OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Emergency Medicine Australasia is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Miscommunication and language‐discordant care in Australian healthcare settings	59
But what do I say? What an elective in palliative care can offer an emergency trainee	38
Inhale Relief, Exhale Risk: Breathing Easier With BATURA	36
Response to: Reconsidering Evidence Gaps in Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Pyelonephritis	33
Syndromic surveillance to detect disease outbreaks using time between emergency department presentations	28
Alcohol‐related trauma presentations among older teenagers	22
Integrating Research Practice Into Resuscitation Simulation Training Improves Recruitment Into Complex Clinical Trials	21
Characteristics and predictors of severe outcomes of COVID‐19 cases presenting to the emergency department of a major Australian referral hospital: A record linkage study	18
Effect of a simplified billing form and the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic on compensable billings in an Australian metropolitan emergency department: An interrupted time series analysis	18
Predictors of ICU Admission in Intentional Overdose Presentations to the Emergency Department	17
Anti‐racism in the emergency department: Navigating clinician experiences of racism	17
Examining food insecurity in a regional New Zealand emergency department: A cross‐sectional study	17
Optimising POCUS programs: A summary of EMUG's recommendations for the development and maintenance of ED POCUS programs	16
Documentation of paediatric head injuries in a mixed metropolitan emergency department	15
Response to Re: Outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest patients who underwent advanced life support	15
‘Better Care for a Better World’: Conference summary of the 21st International Conference on Emergency Medicine	15
In this April issue	14
Epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of mortality in patients transported by ambulance for dyspnoea: A population‐based cohort study	14
LGBTQIA+ patients who present to the emergency department with mental health concerns	14
Evaluating the effectiveness of the maximum permitted dose of midazolam in seizure termination: Insights from New South Wales, Australia	14
Review article: Impact of pandemics on rural emergency departments: A scoping review	13
Issue Information	13
Twenty‐year perspective on blunt traumatic diaphragmatic injury in level 1 trauma centre: Early versus delayed diagnosis injury patterns and outcomes	12
A voice for Indigenous people: A clear and welcome path to self‐determination and reconciliation	12
3D‐printed procedural task trainer for the aspiration of penile corpus cavernosa in ischaemic priapism	11

Interface of sport and emergency medicine: Match day doctor duties and managing elite athletes	11
Rocuronium ≤1.5 mg/kg versus >1.5 mg/kg and inadequate paralysis in prehospital and retrieval intubation: A retrospective study	11
Chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy: Prospective observational study of unplanned emergency department presentations	11
Doctors' and Nurses' Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Clinical Pharmacy Services in the Emergency Department in Singapore	10
Moving beyond the dose makes the poison	10
Low‐acuity emergency department presentation characteristics and their association with Medicare‐subsidised general practitioner services across New South Wales: A data linkage s	10
Missed presentations, missed opportunities: A cross‐sectional study of mental health presentation undercounting in the emergency department	10
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: A 6‐year audit of adult presentations to an urban district hospital	10
In this June issue	10
A Virtual Emergency Department Reduces Unnecessary Transfers to Hospital of Residential Aged Care Residents Who Fall With Headstrike	9
Psychological safety and emergency department team performance: A mixed‐methods study	9
Effectiveness of a Disability Liaison Officer service in a metropolitan emergency department	9
Impact on the health service in the Top End, Northern Territory following the introduction of an electric scooter sharing service	9
Accuracy of colour Doppler ultrasound for nasogastric tube placement in emergency department: A prospective observational study	9
Recommendations for developing a comprehensive point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) program in the emergency department: an Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Group advocacy statement	9
Let's talk about it: A conversation about communication	8
Scoping a paediatric emergency medicine unit*	8
Venous blood for the analysis of acid–base status in a model of septic shock	8
Leadership in the multiteam system of prehospital medicine	8
Intubation for patients with overdose: Time to move on from the Glasgow Coma Scale	8
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The potential impact of artificial intelligence on emergency department overcrowding and access block	7
‘Burr holes in the bush’: Clinician preparedness for undertaking emergency intracranial haematoma evacuation surgery in rural and regional Queensland	7
