BMC Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions	67
A retrospective study of sepsis-associated encephalopathy: epidemiology, clinical features and adverse outcomes	47
Delayed emergency healthcare seeking behaviour by Dutch emergency department visitors during the first COVID-19 wave: a mixed methods retrospective observational study	40
The effect of COVID-19 on emergency medical service call volumes and patient acuity: a cross-sectional study in Niagara, Ontario	37
Major challenges and barriers in clinical decision-making as perceived by emergency medical services personnel: a qualitative content analysis	34
Prediction of prognosis in elderly patients with sepsis based on machine learning (random survival forest)	31
A unified machine learning approach to time series forecasting applied to demand at emergency departments	28
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and severity of acute appendicitis: a comparison between 2019 and 2020	27
Ultrasonography indicators for predicting difficult intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
The utility of the rapid emergency medicine score (REMS) compared with SIRS, qSOFA and NEWS for Predicting in-hospital Mortality among Patients with suspicion of Sepsis in an emergency department	26
Why do healthcare professionals fail to escalate as per the early warning system (EWS) protocol? A qualitative evidence synthesis of the barriers and facilitators of escalation	25
Shortening door-to-puncture time and improving patient outcome with workflow optimization in patients with acute ischemic stroke associated with large vessel occlusion	24
Characteristics of non-conveyed patients in emergency medical services (EMS): a one-year prospective descriptive and comparative study in a region of Sweden	23
EMS non-conveyance: A safe practice to decrease ED crowding or a threat to patient safety?	23
Lung ultrasound in the emergency department - a valuable tool in the management of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic	23
Association between prehospital prognostic factors on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in different age groups	22
Management of COVID-19-related challenges faced by EMS personnel: a qualitative study	22
Portable stroke detection devices: a systematic scoping review of prehospital applications	21
Surface electroencephalography (EEG) during the acute phase of stroke to assist with diagnosis and prediction of prognosis: a scoping review	21
Prehospital time and mortality in polytrauma patients: a retrospective analysis	19
Acute cannabis intoxication in the emergency department: the effect of legalization	19
Monocyte distribution width (MDW) as a new tool for the prediction of sepsis in critically ill patients: a preliminary investigation in an intensive care unit	19
Prehospital administration of blood products: experiences from a Finnish physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service	19
Study of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and immunocyte ratios in 194 patients with sepsis	19
Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies	19

Emergency department visits and trends related to cocaine, psychostimulants, and opioids in the United States, 2008–2018	19
Characteristic patterns of emergency ambulance assignments for older adults compared with adults requiring emergency care at home in Sweden: a total population study	18
Admission vital signs as predictors of COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective cross-sectional study	17
Harnessing inter-disciplinary collaboration to improve emergency care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): results of research prioritisation setting exercise	17
Prospective study of emergency medicine provider wellness across ten academic and community hospitals during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Differential trends of admissions in accident and emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany	16
Identification of new demands regarding prehospital care based on 35,188 missions in 2018	16
Hemogram-derived ratios as prognostic markers of ICU admission in COVID-19	16
Ketamine-propofol (Ketofol) for procedural sedation and analgesia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Comparison of base excess, lactate and pH predicting 72-h mortality of multiple trauma	16
Comparison and outcomes of emergency department presentations with respiratory disorders among Australian indigenous and non-indigenous patients	15
A consensus building exercise to determine research priorities for silver trauma	15
Interdisciplinary clinical debriefing in the emergency department: an observational study of learning topics and outcomes	15
Perceived occupational stressors among emergency medical service providers: a qualitative study	15
NYU-EDA in modelling the effect of COVID-19 on patient volumes in a Finnish emergency department	15
Predicting venous thromboembolism in hospitalized trauma patients: a combination of the Caprini score and data-driven machine learning model	15
Patient and hospital characteristics predict prolonged emergency department length of stay and in-hospital mortality: a nationwide analysis in Korea	15
Time indices of pre-hospital EMS missions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran	15
Increased ambulance on-scene times but unaffected response times during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Denmark	15
Diagnostic accuracy of evaluation of suspected syncope in the emergency department: usual practice vs. ESC guidelines	14
Non-conveyance of older adult patients and association with subsequent clinical and adverse events after initial assessment by ambulance clinicians: a cohort analysis	14
Internal validation and comparison of the prognostic performance of models based on six emergency scoring systems to predict in-hospital mortality in the emergency department	14
Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit, a cross-sectional study from Norway	13
Changes in peripheral arterial blood pressure after resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic cardiac arrest patients	13
