Emergency Medicine Journal

Article	Citations
Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes and Study (PICOS) design as a framework to formulate eligibility criteria in systematic reviews	236
Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality	65
Emergency department use during COVID-19 as described by syndromic surveillance	53
Evidence-based medicine and COVID-19: what to believe and when to change	51
Onsite telemedicine strategy for coronavirus (COVID-19) screening to limit exposure in ED	43
Predicting outcomes of COVID-19 from admission biomarkers: a prospective UK cohort study	39
Digital disparities: designing telemedicine systems with a health equity aim	38
Whole blood transfusion versus component therapy in adult trauma patients with acute major haemorrhage	37
Non-invasive ventilation for SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory failure: a subanalysis from the HOPE COVID-19 registry	35
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound in COVID-19	34
Remote patient monitoring for ED discharges in the COVID-19 pandemic	33
Improving outcomes for older people in the emergency department: a review of reviews	32
Occupational exposures and programmatic response to COVID-19 pandemic: an emergency medical services experience	32
COVID-19 aerosol box as protection from droplet and aerosol contaminations in healthcare workers performing airway intubation: a randomised cross-over simulation study	31
E-scooter incidents in Berlin: an evaluation of risk factors and injury patterns	31
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency medical service response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Taiwan: a retrospective observational study	31
Online forward triage during the COVID-19 outbreak	30
Updated framework on quality and safety in emergency medicine	29
Paediatric patients seen in 18 emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic	28
Prone positioning in patients treated with non-invasive ventilation for COVID-19 pneumonia in an Italian emergency department	27
Oxygen therapy and inpatient mortality in COPD exacerbation	27
Severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection and albumin levels recorded at the first emergency department evaluation: a multicentre retrospective observational study	26
Risk of significant traumatic brain injury in adults with minor head injury taking direct oral anticoagulants: a cohort study and updated meta-analysis	26
Telehealth in the time of COVID-19	25
Usability of electronic health record systems in UK EDs	25

Psychological distress during the acceleration phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of doctors practising in emergency medicine, anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in the UK and Ireland	25
Characteristics of patients who had a stroke not initially identified during emergency prehospital assessment: a systematic review	22
Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: the PRIEST observational cohort study	21
Training for difficult conversations and breaking bad news over the phone in the emergency department	20
Retention of doctors in emergency medicine: a scoping review of the academic literature	20
Hyperbaric oxygen as an adjuvant treatment for patients with COVID-19 severe hypoxaemia: a randomised controlled trial	19
COVID-19 rapid diagnostics: practice review	18
Identification of very low-risk acute chest pain patients without troponin testing	18
Point-of-care testing with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays: the challenges and opportunities	18
Aerosol containment box to the rescue: extra protection for the front line	18
Nurse practitioner administered point-of-care ultrasound compared with X-ray for children with clinically non-angulated distal forearm fractures in the ED: a diagnostic study	18
Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: a substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study	17
Emergency department preparation for COVID-19: accelerated care units	17
Paediatric ED utilisation in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Prehospital risk stratification in patients with chest pain	17
National trends in chest pain visits in US emergency departments (2006–2016)	17
Frequent attendances at emergency departments in England	17
Agreement and predictive value of the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale at emergency department triage	16
Prehospital clinical signs are a poor predictor of raised intracranial pressure following traumatic brain injury	16
The association between vital signs and clinical outcomes in emergency department patients of different age categories	16
UK healthcare staff experiences and perceptions of a mass casualty terrorist incident response: a mixed-methods study	16
Emergency department ‘outbreak rostering’ to meet challenges of COVID-19	15
Emergency scalpel cricothyroidotomy use in a prehospital trauma service: a 20-year review	15
End-tidal and arterial carbon dioxide gradient in serious traumatic brain injury after prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a retrospective observational study	15
Moderate to severe hyperphosphataemia as an independent prognostic factor for 28-day mortality in adult patients with sepsis	14
Multicentre external validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to predict adverse events and comparison with clinical judgement	14
Implications for COVID-19 triage from the ICNARC report of 2204 COVID-19 cases managed in UK adult intensive care units	14
Evaluating the utility of Rapid Response EEG in emergency care	14
Diagnostic accuracy of the HEART Pathway and EDACS-ADP when combined with a 0-hour/1-hour hs-cTnT protocol for assessment of acute chest pain patients	14
Emergency care provided to refugee children in Europe: RefuNET: a cross-sectional survey study	14