Issue Information	7
Reflections on ECPR in New Zealand: Past, Present and Future	7
Attitudes and regard for specific medical conditions among Australian emergency medicine clinicians	7
From other journals	7
Expert consensus on serratus anterior plane block education and credentialing: A modified‐Delphi study	7
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Measuring emergency physician productivity and work patterns	7
COMBED: Rapid non‐invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring Baseline assessment in adult Emergency Department patients with haemodynamic instability	7
Issue Information	6
Opioid overdoses following use of cocaine and methamphetamine in New South Wales, and the public health responses	6
In this October issue	6
Repeated intentional foreign body ingestion, what can be done?	6
Evaluating the utility of telehealth in emergency medicine	6
Emergency Department Presentations Are Increasing in Acuity in the State of Victoria, Australia—Statewide Hierarchical Regression Model for 2018–2024	6
End‐of‐life decision‐making in the emergency department and intensive care unit: Health professionals' perspectives on and knowledge of the law in Queensland	6
Rate, Mode, Reasons and Factors Associated With Re‐Presentation in People Diagnosed With Musculoskeletal Conditions at a Single Emergency Department: A Cross‐Sectional Exploratory Study	6
Review article: E‐learning in emergency medicine: A systematic review	6
Emergency medicine needs a narrower scope and a broader worldview	6
Initial Clinical Impressions Are Absent in Around a Quarter of Adult Emergency Department Patient Consultations: Let's Get Back to Basics	6
Trends in reported GHB‐related presentations to Sydney emergency departments between 2012 and 2021	6
Health consumers' ethical concerns towards artificial intelligence in Australian emergency departments	6
Response to ‘Virtual emergency department: It is not all in the name’	6
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Renal disease is not associated with delays in hyperacute stroke management in South Australia	5
From Other Journals	5
Seeing the unseen: Neurodiversity in the emergency department	5
Low Clinical Value Pathology Tests in the Emergency Department: Audit of Urine Microbiology and Culture Use at a Large Regional Centre	5

Extracorporeal CPR: What Future FACEMs Need to Know	5
Cost‐effectiveness analysis of an ambulance service‐operated specialised cardiac vehicle with mobile extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation capacity for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests in Queens	5
Impact of an educational intervention utilising a three‐dimensional‐printed model for ultrasound‐guided intra‐articular injections of the dislocated shoulder	5
Axilla nerve block in the emergency department	5
Relax into the tension: Paradoxes experienced by emerging leaders in emergency medicine	5
Attitudes towards artificial intelligence in emergency medicine	5
Food as a Component of Patient‐Centred Care in Emergency Departments: Preliminary Findings	5
Rethinking the pan scan in stable trauma: A comparison of whole‐body computed tomography and selective imaging in clinically stable blunt force trauma	5
Strategies to optimise health in transgender individuals	5
Who should provide expert opinion in emergency medicine‐related medical litigation?	5
Informing the Alfred Registry for Emergency Care Project: An analysis of presenting complaint documentation in an emergency department	5
What you need to know about gender‐affirming healthcare	5
From other journals	5
SAFE: Safety of procedural sedation and analgesia administration in the fast‐track area of the emergency department	5
Feasibility of a Pre‐Hospital Virtual Triage and Care Model: A Mixed‐Methods Pilot in Emergency Care	5
Addressing rural health inequity through the emergency medicine workforce	5
Prehospital ECPR for Out‐Of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest	5
Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A 25‐year journey in Australia	5
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Patients treated for acute headache with intranasal droperidol spend less time in the emergency department: A retrospective observational study	5
First French and Indonesian university medical cooperation for promoting emergency medicine	4
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Skeletal radiograph interpretation discrepancies in the emergency department setting: A retrospective chart review	4
Geographic variation in emergency department presentations among youth (10–24 years), New South Wales 2019: An epidemiological study	4
Learning Shifts of Clinicians Who Become Clinician‐Coaches: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Emergency Physicians	4
In this February issue	4
Gender differences in female and male Australian football concussion injury: A prospective observational study of emergency department presentations	4
Review article: Scoping review of interventions that reduce mechanical restraint in the emergency department	4
Impact of COVID‐19 state‐wide lockdown on older adult presentations to Queensland emergency departments	4
