CJEMPub Date : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00769-2
David Petrie, Howard Ovens
{"title":"Tell me why, I don't like Mondays.","authors":"David Petrie, Howard Ovens","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00769-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00769-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":"26 9","pages":"585-586"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134745","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 : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00754-9
Krishan Yadav, Robert Ohle, Justin W Yan, Debra Eagles, Jeffrey J Perry, Rosemary Zvonar, Maria Keller, Caroline Nott, Vicente Corrales-Medina, Laura Shoots, Evelyn Tran, Kathryn N Suh, Philip W Lam, Laura Fagan, Nuri Song, Erica Dobson, Denise Hawken, Monica Taljaard, Lindsey Sikora, Jamie Brehaut, Ian G Stiell, Ian D Graham
{"title":"Canadian Emergency Department Best Practices Checklist for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Part 1: Cellulitis.","authors":"Krishan Yadav, Robert Ohle, Justin W Yan, Debra Eagles, Jeffrey J Perry, Rosemary Zvonar, Maria Keller, Caroline Nott, Vicente Corrales-Medina, Laura Shoots, Evelyn Tran, Kathryn N Suh, Philip W Lam, Laura Fagan, Nuri Song, Erica Dobson, Denise Hawken, Monica Taljaard, Lindsey Sikora, Jamie Brehaut, Ian G Stiell, Ian D Graham","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00754-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00754-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"593-599"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891315","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 : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-07-12DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00739-8
Krishan Yadav, Robert Ohle, Justin W Yan, Debra Eagles, Jeffrey J Perry, Rosemary Zvonar, Maria Keller, Caroline Nott, Vicente Corrales-Medina, Laura Shoots, Evelyn Tran, Kathryn N Suh, Philip W Lam, Laura Fagan, Nuri Song, Erica Dobson, Denise Hawken, Monica Taljaard, Lindsey Sikora, Jamie Brehaut, Ian G Stiell, Ian D Graham
{"title":"Canadian emergency department best practices checklist for skin and soft tissue infections part 2: skin abscess.","authors":"Krishan Yadav, Robert Ohle, Justin W Yan, Debra Eagles, Jeffrey J Perry, Rosemary Zvonar, Maria Keller, Caroline Nott, Vicente Corrales-Medina, Laura Shoots, Evelyn Tran, Kathryn N Suh, Philip W Lam, Laura Fagan, Nuri Song, Erica Dobson, Denise Hawken, Monica Taljaard, Lindsey Sikora, Jamie Brehaut, Ian G Stiell, Ian D Graham","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00739-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00739-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"600-606"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141592365","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 : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00766-5
{"title":"Global research highlights.","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00766-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00766-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"681-685"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074808","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 : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-06-25DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00732-1
Ariel Hendin, Krishan Yadav, Fahad Chowdhury, Hans Rosenberg
{"title":"Just the facts: invasive Group A Streptococcal disease in the emergency department.","authors":"Ariel Hendin, Krishan Yadav, Fahad Chowdhury, Hans Rosenberg","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00732-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00732-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"622-624"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141447829","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 : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00747-8
Cheryl Hunchak, Andrew W Battison, Taofiq Oyedokun, James Stempien, Megan Landes, Nour Khatib, Kimberly Desouza, Jodie Pritchard, Marko Erak, Shannon Chun, Susan Bartels, Arjun Sithamparapillai, Kirsten Johnson, Kelly Eggink, Amanda Collier
{"title":"Supporting global emergency medicine practice for Canadian physicians: models to foster academic productivity and build collaborative communities of practice.","authors":"Cheryl Hunchak, Andrew W Battison, Taofiq Oyedokun, James Stempien, Megan Landes, Nour Khatib, Kimberly Desouza, Jodie Pritchard, Marko Erak, Shannon Chun, Susan Bartels, Arjun Sithamparapillai, Kirsten Johnson, Kelly Eggink, Amanda Collier","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00747-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00747-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"612-618"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142094313","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 : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-06-26DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00729-w
Nick A Giffin, Rebecca Liedtke, Naveen Poonai, Ashley Holmes, Bruce Wright, Samina Ali