Accuracy of PE rule-out strategies in pregnancy: secondary analysis of the DiPEP study prospective cohort	13
Endotracheal intubation with barrier protection	13
Diagnostic yield of bacteriological tests and predictors of severe outcome in adult patients with COVID-19 presenting to the emergency department	13
Prognostic accuracy of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA)-lactate criteria for mortality in adults with suspected bacterial infection in the emergency department of a hospital with	13
Methanol toxicity outbreak: when fear of COVID-19 goes viral	13
Emergency department interventions for adult patients with low back pain: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials	12
Early warning scores to assess the probability of critical illness in patients with COVID-19	12
Non-sterile gloves and dressing versus sterile gloves, dressings and drapes for suturing of traumatic wounds in the emergency department: a non-inferiority multicentre randomised controlled trial	12
Accuracy of weight estimation methods in adults, adolescents and children: a prospective study	12
Effect of tranexamic acid on intracranial haemorrhage and infarction in patients with traumatic brain injury: a pre-planned substudy in a sample of CRASH-3 trial patients	12
Healthcare system impacts of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing: evidence from a national trauma registry patient case series and hospital performance data	12
Emergency departments and the COVID-19 pandemic: making the most of limited resources	12
Understanding and interpreting artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning in Emergency Medicine	12
Redeployment in COVID-19: old dogs and new tricks	11
Comparison of qSOFA and Hospital Early Warning Scores for prognosis in suspected sepsis in emergency department patients: a systematic review	11
Impact of pharmacist interventions provided in the emergency department on quality use of medicines: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Incidence of emergency calls and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional study in a UK ambulance service	11
Iranian national COVID-19 electronic screening system: experience to share	11
A systematic mixed studies review of patient experiences in the ED	11
Measuring ‘Need for Recovery’ as an indicator of staff well-being in the emergency department: a survey study	11

Impact of videolaryngoscopy introduction into prehospital emergency medicine practice: a quality improvement project	11
Remodelling of a regional emergency hub in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Emilia-Romagna	11
Combatting COVID-19: is ultrasound an important piece in the diagnostic puzzle?	11
Perspectives of emergency department attendees on outcomes of resuscitation efforts: origins and impact on cardiopulmonary resuscitation preference	11
Cardiac Arrest Nurse Leadership (CANLEAD) trial: a simulation-based randomised controlled trial implementation of a new cardiac arrest role to facilitate cognitive offload for medical team leaders	10
Emergency care for older people living with frailty: patient and carer perspectives	10
Crisis clinical pathway for COVID-19	10
Adherence to protective measures among healthcare workers in the UK: a cross-sectional study	10
Clinical course of patients with low back pain following an emergency department presentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Emergency medicine response to the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a phenomenological study	10
Projected paediatric cervical spine imaging rates with application of NEXUS, Canadian C-Spine and PECARN clinical decision rules in a prospective Australian cohort	10
E-bike and classic bicycle-related traumatic brain injuries presenting to the emergency department	10
Development and implementation of a COVID-19 near real-time traffic light system in an acute hospital setting	10
Evidence base for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for diagnosis of skull fractures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Impact of a targeted bundle of audit with tailored education and an intubation checklist to improve airway management in the emergency department: an integrated time series analysis	10
Dynamic adaptation to COVID-19 in a Singapore paediatric emergency department	10
Population-level impact of a pulse oximetry remote monitoring programme on mortality and healthcare utilisation in the people with COVID-19 in England: a national analysis using a stepped wedge design	10
Strategic planning and response to COVID-19 in a London emergency department	9
Higher clinical acuity and 7-day hospital mortality in non-COVID-19 acute medical admissions: prospective observational study	9
Secondary transfer of emergency stroke patients eligible for mechanical thrombectomy by air in rural England: economic evaluation and considerations	9
When dispatcher assistance is not saving lives: assessment of process compliance, barriers and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a metropolitan city in China	9
Strengthening emergency care knowledge and skills in Uganda and Tanzania with the WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care Course	9
Emergency department management of older people living with frailty: a guide for emergency practitioners	9
Relationship between the Injury Severity Score and the need for life-saving interventions in trauma patients in the UK	9
Cardiovascular complications of prehospital emergency anaesthesia in patients with return of spontaneous circulation following medical cardiac arrest: a retrospective comparison of ketamine-based and	9
Variation in CT use for paediatric head injuries across different types of emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand	9
Mental health in hospital emergency departments: cross-sectional analysis of attendances in England 2013/2014	8
Parental satisfaction with waiting time in a Swiss tertiary paediatric emergency department	8