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Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram ordering, adherence to decision rules and yield in the emergency department: An observational study	4
Review article: Abdominal pain and diabetes mellitus in the emergency department	4
Clinical and longitudinal patterns of frequent presenters to emergency departments: A multi‐centre data linkage analysis	4
Blood culture collection and administration of intravenous ceftriaxone by paramedics in patients with suspected sepsis (the pass trial)	4
Emerging clinical applications of large language models in emergency medicine	4
Inappropriate code stroke activation: Costs and potential harm	4
A streamlined Emergency Department approach to moderate risk chest pain in patients with no pre‐existing coronary artery disease: A pilot study	4
Evaluation of stable chest pain following emergency department presentation: Impact of first‐line cardiac computed tomography diagnostic strategy in an Australian setting	4
Balancing Act: Digoxin Antidote Supply and Demand in New South Wales, Australia	4
Bedside urine testing for fentanyl in self‐reported heroin users in a tertiary Brisbane emergency department	4
Final year medical students as Assistants in Medicine in the emergency department: A pilot study	4
From Other Journals	4
Seize the opportunity: How to fit rural and remote emergency medicine into the new training pathway	4
Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score for predicting mortality in emergency department patients with sepsis	4
A three‐step programme to treat locum addiction	3
Antivenom surveillance: An audit of antivenom stock within South Australia	3
Retrospective study of the prevalence and characteristics of adverse drug events in adults who present to an Australian emergency department	3
Power and politics of leading change in emergency departments: A qualitative study of Australasian emergency physicians	3
Assessing Sex Disparities in Rapid Sequence Intubation Procedures in the Emergency Department: Registry Study	3
Issue Information	3
Daily reality of violence in a rural emergency department: Is violence becoming the new normal?	3
Resuscitating the morbidity and mortality meeting	3
Variable Adherence to Australian Clinical Care Standard: An Audit of Patients With Acute Low Back Pain Attending a Tertiary Emergency Department	3
Comparison of surf lifesaver pressure point control and a commercial arterial tourniquet for major lower limb haemorrhage: A randomised controlled crossover pilot trial	3
Review article: A primer for clinical researchers in the emergency department: Part XII. Sustainability of improvements in care: An introduction	3
Early Seizure Recurrence in Patients With Known Epilepsy Presenting to the Emergency Department After a Seizure	3
Retrospective observational study of aged care facility residents presenting to ED post fall: A case for person‐centred shared decision making	3
Structured evaluation of a virtual emergency department triage model of care: A study protocol	3
Paediatric fever management practices and antipyretic use among doctors and nurses in New Zealand emergency departments	3
Closing the miscommunication gap: A user guide to developing picture‐based communication tools for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in emergency departments	3
Poster Presentations	3
Learning from the first 12 months of the Tasmanian Trauma Registry	3
Derivation of a clinical decision rule to exclude cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in emergency department patients: A retrospective cohort study	3
Re: Magnetic resonance imaging cervical spine in trauma: A retrospective single‐centre audit of patient outcomes	3
The Emerging Drugs Network of Australia – Victoria Clinical Registry: A state‐wide illicit substance surveillance and alert network	3
In this December issue	3
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest outcomes, end‐tidal carbon dioxide and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation eligibility: New South Wales pilot data	3
From Other Journals: December 2025	3
Effect of Optimised Single Role Versus Multirole Physician Response Model on Time to Contact in Patients Requiring Advanced Interventions in Greater Sydney, Australia	3
Recognising risk, influencing reality and mental healthcare in a regional emergency department	3
From signal to alert: A cluster of exposures to counterfeit alprazolam tablets containing five novel benzodiazepines	3
Incidentalomas: Incidentally lifesaving or incidentally burdensome?	3
DIDO: Dubious (weight‐estimation) data in, dubious (dosing) data out	3
Risk factors for older people re‐presenting to the emergency department with falls: A case–control analysis	3
Patterns of emergency department use in rural and metropolitan New South Wales by socioeconomic status: A population‐based study	3
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An introduction to functional neurological disorders in the emergency department	3
Review article: A comprehensive review of unusual causes of acute limb compartment syndrome	3
Understanding experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients at the emergency departments in Australia	3
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Leading the Way for Optimal Trauma Care	3