National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and 3-level triage scale as risk predictors in frail older adults in the emergency department	13
Establishing the content validity of a new emergency department patient-reported experience measure (ED PREM): a Delphi study	13
Discharge against medical advice from the emergency department in a university hospital	13
Variations in volume of emergency surgeries and emergency department access at a third level hospital in Milan, Lombardy, during the COVID-19 outbreak	13
Electrocardiographic abnormalities in COVID-19 patients visiting the emergency department: a multicenter retrospective study	12
Incidence of emergency neurosurgical TBI procedures: a population-based study	12
Investigation of stress, anxiety, and depression levels of Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine personnel in eastern Iran during the Covid-19 pandemic	12
Outpatient care in acute and prehospital emergency medicine by emergency medical and patient transport service over a 10-year period: a retrospective study based on dispatch data from a German emergen	12
Emergency department reorganisation to cope with COVID-19 outbreak in Milan university hospital: a time-sensitive challenge	12
A machine learning model to predict critical care outcomes in patient with chest pain visiting the emergency department	11
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Injuries and outcomes resulting due to falls in elderly patients presenting to the Emergency Department of a tertiary care hospital – a cohort study	11
Epidemiological characteristics and mortality risk factors among COVID-19 patients in Ardabil, Northwest of Iran	11
Emergency department clinical leads’ experiences of implementing primary care services where GPs work in or alongside emergency departments in the UK: a qualitative study	11
Usability and effectiveness of inhaled methoxyflurane for prehospital analgesia - a prospective, observational study	11
Determinants of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards first aid among kindergarten and elementary school teachers in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia	11
Prognostic value of neutrophil- lymphocyte count ratio (NLCR) among adult ICU patients in comparison to APACHE II score and conventional inflammatory markers: a multi center retrospective cohort study	11
Management of oesophageal foreign bodies in children: a 10-year retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center	11
Nationwide improvements in geriatric mortality due to traumatic brain injury in Japan	11
Baseline well-being, perceptions of critical incidents, and openness to debriefing in community hospital emergency department clinical staff before COVID-19, a cross-sectional study	11
Iranian’s healthcare system challenges during natural disasters: the qualitative case study of Kermanshah earthquake	11
Prehospital naloxone administration – what influences choice of dose and route of administration?	10
Health care providers’ perception of the frequent emergency department user issue and of targeted case management interventions: a cross-sectional national survey in Switzerland	10
Comparison of the novel VieScope with conventional and video laryngoscope in a difficult airway scenario – a randomized, controlled simulation trial	10
Development of a simulation-based curriculum for Pediatric prehospital skills: a mixed-methods needs assessment	10
Role of CD8+ T cell exhaustion in the progression and prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by sepsis: a prospective observational study	10
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trauma-related emergency medical service calls: a retrospective cohort study	10

Incidence and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients admitted to Amhara region Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2022	10
Examining the association between paramedic transport to the emergency department and hospital admission: a population-based cohort study	9
Effect of COVID-19 on epidemiological characteristics of road traffic injuries in Suzhou: a retrospective study	9
Time-to-reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction and mortality in prehospital emergency care: meta-analysis	9
Resuscitation room management of patients with non-traumatic critical illness in the emergency department (OBSERvE-DUS-study)	9
Changes in the proportion and severity of patients with fever or common cold symptoms utilizing an after-hours house call medical service during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan: a retrospective	9
Early detection of non-invasive ventilation failure among acute respiratory failure patients in the emergency department	9
Barriers and facilitators to cardiopulmonary resuscitation within pre-hospital emergency medical services: a qualitative study	9
Validity and reliability of the South African Triage Scale in prehospital providers	9
Pathways to the emergency department - a national, cross-sectional study in Sweden	9
Workplace violence against emergency health care workers: What Strategies do Workers use?	9
Analysis of injuries and deaths from road traffic accidents in Iran: bivariate regression approach	9
Observational study on implications of the COVID-19-pandemic for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: qualitative and quantitative insights from a model region in Germany	9
Oxygenation laryngoscope vs. nasal standard and nasal high flow oxygenation in a technical simulation of apnoeic oxygenation	9
suPAR cut-offs for stratification of low, medium, and high-risk acute medical patients in the emergency department	8
Barriers, enablers, and opportunities for organisational follow-up of workplace violence from the perspective of emergency department nurses: a qualitative study	8
Experience of using video support by prehospital emergency care physician in ambulance care - an interview study with prehospital emergency nurses in Sweden	8
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom, assessed by prehospital emergency nurses- a retrospective observational study	8
