Objective To describe the population of patients who attend emergency departments (ED) in England for mental health reasons. Methods Cross-sectional observational study of 6 262 602 ED attendances at ...

Experimental Medicine and Toxicology, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK Correspondence to Dr S Jarvis, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Campus, DuCane Road, ...

Cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies are collectively referred to as observational studies. Often these studies are the only practicable method of studying various problems, for example, ...

4 AP-HP Nord, Emergency Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France 5 AP-HP Nord, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been strict limits on visitors to hospitals. This has led to clinicians having an increasing number of difficult conversations with patients and their ...

School of Health and Related Research, ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Correspondence to Dr Maysam Ali Abdulwahid, School of Health and Related Research, ScHARR, University of Sheffield ...

Objective Despite ‘hospital resilience’ gaining prominence in recent years, it remains poorly defined. This article aims to define hospital resilience, build a preliminary conceptual framework and ...

Footnotes Funding The Clinical Safety Research Unit is affiliated with the Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust which is funded by the National ...

Objectives & Background Since ‘legal highs' emerged as drugs of abuse in the UK, Emergency Physicians have battled to keep up with the latest drug craze. Whilst many of these drugs present with ...

Objectives: To describe the case mix, activity, and outcome for admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) from emergency departments (EDs). Design: An observational study using data from a high ...

Dr T D Carrigan, Specialist Registrar in Accident and Emergency, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF Objectives—To determine the prevalence and patterns of alcohol and drug ...

Emergency Departments (EDs) are increasingly seeing more seriously unwell older people living with frailty. In the context of limited resources and increasing demand it’s the ED practitioner’s ...