The Viscoelastic Haemostatic Assay Landscape in Queensland, Australia: An Analysis of Use, Indications and Integration	3
Should we be reassured by a zero? A comment on “Utility of computed tomography brain scans in intubated patients with overdose”	3
Health Services and Economic Impacts of the Limit of Detection in Emergency Department ( LEGEND ) Rule‐Out Strategy in Australian Emergency Departmen	3
Fibrinogen levels in severe trauma: A preliminary comparison of Clauss Fibrinogen, ROTEM Sigma, ROTEM Delta and TEG 6s assays from the FEISTY pil	3
The effect of an extended‐hours ED clinical pharmacy service on admission medication prescribing errors	3
Epidemiology, clinical presentations and outcome of patients presenting to the emergency department after a COVID‐19 vaccination: An observational study	3
Review article: Scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes of adults presenting to the emergency department during heatwaves	3
Wrist, hand and finger injuries in Australian football: A prospective observational study of emergency department presentations	3
Comparison of mechanical restraint use in a metropolitan ED after system change: A before and after analysis	2
Changing culture: An intervention to improve blood culture quality in the emergency department	2
Re: Implementation of an integrated emergency department acute atrial fibrillation pathway safely reduces cardioversions and hospitalisations: A comparative pre–post study	2
Benchmarking blood culture quality in the emergency department: Contamination, single sets and positivity	2
Evolution in the choice of therapies used to treat latrodectism: Redback spider antivenom or standard analgesic medications. Nothing to rave about	2
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Refining ambulance clinical response models: The impact on ambulance response and emergency department presentations	2
From other journals	2
Emergency Department Presentations in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations Based on Preferred Language. Characteristics and Outcomes in New South Wales Australia	2
Dedicated nursing care pathway improved management of opioid‐poisoned patients in the emergency department: A before–after observational study	2
A Mixed Methods Exploration of Patient and Clinician Perspectives of Pelvic Examinations in Emergency Departments	2
Editorial—Research in Emergency Medicine: Barriers, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead	2
Outcome of reduction of paediatric forearm fracture by emergency department clinicians	2
Trauma team activation for older patients with pelvic fractures: Are current criteria adequate?	2
Factors associated with extended length of stay for paediatric mental health presentations to EDs in South Western Sydney, Australia	2
Training critical care teams for disaster response: Mass casualty incident simulation	2
Emergency Department Presentations for Low Back Pain by Remoteness and Socioeconomic Status in New South Wales: A Population‐Based Study	2
Anaesthetists in emergency medicine training and emergency department anaesthesia	2
Evaluating the use of the ABCD2 score as a clinical decision aid in the emergency department: Retrospective observational study	2
Core temperature following pre‐hospital induction of anaesthesia in trauma patients	2
Two cases in 2 months of herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay Hunt syndrome) presenting to a rural emergency department having been mis‐diagnosed as otitis externa	2
Accuracy and clinical use of biliary point‐of‐care ultrasound: A retrospective cohort study	2
Casemix and performance of Australian emergency departments: A comparison of major city, regional and remote locations	2
Case of small eyed snake envenoming	2
Initial experience of a Priority Primary Care Centre in metropolitan Melbourne	2
Growing the emergency department family: Navigating pregnancy, parenting and ACEM training	2
‘I was prepared to become infected as a frontline medical staff’: A survey of Australian emergency department staff experiences during COVID‐19	2
Pathology testing in non‐trauma patients presenting to the emergency department with recurrent seizures	2
Medical leadership and management: What's in it for FACEM trainees?	2
Timing of antibiotics in febrile children meeting sepsis criteria at a paediatric emergency department	2
Long‐term trends in incidence and outcomes of rib fractures: A population‐based data linkage study from New South Wales, Australia	2
Artificial intelligence in medicine: The rise of machine learning	2
24 hours – Life in the E.R.: A state‐wide data linkage analysis of in‐patients with prolonged emergency department length of stay in New South Wales, Australia	2
Response to Re: Comparison of abusive head trauma versus non‐inflicted subdural haematoma in infants: A retrospective cohort study	2
Reducing diagnostic errors in the emergency department at the time of patient treatment	2
Effect of change of high‐sensitivity troponin I assay on emergency department diagnosis and disposition of patients with possible acute coronary syndrome	2
Patient care on the ramp: Who is legally responsible?	2