Patients’ experiences of attending emergency departments where primary care services are located: qualitative findings from patient and clinician interviews from a realist evaluation	8
Identifying trauma patients with benefit from direct transportation to Level-1 trauma centers	8
A two-year review of adult emergency department mortality at Tikur Anbesa specialized tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	8
Characteristics and comparison between e-scooters and bicycle-related trauma: a multicentre cross-sectional analysis of data from a road collision registry	8
A comparison between the clinical frailty scale and the hospital frailty risk score to risk stratify older people with emergency care needs	8
Spinal cord injury and spinal fracture in patients with ankylosing spondylitis	8
Cognitive biases encountered by physicians in the emergency room	8
The Alternative Pre-hospital Pathway team: reducing conveyances to the emergency department through patient centered Community Emergency Medicine	8
Driving the ambulance: an essential component of emergency medical services: an integrative review	8
Machine learning–based triage to identify low-severity patients with a short discharge length of stay in emergency department	8
Exploring overcrowding trends in an inner city emergence department in the UK before and during COVID-19 epidemic	8
Consequences of the emergency response to COVID-19: a whole health care system review in a single city in the United Kingdom	8
Plasma calprotectin as an indicator of need of transfer to intensive care in patients with suspected sepsis at the emergency department	8
Predicting mortality in adult patients with sepsis in the emergency department by using combinations of biomarkers and clinical scoring systems: a systematic review	8
Derivation and validation of the ED-SAS score for very early prediction of mortality and morbidity with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective observational study	8
ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study	8
Virtual Reality for Pain Relief in the Emergency Room (VIPER) – a prospective, interventional feasibility study	7
Isolated calf deep venous thrombosis: frequency on venous ultrasound and clinical characteristics	7
Using the South African Triage Scale for prehospital triage: a qualitative study	7
Does the time of the day affect multiple trauma care in hospitals? A retrospective analysis of data from the TraumaRegister DGU®	7
Emergency department admissions to the intensive care unit – a national retrospective study	7
Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index as effective predictor for in-hospital mortality of patients with cardiac arrest: a retrospective study	7
Evaluation of the effectiveness and costs of inhaled methoxyflurane versus usual analgesia for prehospital injury and trauma: non-randomised clinical study	7
Management quality indicators and in-hospital mortality among acute coronary syndrome patients admitted to tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia: prospective observational study	7
Assessment of patients with suspected sepsis in ambulance services: a qualitative interview study	7
A prospective observational study comparing two supraglottic airway devices in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	7
Endothelial glycocalyx degradation is associated with early organ impairment in polytrauma patients	7
Starting ambulance care professionals and critical incidents: a qualitative study on experiences, consequences and coping strategies	7
Disaster safety assessment of primary healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional study in Kurdistan province of Iran	7
Conceptualizations of clinical decision-making: a scoping review in geriatric emergency medicine	7
Antibiotic prescription consistent with guidelines in emergency department is associated with 30-day survival in severe community-acquired pneumonia	7
Adherence to the ABCDE approach in relation to the method of instruction: a randomized controlled simulation study	6
Pre-hospital predictors of an adverse outcome among patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom assessed by pre-hospital emergency nurses - a retrospective observational study	6
Bomb blast: imaging findings, treatment and clinical course of extremity traumas	6
Characteristics and resource needs in patients with vestibular symptoms: a comparison of patients with symptoms of unknown versus determined origin	6
The COVID-19 pandemic: the effect on airway Management in non-COVID emergency patients	6
Effect of triage training on the knowledge application and practice improvement among the practicing nurses of the emergency departments of the National Referral Hospitals, 2018; a pre-post study in A	6
Capillary refill time for the management of acute circulatory failure: a survey among pediatric and adult intensivists	6
Characteristics of visits and predictors of admission from a paediatric emergency room in Saudi Arabia	6
Development and validation of a scoring system for mortality prediction and application of standardized W statistics to assess the performance of emergency departments	6
Workplace violence and influencing factors among paramedic pre hospital paramedic personnel (city and road) in Iran: a quality content analysis	6
Data from emergency medicine palliative care access (EMPallA): a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of specialty outpatient versus telephonic palliative care of older adults with	6
German emergency department measures in 2018: a status quo based on the Utstein reporting standard	6
Evaluation of the Revised Trauma Score, MGAP, and GAP scoring systems in predicting mortality of adult trauma patients in a low-resource setting	6
Evaluation of the factors affecting triage decision-making among emergency department nurses and emergency medical technicians in Iran: a study based on Benner’s theory	6
Factors associated with the severity of road traffic injuries from emergency department based surveillance system in two Mexican cities	6
Factors associated with undertriage in patients classified by the need to visit a hospital by telephone triage: a retrospective cohort study	6
