Critical Care

Critical Care

Epidemiología del Síndrome de Respuesta Inflamatoria Sistémica en el Departamento de Emergencia

Volume 15, Issue 3, May 2014
Horeczko T, MD, MSCR, et al.

Guías de consenso recomiendan cernimiento de sepsis para adultos con síndrome de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica (SIRS), pero la epidemiología de SIRS en pacientes adultos de sala de emergencia (ED) es poco entendida. Énfasis reciente en cuidado de salud costo efectivo y basado en resultados, motiva la evaluación del desempeño de esfuerzos de gran escala tales como cernimiento de sepsis. Estudiamos una muestra representativa nacional para clarificar la epidemiología de SIRS en la sala de emergencia y su categoría subsecuente de enfermedad.

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Critical Care

Continuous Hemodynamic Monitoring in Acute Stroke: An Exploratory Analysis

Volume 15, Issue 4, July 2014
Ayan Sen, MD, MSc et al.

Non-invasive, continuous hemodynamic monitoring is entering the clinical arena. The primary objective of this study was to test the feasibility of such monitoring in a pilot sample of Emergency Department (ED) stroke patients. Secondary objectives included analysis of hemodynamic variability and correlation of continuous blood pressure measurements with standard measurements.

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Critical Care

Epidemiology of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in the Emergency Department

Volume 15, Issue 3, May 2014
Timothy Horeczko, MD, MSCR et al.

Consensus guidelines recommend sepsis screening for adults with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), but the epidemiology of SIRS among adult emergency department (ED) patients is poorly understood. Recent emphasis on cost-effective, outcomes-based healthcare prompts the evaluation of the performance of large-scale efforts such as sepsis screening. We studied a nationally representative sample to clarify the epidemiology of SIRS in the ED and subsequent category of illness.

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Emergency Medicine is a specialty which closely reflects societal challenges and consequences of public policy decisions. The emergency department specifically deals with social injustice, health and economic disparities, violence, substance abuse, and disaster preparedness and response. This journal focuses on how emergency care affects the health of the community and population, and conversely, how these societal challenges affect the composition of the patient population who seek care in the emergency department. The development of better systems to provide emergency care, including technology solutions, is critical to enhancing population health.