Current Issue, Volume 25, Issue 6, 2024-11-26

Behavioral Health

Recent Interventions for Acute Suicidality Delivered in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review
Hood, Alexander P.; Tibbits, Lauren M.; Laporta, Juan I.; Carrillo, Jennifer; Adams, Lacee R.; Young-McCaughan, Stacey et al.

Buprenorphine-Naloxone for Opioid Use Disorder: Reduction in Mortality and Increased Remission
Paul, Krishna K.; Frey, Christian G.; Troung, Stanley; Paglicawan, Laura vita Q.; Cunningham, Kathryn A.; Hill, T. Preston et al.

Opioid Treatment Is Associated with Recurrent Healthcare Visits, Increased Side Effects, and Pain
Freiermuth, Caroline E.; Foster, Jenny A.; Manandhar, Pratik; Arulraja, Evangeline; Erkanli, Alaattin; Pollack, Charles V. et al.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Use Disorder Across University of California Health Centers
Heshmatipour, Matthew; Ng, Ding Quan; Truong, Emily Yi-Wen; Zheng, Jianwei; Chan, Alexandre; Wang, Yun

Clinical Practice

An Assessment of the Presence of <em>Clostridium tetani</em> in the Soil and on Other Surfaces
Shalaby, Michael; Catenazzi, Alessandro; Smith, Melissa F.; Farrow II, Robert A.; Farcy, David; Mechanic, Oren et al.

Critical Care

External Validation of the RESCUE-IHCA Score as a Predictor for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Ho, Yi-Ju; Su, Pei-I; Chi, Chien-Yu; Tsai, Min-Shan; Chen, Yih-Sharng; Huang, Chien-Hua

Education

Teaching the New Ways: Improving Resident Documentation for the New 2023 Coding Requirements
Zapolsky, Nathan; Cardell, Annemarie; Desai, Riddhi; Frisch, Stacey; Jobeun, Nicholas; Novak, Daniel et al.

Telesimulation Use in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: National Survey of Residency Simulation Leaders
Berger, Max; Buckanavage, Jack; Jordan, Jaime; Lai, Steven; Regan, Linda

Palliative Care Boot Camp Offers Skill Building for Emergency Medicine Residents
Cooper, Julie; Fredette, Jenna

Emergency Department Operations

Improving Patient Understanding of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions
Russell, Sarah; Jacobson, Nancy; Pavlic, Ashley

Why Do Patients Opt for the Emergency Department over Other Care Choices? A Multi-Hospital Analysis
Stube, Charles W.; Ljungberg, Alexander S.; Borton, Jason A.; Chadha, Kunal; Kelleran, Kyle J.; Lerner, E. Brooke

Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction Scores Are Lower for Patients Who Arrive During the Night Shift
Zitek, Tony; Weber, Luke; Nunez, Tatiana; Puron, Luis; Roitman, Adam; Corbea, Claudia et al.

Comparison of Emergency Department Disposition Times in Adult Level I and Level II Trauma Centers
Lane, Sierra; Nahmias, Jeffry; Lekawa, Michael; Fox, John Christian; Chandwani, Carrie; Lotfipour, Shahram et al.

Weighing In
Emeli, Iyesatta M.; Meloy, Patrick G.

Emergency Medical Services

Perceptions and Use of Automated Hospital Outcome Data by EMS Providers: A Pilot Study
Kaduce, Michael; Fernandez, Antonio; Bourn, Scott; Calhoun, Dustin; Williams, Jefferson; DeLuca, Mallory et al.

Validation of the Turkish Version of the Professional Fulfillment Index
Eksioglu, Merve; Koca, Ayca; Azapoglu Kaymak, Burcu; Cimilli Ozturk, Tuba; Elhan, Atilla Halil

Endemic Infections

Use of Parenteral Antibiotics in Emergency Departments: Practice Patterns and Class Concordance
Elli, Megan; Molinarolo, Timothy; Mullan, Aidan; Walker, Laura

Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of SCUBE-1 in COVID-19 Patients
Ozer, Vildan; Gonenc Cekic, Ozgen; Bulbul, Ozlem; Aydın, Davut; Bulut, Eser; Aksoy, Firdevs et al.

Feasibility of Emergency Department-Initiated HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Bisom-Rapp, Ezra; Patel, Kishan; Jaradeh, Katrin; Hayirli, Tuna C.; Peabody, Christopher R.

Health Equity

Emergency Department Food Insecurity Screening, Food Voucher Distribution and Utilization: A Prospective Cohort Study
Ulintz, Alexander J.; Patel, Seema S.; Anderson, Katherine; Walters, Kevin; Stepsis, Tyler J.; Lyons, Michael S. et al.

Health Policy Perspectives

The California Managed Care Organization Tax and Medi-Cal Patients in the Emergency Department
Murphy, Lauren; Golonzka, Gita; Shank, Ellen; Fernandez, Jorge

Neurology

A Review of the Clinical Presentation, Causes, and Diagnostic Evaluation of Increased Intracranial Pressure in the Emergency Department
Olaru, Cristiana; Langberg, Sam; McCoin, Nicole

Pediatrics

Barriers to Adoption of a Child-Abuse Clinical Decision Support System in Emergency Departments
Peterson, Alanna C.; Yealy, Donald M.; Heineman, Emily; Berger, Rachel P.

Reframing Child Protection in Emergency Medicine
Shapiro, Joseph P.; Preer, Genevieve; Kistin, Caroline J.

Letters to the Editor (Limit 700 words) (commentary on previous published WestJEM papers)

Comments on “Bicarbonate and Serum Lab Markers as Predictors of Mortality in the Trauma Patient”
McGinnis, Patrick; Camp, Samantha; Cheema, Minahil; Jaddu, Shriya; Tran, Quincy K; Downing, Jessica

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Valenzi, Nicole