Using mobility status as a frailty indicator to improve the accuracy of a computerised five-level triage system among older patients in the emergency department	6
Validation of the modified Skåne emergency department assessment of patient load (mSEAL) model for emergency department crowding and comparison with international models; an observational study	6
Prolonged length of stay and its associated factors at adult emergency department in amhara region comprehensive specialized hospitals, northwest Ethiopia	6
A case study to investigate the impact of overcrowding indices in emergency departments	6
Positive signs on physical examination are not always indications for endotracheal tube intubation in patients with facial burn	6
Sodium and potassium disorders in patients with COPD exacerbation presenting to the emergency department	6
Survival after traumatic cardiac arrest is possible—a comparison of German patient-registries	6
Traumatic cardiac arrest – a nationwide Danish study	6
Learning from diagnostic errors to improve patient safety when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: incorporating realist methodology into patient safety incident report analysis	6
Impact of video quality when evaluating video-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a randomized, controlled simulation trial	5
War-related traumatic brain injuries during the Syrian armed conflict in Damascus 2014–2017: a cohort study and a literature review	5
Effectiveness of clotting factor replacement therapy after antivenom treatment on coagulopathic envenomation following green pit viper bites: a retrospective observational study	5
Systematic review on the current state of disaster preparation Simulation Exercises (SimEx)	5
Accuracy of echocardiography and ultrasound protocol to identify shock etiology in emergency department	5
Association between prehospital arterial hypercapnia and mortality in acute heart failure: a retrospective cohort study	5

The impact of chest pain center on treatment delay of STEMI patients: a time series study	5
Propensity score adjusted comparison of three-factor versus four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate for emergent warfarin reversal: a retrospective cohort study	5
Workplace violence toward emergency medicine physicians in the hospitals of Taif city, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional survey	5
Effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency transport of children by an emergency medical service system: a population-based, ORION registry study	5
Does Case Management Provide Support for Staff Facing Frequent Users of Emergency Departments? A Comparative Mixed-Method Evaluation of ED Staff Perception	5
Not only COVID-19 disease impacts ambulance emergency demands but also lockdowns and quarantines	5
The “unclear problem” category: an analysis of its patient and dispatch characteristics and its trend over time	5
Emergency cricothyroidotomy in difficult airway simulation – a national observational study of Air Ambulance crew performance	5
Audit of the functional preparedness of the selected military hospital in response to incidents and disasters: participatory action research	5
Outcome of burn injury and associated factor among patient visited at Addis Ababa burn, emergency and trauma hospital: a two years hospital-based cross-sectional study	5
Predicting mortality among septic patients presenting to the emergency department–a cross sectional analysis using machine learning	5
Satisfaction among non-conveyed patients and significant others when discharged at the scene by the ambulance service: an exploratory cross-sectional survey	5
Main reasons and predictive factors of cancer-related emergency department visits in a Hungarian tertiary care center	5
What are the barriers and facilitators to effective health promotion in urgent and emergency care? A systematic review	5
Burn related injuries: a nationwide analysis of adult inter-facility transfers over a six-year period in the United States	5
Australian emergency department care for older adults diagnosed with low back pain of lumbar spine origin: a retrospective analysis of electronic medical record system data (2016–2019)	5
Utilization of serum D-dimer assays prior to computed tomography pulmonary angiography scans in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism among emergency department physicians: a retrospective observational	5
Time-varying discrimination accuracy of longitudinal biomarkers for the prediction of mortality compared to assessment at fixed time point in severe burns patients	5
Emergency department use by patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States	5
Quick and effective improvement of leucine enriched dietary supplement on malnutrition in acute stroke patients receiving enteral tube feeding	5
Risk prediction of biomarkers for early multiple organ dysfunction in critically ill patients	5
Evaluation of comprehensiveness and reliability of electronic health records concerning resuscitation efforts within academic intensive care units: a retrospective chart analysis	5
Anaemia in the first week may be associated with long-term mortality among critically ill patients: propensity score-based analyses	5
Emergency medical care of patients with psychiatric disorders -  challenges and opportunities: Results of a multicenter survey	5
Predictors of short- and long-term mortality in critically ill, older adults admitted to the emergency department: an observational study	5
Detailed severity assessment of Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale to detect large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke	5
Sudanese emergency departments: a study to identify the barriers to a well-functioning triage	5
Prehospital assessment and management of postpartum haemorrhage- healthcare personnel’s experiences and perspectives	5
Comparison of QSOFA and sirs scores for the prediction of adverse outcomes of secondary peritonitis among patients admitted on the adult surgical ward in a tertiary teaching hospital in Uganda: a pros	5
Prognostic scores and early management of septic patients in the emergency department of a secondary hospital: results of a retrospective study	5