Association between the number of endotracheal intubation attempts and rates of adverse events in a paediatric emergency department	8
Frequent attendance at the emergency department shows typical features of complex systems: analysis of multicentre linked data	8
Humans not heroes: Canadian emergency physician experiences during the early COVID-19 pandemic	8
Prognostic value of National Early Warning Scores (NEWS2) and component physiology in hospitalised patients with COVID-19: a multicentre study	8
Ability of prehospital NEWS to predict 1-day and 7-day mortality is reduced in older adult patients	7
Prehospital continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for acute respiratory distress: a randomised controlled trial	7
Peek at the glass ceiling: gender distribution of leadership among emergency medicine residency programs	7
Mortality in adolescent trauma: a comparison of children’s, mixed and adult major trauma centres	7
Physicians’ and nurses’ work time allocation and workflow interruptions in emergency departments: a comparative time-motion study across two countries	7
Undertriage of the elderly major trauma patient continues in major trauma centre care: a retrospective cohort review	7
Apnoeic oxygenation was associated with decreased desaturation rates during rapid sequence intubation in multiple Australian and New Zealand emergency departments	7
COVID-19 diagnosis in the emergency department: seeing the tree but losing the forest	7
Feasibility and usefulness of rapid 2-channel-EEG-monitoring (point-of-care EEG) for acute CNS disorders in the paediatric emergency department: an observational study	7
Top 10 evidence-based countermeasures for night shift workers	7
Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a population-based analysis in Tokyo, Japan	7
Understanding overuse of diagnostic imaging for patients with low back pain in the Emergency Department: a qualitative study	7
Potential of heart fatty-acid binding protein, neurofilament light, interleukin-10 and S100 calcium-binding protein B in the acute diagnostics and severity assessment of traumatic brain injury	7
Feasibility of prehospital identification of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction by ECG, troponin and echocardiography	7
What determines diagnostic resource consumption in emergency medicine: patients, physicians or context?	7
Technical factors associated with first-pass success during endotracheal intubation in children: analysis of videolaryngoscopy recordings	7
Nature and extent of selection bias resulting from convenience sampling in the emergency department	7
COVID-19: resetting ED care	7
Performance of early warning and risk stratification scores versus clinical judgement in the acute setting: a systematic review	7
Investigation into the predictive capability for mortality and the trigger points of the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) in emergency department patients	7
Use of the National Early Warning Score for predicting deterioration of patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a post-hoc analysis of the YEARS Study	7
Multiple rib fractures: does flail chest matter?	6
Emergency department admission and mortality of the non-transported emergency medical service patients: a cohort study from Northern Finland	6
Epidemiology, management and survival outcomes of adult out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest due to blunt, penetrating or burn injury	6
Sex-related differences in opioid administration in the emergency department: a population-based study	6
Ball magnet ingestion in children: a stronger and more dangerous attraction?	6
Could a D-dimer/fibrinogen ratio have a role in ruling-out venous thromboembolism?	6
Use of prehospital emergency medical services according to income of residential area	6
Emergency medicine patient wait time multivariable prediction models: a multicentre derivation and validation study	6
Keeping it simple: the value of mortality prediction after trauma with basic indices like the Reverse Shock Index multiplied by Glasgow Coma Scale	6
Implementation of the ‘TAKE STOCK’ Hot Debrief Tool in the ED: a quality improvement project	6
Current provision of general practitioner services in or alongside emergency departments in England	6
Predicting inhospital admission at the emergency department: a systematic review	6
Hypochloraemia is associated with 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock: a retrospective analysis of a multicentre prospective registry	6
Non-urgent emergency department attendances in children: a retrospective observational analysis	6
Beirut explosion aftermath: lessons and guidelines	6
New NHS Prehospital Major Incident Triage Tool: from MIMMS to MITT	6
Increasing emergency department attendances in central London with methamphetamine toxicity and associated harms	6
Emergency management of older people with cervical spine injuries: an expert practice review	6
Does the physician in triage strategy improve door-to-balloon time for patients with STEMI?	6
Waiting times in emergency departments: exploring the factors associated with longer patient waits for emergency care in England using routinely collected daily data	6
Emergency department attendances during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis of attendances following Irish governmental pandemic measures	6
QRS complex characteristics and patient outcomes in out-of-hospital pulseless electrical activity cardiac arrest	5
Risk factors and outcomes of unrecognised endobronchial intubation in major trauma patients	5
Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a prehospital setting: an observational cohort study	5
Geriatric clinical screening tool for cervical spine injury after ground-level falls	5
Colles’ type distal radial fractures undergoing manipulation in the ED: a multicentre observational cohort study	5