Enhancing Person‐Centred Care in the Final Years of Life: Insights From Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalisations in Victorian Residential Aged Care (2015/16 to 2022/23)	2
ACEM adding its voice to the Voice hits the wrong note	2
Validation of Rapid Rule‐Out Criteria Using the Beckman Access hsTnI Assay for Patients With Suspected Myocardial Infarction in a Cardiac Emergency Department	2
Personal protective equipment for COVID‐19 among healthcare workers in an emergency department: An exploratory survey of workload, thermal discomfort and symptoms of heat strain	2
Early experience in use of videolaryngoscopy by a neonatal pre‐hospital and retrieval service	2
Infectious and sepsis presentations to, and hospital admissions from emergency departments in Victoria, Australia	2
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Evaluating the use of clinical decision aids in an Australian emergency department: A cross‐sectional survey	2
Assessment and management of older patients with abdominal pain in the emergency department	2
Spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome complicated by recurrent hypoglycaemia in first presentation of advanced lymphoproliferative disease	2
Working towards equity: An example of an emergency department project for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and cultural safety	2
From Other Journals April 2022	2
Current Geriatric Emergency Medicine Education and Training in Australasia: How this relates to the global context and opportunities for the future	2
Re: Measuring emergency physician productivity and work patterns	2
Characteristics of patients with COVID‐19 hospitalised in South Australia during the first wave of the pandemic	2
Evaluating soft collars in pre‐hospital cervical spine immobilisation: A cohort study on neurological outcomes, patient comfort and paramedic perspectives	2
Establishing research priorities in emergency medicine telehealth	2
Ambulance offload performance, patient characteristics and disposition for patients offloaded to different areas of the emergency department	2
Imperforate hymen presenting with acute retention of urine diagnosed on point‐of‐care ultrasound	2
Clean the skin: Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department	2
Economic evaluation of applying the Canadian Syncope Risk Score in an Australian emergency department	2
Assessing the predictors for paediatric intensive care unit for inter‐hospital transfer patients on high‐flow nasal cannula or continuous positive airway pressure ventilation at a tertiary Austra	2
Longer times in computed tomography for trauma patients result in a decrease in body temperature	2
Response to Re: Association between timing and adequacy of antibiotics and adverse outcomes in patients with sepsis and septic shock: A multicentre retrospective cohort study	2
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Choosing Wisely audit: CT KUB ordering in emergency department renal colic presentations	2
Measuring occupational stress in emergency departments	2
Forearmed is forewarned: A prospective intervention observational time‐series study of patient empowerment for ultrasound‐guided peripheral intravenous access	2
Clinical Reflections on the Impact of High‐Sensitivity Troponin I Assay Changes on Emergency Department Diagnosis and Disposition	2
Care during conflicts: Emergency support systems in Oceania	2
Rate and yield of imaging for acute pyelonephritis in the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study	2
Circus ACEM style: Juggling parenting and emergency medicine training	2
What Does a Research Lead Actually Do? Reflections From the Emergency Department Frontline	2
Thenar hammer syndrome in a wrestler	2
Yield of Continuous Cardiac Monitoring in Pre‐Specified Low‐Risk Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study	2
Finding the patient in emergency department clinician–patient communication	2
Response to Re: Magnetic resonance imaging cervical spine in trauma: A retrospective single‐centre audit of patient outcomes	2
Death from severe, refractory methaemoglobinaemia: A case report to illustrate an increasingly frequent manifestation of deliberate self‐poisoning	2
Cirrhotic ascites masquerading as haemoperitoneum in paediatric trauma: The diagnostic dilemma	2
Continued opioid use following an emergency department presentation for low back pain	2
Clinical Debriefing Characteristics in Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Emergency Departments: A PREDICT Study Revisited	2
Re: Comparison of abusive head trauma versus non‐inflicted subdural haematoma in infants: A retrospective cohort study	2
Atrial fibrillation patients presenting to an emergency department successfully managed with a next‐day community follow‐up pathway: A before‐and‐after cohort study	2
In this April issue	2
pH ‐Corrected Ionised Calcium Predicts Coagulopathy After Major Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study	2
Using feedback from paediatric resuscitation team members to improve quality of care	2
Paediatric trauma imaging in a regional Queensland hospital: Do we need clearer guidance?	1
Vale Joseph Epstein AM FIFEM	1
Effects of a Virtual Trauma Clinic on admissions and length of stay for minor to moderate trauma	1