CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-18DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00891-9
Valérie Langlois-Carbonneau, François Dufresne, Sophie Gosselin, Katia Hamelin, Djamal Berbiche
{"title":"Thousands of critical interruptions.","authors":"Valérie Langlois-Carbonneau, François Dufresne, Sophie Gosselin, Katia Hamelin, Djamal Berbiche","doi":"10.1007/s43678-025-00891-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-025-00891-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"231-232"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143450403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00830-0
Justin N Hall, Yomna H E Ahmed, Abirami Vijayakumar, Mariam Ahmer, Shaun Mehta, Umberin Najeeb, Alun Ackery, Sander L Hitzig
{"title":"Physician perspectives on providing virtual emergency department care for equity-deserving populations.","authors":"Justin N Hall, Yomna H E Ahmed, Abirami Vijayakumar, Mariam Ahmer, Shaun Mehta, Umberin Najeeb, Alun Ackery, Sander L Hitzig","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00830-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00830-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Patients from equity-deserving populations, such as those who are from racialized communities, the 2SLGBTQIA + community, who are refugees or immigrants, and/or who have a disability, may experience a unique set of challenges accessing and receiving care through virtual models. The objective of this qualitative study was to describe physician perspectives on their experiences providing care to patients from equity-deserving communities and their family members who received care from a Virtual Emergency Department (ED) in Toronto, Canada.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We interviewed 14 Virtual ED physicians from different sites across the Greater Toronto Area. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore ED physicians' experiences with treating patients from equity-deserving populations who used the Virtual ED. Inductive thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the interview data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three themes were identified, which included: (1) Considerations for Virtual ED Inclusivity; (2) Beliefs about Compassionate Virtual ED Care Practices; and (3) Proposed Innovations for Advancing Equity through Virtual ED Care. An overarching and connecting theme was accessibility. Across these themes, providers highlighted factors that influenced Virtual ED accessibility for many equity-deserving populations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Virtual ED holds many promising applications for the delivery of equitable and compassionate care for equity-deserving populations. There are several patient, provider and system level issues that need to be considered to ensure its inclusivity and accessibility. One suggestion for innovation includes creating community hubs offering access to the Virtual ED to make it easier for equity-deserving populations who may face barriers to using it or need a safe space to do so.</p>","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"198-206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143450283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-01-11DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00856-4
Jace C Bradshaw, Gabor D Kelen
{"title":"Advancing emergency medicine: embracing new horizons.","authors":"Jace C Bradshaw, Gabor D Kelen","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00856-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00856-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"163-164"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00878-6
Esli Osmanlliu
{"title":"Virtual emergency departments: enabling accessible and compassionate care through inclusive technology.","authors":"Esli Osmanlliu","doi":"10.1007/s43678-025-00878-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-025-00878-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":"27 3","pages":"157-158"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00798-x
Jakob M Domm, Sunita Venkateswaran, Rodrick Lim
{"title":"Isolated leg weakness with painful spasms in an adolescent.","authors":"Jakob M Domm, Sunita Venkateswaran, Rodrick Lim","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00798-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00798-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"221-222"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00870-0
Justin Morgenstern, Ryan Radecki, Lauren Westafer, Joshua D Niforatos, Paul Atkinson
{"title":"CJEM debate: clinical decision rules-thinking beyond the algorithm.","authors":"Justin Morgenstern, Ryan Radecki, Lauren Westafer, Joshua D Niforatos, Paul Atkinson","doi":"10.1007/s43678-025-00870-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-025-00870-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"165-169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143124193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-01-05DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00850-w
Andriko Palmowski, Jan Riedel, Paul Kamieniarz, Hildrun Haibel, Lorenz Bartsch, Eva Diehl-Wiesenecker
{"title":"Crowned dens syndrome: a rare differential diagnosis of meningitis.","authors":"Andriko Palmowski, Jan Riedel, Paul Kamieniarz, Hildrun Haibel, Lorenz Bartsch, Eva Diehl-Wiesenecker","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00850-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00850-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"233-234"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11897101/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00896-4
{"title":"Global research highlights.","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s43678-025-00896-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-025-00896-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"226-230"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143560319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-11-10DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00809-x
Muhammad Taha Khan, Ammar Ishaq, Samia Rohail, Samia Aziz Sulaiman, Fatima Ali Raza, Haris Habib, Aman Goyal
{"title":"Evaluating the safety of procedural sedation in emergency department settings among the pediatric population: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Muhammad Taha Khan, Ammar Ishaq, Samia Rohail, Samia Aziz Sulaiman, Fatima Ali Raza, Haris Habib, Aman Goyal","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00809-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00809-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Our meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the safety of procedural sedation and analgesia in pediatric emergency department (ED) settings by investigating the incidence of cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological adverse events associated with different sedation medications.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive database search for randomized controlled trials was performed across ten databases from January 2005 to June 2024. Our inclusion criteria included randomized controlled trials involving children under 18 years old undergoing pediatric sedation and analgesia in the ED. Data on medication types, dosages, administration routes, and adverse events were extracted and analyzed. Primary endpoints included cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological adverse events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria, a total of 2,302 procedural sedations. The most common adverse events were vomiting, agitation, and hypoxia, which occurred in 104.9 [95% CI = 76.9-132.9], 37.5 [95% CI = 20.6-54.4], 38.3 [95% CI = 23.9-52.6] of each 1000 sedations, respectively. Other adverse events included apnea, hypotension, and the need for bag-valve mask ventilation, which occurred in 8.6 [95% CI: 3.5-13.6], 9.3 [95% CI: -1.4 to 20.1], and 13.5 [95% CI: 3.2-23.8] of each 1,000 sedations, respectively. Severe adverse events were rare, with no reported instances of intubation and only one case of laryngospasm. Subgroup analyses revealed varying incidence rates of adverse events across different sedation protocols, with ketamine and its combinations showing higher rates of specific respiratory complications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Procedural sedation in pediatric EDs is generally safe, with a low incidence of adverse events, such as vomiting, agitation, and hypoxia. Life-threatening respiratory adverse events are extremely rare. Our findings thus support the careful selection and monitoring of sedation protocols to minimize risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"178-190"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142634562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CJEMPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00808-y
Sophie Gilbert, Florence Cayouette, Maude St-Onge
{"title":"Continuous naloxone infusion for the treatment of guanfacine toxicity in a 2-year-old male.","authors":"Sophie Gilbert, Florence Cayouette, Maude St-Onge","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00808-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00808-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"223-225"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}