Variation in referral rates to emergency departments and inpatient services from a GP out of hours service and the potential impact of alternative staffing models	5

S100B protein level for the detection of clinically significant intracranial haemorrhage in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a subanalysis of a prospective cohort study	5
Empathy can be taught and learned with evidence-based education	5
A data linkage study of suspected seizures in the urgent and emergency care system in the UK	5
Temperature threshold in the screening of bacterial infections in young infants with hypothermia	5
Exploring the factors motivating continued Lay First Responder participation in Uganda: a mixed-methods, 3-year follow-up	5
Heterogeneity of reasons for attendance in frequent attenders of emergency departments and its relationship to future attendance	5
Determining the top research priorities in UK prehospital critical care: a modified Delphi study	5
Telemedicine in the emergency department to decrease personal protective equipment use: a before-and-after study	5
Lung ultrasound in ruling out COVID-19 pneumonia in the ED: a multicentre prospective sensitivity study	5
A case-control, multicentre study of consecutive patients with COVID-19 and acute (myo)pericarditis: incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics and outcomes	5
Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine	5
Characteristics of frequent paediatric users of emergency departments in England: an observational study using routine national data	5
Evaluating the sustained effectiveness of a multimodal intervention aimed at influencing PIVC insertion practices in the emergency department	5
Using emergency physicians’ abilities to predict patient admission to decrease admission delay time	5
Community frailty response service: the ED at your front door	5
Adaptation of ED design layout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey	5
Severe vitamin D deficiency in patients admitted to the emergency department with severe sepsis is associated with an increased 90-day mortality	5
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for paediatric testicular torsion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Needs assessment of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in patients with major haemorrhage: a cross-sectional study	5
Predicting need for hospital admission in patients with traumatic brain injury or skull fractures identified on CT imaging: a machine learning approach	5
Evaluating cross contamination on a shared ventilator	4
Prognostic accuracy of using lactate in addition to the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score and the National Early Warning Score for emergency department patients with suspected infection	4
Performance of the Hull Salford Cambridge Decision Rule (HSC DR) for early discharge of patients with findings on CT scan of the brain: a CENTER-TBI validation study	4
Incidence and impact of incivility in paramedicine: a qualitative study	4
Diagnostic accuracy of the magnetocardiograph for patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome	4
Randomised controlled trial comparing immobilisation in above-knee plaster of Paris to controlled ankle motion boots in undisplaced paediatric spiral tibial fractures	4
The ethical dilemma of emergency department patients with low-risk chest pain	4
Positive predictive value of stroke identification by ambulance clinicians in North East England: a service evaluation	4
Personalised risk prediction following emergency department assessment for syncope	4
Diagnostic accuracy of a pragmatic, ultrasound-based approach to adult patients with suspected acute appendicitis in the ED	4
Risk factors that predict mortality in patients with blunt chest wall trauma: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Tendency to call an ambulance or attend an emergency department for minor or non-urgent problems: a vignette-based population survey in Britain	4
Management of cardiovascular emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Non-invasive assessment of fluid responsiveness to guide fluid therapy in patients with sepsis in the emergency department: a prospective cohort study	4
Comparison of the efficacy of ketamine– propofol versus sodium thiopental–fentanyl in sedation: a randomised clinical trial	4
Assessing the quality of CPR performed by a single lifeguard, two lifeguards and a lifeguard with a bystander after water rescue: a quasi-experimental trial	4
Factors associated with longer wait times, admission and reattendances in older patients attending emergency departments: an analysis of linked healthcare data	4
Identifying low-risk chest pain in the emergency department without troponin testing: a validation study of the HE-MACS and HEAR risk scores	4
Implementing clinical debriefing programmes	4
Self-screening to reduce medical resource consumptions facing the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Inverse association between blood pressure and pulse oximetry accuracy: an observational study in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection	4
The International Federation for Emergency Medicine report on emergency department crowding and access block: A brief summary	4
Hospitalisations for emergency-sensitive conditions in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the German-wide Helios hospital network	4
Building artificial intelligence and machine learning models : a primer for emergency physicians	4
1767 A survey to define the pre-hospital blood resuscitation practices of UK Air Ambulances	4
Oral nitroglycerin solution for oesophageal food impaction: a prospective single-arm pilot study	4
Management of patients presenting to the emergency department with sudden onset severe headache: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies	4
