatosis (present/absent). Data abstraction also noted how the finding was included (e.g., follow-up instructions, provision of radiology report). Factors associated with patient disclosure were examined through regression models including age, race, ethnicity, insurance, number of imaging studies during encounter, type of imaging study, and inclusion of hepatic steatosis in the impression section of radiology report.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 10,677 radiology reports, 1209 (11.3%) had documented hepatic steatosis. The mean (±SD) age was 47.1 (±14.1) years; 56.4% were female, 53.5% were White, and 30.7% Hispanic. Only 173 of 1209 patients (14.3%) received any discharge documentation of hepatic steatosis. In 65% of cases where disclosure occurred, the imaging report was pasted verbatim into discharge material. There were no significant differences in discharge documentation by demographic groups. Mention within the radiology report impression (rather than the report body alone) occurred in 73.8% of records and was the strongest predictor of disclosure to patients (adjusted odds ratio 2.18, 95% confidence interval 1.39-3.54).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite the high prevalence of hepatic steatosis in radiology reports, rates of documentation in patient-facing discharge materials are notably low, exposing a possible communication failure with consequences for diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":7105,"journal":{"name":"Academic Emergency Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142611978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}