{"title":"Prevalence of pain-related presentations in Canadian pediatric emergency departments.","authors":"Nick A Giffin, Rebecca Liedtke, Naveen Poonai, Ashley Holmes, Bruce Wright, Samina Ali","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00729-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00729-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Pain is a common reason for attendance to the emergency department; however, pediatric specific data on the prevalence, location, and etiology of painful presentations are limited in the literature. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of pain-related presentations to pediatric emergency departments during the triage process and characterize the anatomical locations and organ systems most affected by pain in a modern cohort.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A two-center health record review of triage documentation was conducted at Canadian pediatric emergency departments. All children (< 18 years) were eligible for inclusion. Data were extracted from administrative sources with one week of consecutive patients included every 3 months over a one-year timeframe. Regression analyses were completed to identify variables associated with painful presentations and analgesia provision during the triage process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 7208 emergency department presentations were included. Median [IQR] child age was 5.2 [1.9, 11.8] years and 53.2% were male. 58.8% of children were found to have pain as a component of their triage presentation. Of those with pain (n = 4237), 24.1% had a pain score documented and 13.8% had analgesia provided at triage. Location of pain (n = 4523) was predominantly in the head (38.0%), extremities (27.8%), and abdomen (22.8%). Primary organ systems most affected (n = 4237) included the musculoskeletal (31.1%), gastrointestinal (18.3%), and cutaneous (including lacerations) (14.4%) systems.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this study, pain was identified in almost 60% of all pediatric emergency department presentations at the time of triage. Suboptimal documentation of pain scores and provision of analgesia at triage were found for children with pain. These results support early assessment and implementation of pain management strategies at triage. Results can also focus further research efforts to the management of the most commonly presenting types of pediatric pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"650-657"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141452358","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 : 2024-08-20DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00753-w
Xavier Dubucs, Valérie Boucher, Marcel Emond
{"title":"Just the facts: head injury following ground-level falls in older patients-to scan or not to scan?","authors":"Xavier Dubucs, Valérie Boucher, Marcel Emond","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00753-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-024-00753-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142010121","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00740-1
Cameron W Leafloor, Andrew D McRae, Eric Mercier, Justin W Yan, Paul Huang, Muhammad Mukarram, Brian H Rowe, Aline C Ishimwe, Mona Hegdekar, Marco L A Sivilotti, Monica Taljaard, Marie-Joe Nemnom, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy
{"title":"Utility of serial troponin testing for emergency department patients with syncope.","authors":"Cameron W Leafloor, Andrew D McRae, Eric Mercier, Justin W Yan, Paul Huang, Muhammad Mukarram, Brian H Rowe, Aline C Ishimwe, Mona Hegdekar, Marco L A Sivilotti, Monica Taljaard, Marie-Joe Nemnom, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy","doi":"10.1007/s43678-024-00740-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43678-024-00740-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>For emergency department (ED) patients with syncope, cardiac troponin can identify acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and prognosticate for 30-day serious adverse events. However, it is unclear if serial testing improves diagnostic yield and prognostication.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a secondary analysis of data from two prospective studies conducted to develop the Canadian Syncope Risk Score. Adults (age ≥ 16 years) with syncope were enrolled, and patient characteristics, vital signs, physician diagnostic impression, electrocardiogram and troponin results, and adjudicated 30-day serious adverse event were collected. The primary outcome was the detection of a serious adverse event within 30 days of ED disposition. The secondary outcome was comparison of ED length of stay among patients with single versus serial troponin measurements.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>4996 patients [mean age 64.5 (SD 18.8) years, 52.2% male] were included: 4397 (89.8%) with single troponin [232 (5.3%) with serious adverse event in the ED and 203 (4.6%) after ED disposition]; 499 (10.2%) patients with > 1 troponin measurement [39 (7.8%) with serious adverse event in ED and 60 (12.0%) after ED disposition]. Among those with serial measurements, 10 patients (2.0%) had a rise from below to above the 99th percentile threshold, of whom 4 patients (0.8%) suffered serious adverse event: two with arrhythmias diagnosed on electrocardiogram, one with ACS and one suffered respiratory failure. Nine patients (1.8%) had Canadian Syncope Risk Score risk reclassification based on serial measurement, and none suffered 30-day serious adverse event. Median ED length of stay was significantly longer for patients with serial testing (5.6 vs. 3.8 h, p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The initial troponin measurement was sufficient for serious adverse event detection and in-ED risk stratification. Serial troponin testing does not improve the diagnostic yield or prognostication and should be reserved for patients with ongoing symptoms or electrocardiogram findings suggestive of cardiac ischemia.</p>","PeriodicalId":93937,"journal":{"name":"CJEM","volume":" ","pages":"535-542"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141880006","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}