Retrospective single-centre descriptive study of the characteristics, management and outcomes of adult patients with suspected sepsis in the emergency department	4
Compression asphyxia and other clinicopathological findings from the Hillsborough Stadium disaster	4
Establishing a COVID-19 treatment centre in Israel at the initial stage of the outbreak: challenges, responses and lessons learned	4
Association of emergency department boarding times on hospital length of stay for patients with psychiatric illness	4
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients with COVID-19	3
Controlled observational study and economic evaluation of the effect of city-centre night-time alcohol intoxication management services on the emergency care system compared with usual care	3
BET 1: Can hands-on defibrillation be performed safely?	3
Community emergency medicine throughout the UK and Ireland: a comparison of current national activity	3
Delivering Community Emergency Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Physician Response Unit	3
Emergency physician gender is associated with early pregnancy loss management: a multisite retrospective cohort study	3
Synergistic effects of emergency physician empathy and burnout on patient satisfaction: a prospective observational study	3
Identifying opportunities for health promotion and intervention in the ED	3
Differences in the thermal properties and surface temperature of prehospital antihypothermia devices: an in vitro study	3
Ability of triage nurses to predict, at the time of triage, the eventual disposition of patients attending the emergency department (ED): a systematic literature review and meta-analysis	3
Diagnostic performance of S100B as a rule-out test for intracranial pathology in head-injured patients presenting to the emergency department who meet NICE Head Injury Guideline criteria for CT-head s	3
Do cardiac risk scores only muddy the waters?	3
Risk factors for the presence of important fractures in ED patients with shoulder dislocation: a retrospective cohort study	3
Comparing complaint-based triage scales and early warning scores for emergency department triage	3
High-potency benzodiazepine misuse in opioid-dependent patients: use naloxone with care	3
Effect of wrist dorsiflexion on ultrasound-guided radial artery catheterisation using dynamic needle tip positioning technique in adult patients: a randomised controlled clinical trial	3
Starting anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in the emergency department safely	3
Prehospital early warning scores for adults with suspected sepsis: retrospective diagnostic cohort study	3
Effect of hospital interventions to improve patient flow on emergency department clinical quality indicators	3
Evaluation of a novel approach to recognising community-acquired paediatric sepsis at ED triage by combining an electronic screening algorithm with clinician assessment	3
Seven-step framework to enhance practitioner explanations and parental understandings of research without prior consent in paediatric emergency and critical care trials	3
Comparative analysis of major incident triage tools in children: a UK population-based analysis	3
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) for shoulder dislocations and reductions in the emergency department: a diagnostic randomised control trial (RCT)	3
Barriers and facilitators to the administration of prehospital tranexamic acid: a paramedic interview study using the theoretical domains framework	3
Ultrasound-directed reduction of distal radius fractures in adults: a systematic review	3
Diagnostic accuracy of inferior vena cava ultrasound for heart failure in patients with acute dyspnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Pulmonary embolism management in the emergency department: part 2	3
Less social emergency departments: implementation of workplace contact reduction during COVID-19	3
Head home: a prospective cohort study of a nurse-led paediatric head injury clinical decision tool at a district general hospital	3
Influence of prehospital management on the outcome of spinal cord decompression sickness in scuba divers	3
SNAPTIMED study: does the Scottish and Newcastle Antiemetic Protocol achieve timely intervention and management from the emergency department to discharge for paracetamol poisoning?	3
Effects of sleepiness on clinical decision making among paramedic students: a simulated night shift study	3
Predictors of hospital prenotification for STEMI and association of prenotification with outcomes	3
qSOFA as a new community-acquired pneumonia severity score in the emergency setting	3
Rationale, development and implementation of the ReACanROC registry for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in France and Canada	3
Systematic review of medical student willingness to volunteer and preparedness for pandemics and disasters	3
Emergency medicine electronic health record usability: where to from here?	3
Establishing the research priorities of emergency medicine trainees, patients and carers across the UK and Ireland: the TERN Delphi study	3
Refining sonographic criteria for paediatric appendicitis: combined effects of age-based appendiceal size and secondary findings	3
Views and experiences of nurses in providing end-of-life care to patients in an ED context: a qualitative systematic review	3
Clinical benefits of prone positioning in the treatment of non-intubated patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a rapid systematic review	3
Emergency medicine resident perspectives on well-being during COVID-19: a qualitative study	3
Comparison of deliberate self-harm incidents attended by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services before and during the first wave of COVID-19 in the East of England	2
Early prediction of serious infections in febrile infants incorporating heart rate variability in an emergency department: a pilot study	2