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Age-related size reduction of foramina in the cribriform plate.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the foramina of the cribriform plate which transmit cranial nerve I decrease in size with age, but this finding has never been supported with quantitative data. It has also been observed that olfactory function…

Automated identification of antibiotic overdoses and adverse drug events via analysis of prescribing alerts and medication administration records.

Objectives: Electronic trigger detection tools hold promise to reduce Adverse drug event (ADEs) through efficiencies of scale and real-time reporting. We hypothesized that such a tool could automatically detect medication dosing errors as well as…

Tags: *Algorithms, *Medical Order Entry Systems, 2017, Adolescence, Adolescent, adverse drug event, Adverse Drug Event – Prevention and Control, Age Distribution, Algorithms, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage/adverse effects, Antibiotics – Administration and Dosage, Antibiotics – Adverse Effects, Child, Clinical, Computer Assisted, Computer-Assisted, Courter Joshua D, CPOE, Damania Rahul, Decision Support Systems, Demography, Dexheimer Judith W, Drug Overdose/diagnosis/*prevention & control, Drug Therapy, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*prevention & control, electronic health record, Electronic Health Records, electronic medical record, Electronic Order Entry, Female, Funding Source, Hagedorn Philip, Hospitals, Humans, Infant, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, Kirkendall Eric S, Kouril Michal, Li Dan, Male, medical order entry system, Medication Errors – Prevention and Control, Medication Errors – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medication Errors/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data, Minich Thomas, Newborn, Overdose – Diagnosis, Overdose – Prevention and Control, Patient Safety, Pediatric, Preschool, Risk Management, Spooner S Andrew, Szczesniak Rhonda, Young Adult

Characterization of the incidence and risk factors for the development of lumbar radiculopathy.

STUDY DESIGN: Epidemiological study of a prospectively collected database. OBJECTIVES: This investigation sought to evaluate the incidence of symptomatic lumbar radiculopathy, and identify risk factors for its development, among individuals serving…

Childhood shingles. Herpes zoster can occur in healthy children too.

Does functional decline prompt emergency department visits and admission in older patients?

BACKGROUND: Older patients may visit the emergency department (ED) when their illness affects their function. OBJECTIVES: To quantify the function of older ED patients, to assess whether functional decline (FD) had occurred, and to determine whether…

Estimating the annual frequency of synchronous brain metastasis in the United States 2010-2013: a population-based study.

Brain metastases (BM) are one of the most common types of brain tumors and are a relatively common event in the disease process for several high-incidence cancer types, including breast and lung cancers. Historically, information on metastases…

Is mortality due to primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors decreasing?

Primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors (BT) are a rare cancer that causes morbidity and mortality disproportionate to their incidence. This study presents the most up-to-date mortality data for malignant BT in the United…

Lumbar spine fractures within a complete American cohort: epidemiology and risk factors among military service members.

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective database review. OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence of, and risk factors for, lumbar spine fractures within the population of the US military. SUMMARYOF BACKGROUND DATA: Fractures of the lumbar region are an important…

Non-health Care Facility Medication Errors Associated with Hormones and Hormone Antagonists in the United States.

INTRODUCTION: Hormones and hormone antagonists are frequently associated with medication errors and may result in important adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate non-health care facility (non-HCF) medication errors associated…

Outcomes of non-STEMI patients transported by emergency medical services vs private vehicle.

BACKGROUND: Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (NSTEMIs) are more common but less studied than ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) treated by emergency medical services (EMS). OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to…

Tags: *Electrocardiography, 2016, 80 and over, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Baughman Kristin, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Comparative Studies, Demography, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Dials Sarah, Electrocardiography, Emergency Medical Services – Methods, Emergency Medical Services – Statistics and Numerical Data, Emergency Medical Services/methods/*statistics & numerical data, Evaluation Research, Female, Frey Jennifer, Hospital Mortality, Human, Humans, Length of Stay – Statistics and Numerical Data, Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data, Male, Medical Records – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medical Records/statistics & numerical data, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies, Myocardial Infarction – Diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction – Mortality, Myocardial Infarction – Therapy, Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis/*mortality/therapy, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Ohio/epidemiology, Outcome Assessment – Statistics and Numerical Data, Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/*statistics & numerical data, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, The American journal of emergency medicine, Time Factors, Transportation of Patients – Methods, Transportation of Patients – Statistics and Numerical Data, Transportation of Patients/*methods/*statistics & numerical data, Trauma Centers – Statistics and Numerical Data, Trauma Centers/statistics & numerical data, Validation Studies

Recreational injuries among older Americans, 2001.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of non-fatal recreational injuries among older adults treated in United States emergency departments including national estimates of the number of injuries, types of recreational activities, and diagnoses.…

Tags: *Recreation, 2004, 80 and over, Age Distribution, Aged, Athletic Injuries/epidemiology, Bone/epidemiology, Emergencies, Exercise, Female, Fractures, Gerson L W, Humans, Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, Male, Sex Distribution, Stevens J A, United States/epidemiology, Wounds and Injuries/*epidemiology

Screening for adolescent depression in a pediatric emergency department.

OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents presenting to the emergency department (ED) and to describe their demographics and outcomes compared with adolescents endorsing low levels of depressive symptoms. METHODS:…

Tags: *Adolescent Behavior, 2006, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Akron Children's Hospital, Alexander Heather, Christopher Norman C, Comorbidity, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Depression/classification/*diagnosis/*epidemiology, Emergency Service, Female, Fenn Robin L, Hospital/*statistics & numerical data, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Humans, Logistic Models, Luxmore Brett, Male, Mass Screening/*instrumentation/*statistics & numerical data, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio/epidemiology, Patient Participation/statistics & numerical data, Pediatrics/*statistics & numerical data, Prevalence, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Scott Emily Gale, Transportation of Patients/statistics & numerical data, Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology

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