BMC Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions	64
A retrospective study of sepsis-associated encephalopathy: epidemiology, clinical features and adverse outcomes	46
Delayed emergency healthcare seeking behaviour by Dutch emergency department visitors during the first COVID-19 wave: a mixed methods retrospective observational study	38
The effect of COVID-19 on emergency medical service call volumes and patient acuity: a cross-sectional study in Niagara, Ontario	36
Major challenges and barriers in clinical decision-making as perceived by emergency medical services personnel: a qualitative content analysis	31
Prediction of prognosis in elderly patients with sepsis based on machine learning (random survival forest)	28
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	26
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	25
Ultrasonography indicators for predicting difficult intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	25
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	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
Characteristics of non-conveyed patients in emergency medical services (EMS): a one-year prospective descriptive and comparative study in a region of Sweden	22
Management of COVID-19-related challenges faced by EMS personnel: a qualitative study	21
Shortening door-to-puncture time and improving patient outcome with workflow optimization in patients with acute ischemic stroke associated with large vessel occlusion	21
Association between prehospital prognostic factors on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in different age groups	20
EMS non-conveyance: A safe practice to decrease ED crowding or a threat to patient safety?	20
Surface electroencephalography (EEG) during the acute phase of stroke to assist with diagnosis and prediction of prognosis: a scoping review	18
Characteristic patterns of emergency ambulance assignments for older adults compared with adults requiring emergency care at home in Sweden: a total population study	18
Acute cannabis intoxication in the emergency department: the effect of legalization	18
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	18
Study of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and immunocyte ratios in 194 patients with sepsis	18
Prehospital time and mortality in polytrauma patients: a retrospective analysis	17
Diagnostic uncertainty and urinary tract infection in the emergency department: a cohort study from a UK hospital	17
Prehospital administration of blood products: experiences from a Finnish physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service	17

Prospective study of emergency medicine provider wellness across ten academic and community hospitals during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Admission vital signs as predictors of COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective cross-sectional study	16
Portable stroke detection devices: a systematic scoping review of prehospital applications	16
Hemogram-derived ratios as prognostic markers of ICU admission in COVID-19	16
Comparison of base excess, lactate and pH predicting 72-h mortality of multiple trauma	16
Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies	15
Emergency department visits and trends related to cocaine, psychostimulants, and opioids in the United States, 2008–2018	15
Harnessing inter-disciplinary collaboration to improve emergency care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): results of research prioritisation setting exercise	15
NYU-EDA in modelling the effect of COVID-19 on patient volumes in a Finnish emergency department	15
A consensus building exercise to determine research priorities for silver trauma	15
Identification of new demands regarding prehospital care based on 35,188 missions in 2018	15
Interdisciplinary clinical debriefing in the emergency department: an observational study of learning topics and outcomes	14
Differential trends of admissions in accident and emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany	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
Non-conveyance of older adult patients and association with subsequent clinical and adverse events after initial assessment by ambulance clinicians: a cohort analysis	14
Increased ambulance on-scene times but unaffected response times during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Denmark	14
National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and 3-level triage scale as risk predictors in frail older adults in the emergency department	13
Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit, a cross-sectional study from Norway	13
Perceived occupational stressors among emergency medical service providers: a qualitative study	13
Diagnostic accuracy of evaluation of suspected syncope in the emergency department: usual practice vs. ESC guidelines	13
Ketamine-propofol (Ketofol) for procedural sedation and analgesia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Cognitive skills of emergency medical services crew members: a literature review	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
Investigation of stress, anxiety, and depression levels of Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine personnel in eastern Iran during the Covid-19 pandemic	12
Prevalence and determinants of post-traumatic stress disorder among road traffic accident survivors: a prospective survey at selected hospitals in southern Ethiopia	12
Prevalence of crowding, boarding and staffing levels in Swedish emergency departments - a National Cross Sectional Study	12
Comparison and outcomes of emergency department presentations with respiratory disorders among Australian indigenous and non-indigenous patients	12
Time indices of pre-hospital EMS missions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran	12
Predicting venous thromboembolism in hospitalized trauma patients: a combination of the Caprini score and data-driven machine learning model	12
Use of peripheral vascular access in the prehospital setting: is there room for improvement?	12
Discharge against medical advice from the emergency department in a university hospital	12
Evaluating capacity at three government referral hospital emergency units in the kingdom of Eswatini using the WHO Hospital Emergency Unit Assessment Tool	12
Variations in volume of emergency surgeries and emergency department access at a third level hospital in Milan, Lombardy, during the COVID-19 outbreak	12
Patient and hospital characteristics predict prolonged emergency department length of stay and in-hospital mortality: a nationwide analysis in Korea	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
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
Emergency department reorganisation to cope with COVID-19 outbreak in Milan university hospital: a time-sensitive challenge	11
Incidence of emergency neurosurgical TBI procedures: a population-based study	11
Analysis of emergency department visits for all reasons by adults with depression in the United States	11
Establishing the content validity of a new emergency department patient-reported experience measure (ED PREM): a Delphi study	11
Determinants of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards first aid among kindergarten and elementary school teachers in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia	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
Electrocardiographic abnormalities in COVID-19 patients visiting the emergency department: a multicenter retrospective study	11
Changes in peripheral arterial blood pressure after resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in non-traumatic cardiac arrest patients	11
Iranian’s healthcare system challenges during natural disasters: the qualitative case study of Kermanshah earthquake	10
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	10
Outcomes of tranexamic acid administration in military trauma patients with intracranial hemorrhage: a cohort study	10
Management of oesophageal foreign bodies in children: a 10-year retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center	10
Nationwide improvements in geriatric mortality due to traumatic brain injury in Japan	10
Epidemiological characteristics and mortality risk factors among COVID-19 patients in Ardabil, Northwest of Iran	10

Usability and effectiveness of inhaled methoxyflurane for prehospital analgesia - a prospective, observational study	10
Development of a simulation-based curriculum for Pediatric prehospital skills: a mixed-methods needs assessment	10
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
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trauma-related emergency medical service calls: a retrospective cohort study	9
Analysis of injuries and deaths from road traffic accidents in Iran: bivariate regression approach	9
Validity and reliability of the South African Triage Scale in prehospital providers	9
Oxygenation laryngoscope vs. nasal standard and nasal high flow oxygenation in a technical simulation of apnoeic oxygenation	9
Health care providers’ perception of the frequent emergency department user issue and of targeted case management interventions: a cross-sectional national survey in Switzerland	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
Pathways to the emergency department - a national, cross-sectional study in Sweden	9
A machine learning model to predict critical care outcomes in patient with chest pain visiting the emergency department	9
Prehospital naloxone administration – what influences choice of dose and route of administration?	9
Early detection of non-invasive ventilation failure among acute respiratory failure patients in the emergency department	9
Resuscitation room management of patients with non-traumatic critical illness in the emergency department (OBSERvE-DUS-study)	9
Comparison of the novel VieScope with conventional and video laryngoscope in a difficult airway scenario – a randomized, controlled simulation trial	9
A two-year review of adult emergency department mortality at Tikur Anbesa specialized tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	8
Role of CD8+ T cell exhaustion in the progression and prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by sepsis: a prospective observational study	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
Identifying trauma patients with benefit from direct transportation to Level-1 trauma centers	8
Exploring overcrowding trends in an inner city emergence department in the UK before and during COVID-19 epidemic	8
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom, assessed by prehospital emergency nurses- a retrospective observational study	8
The Alternative Pre-hospital Pathway team: reducing conveyances to the emergency department through patient centered Community Emergency Medicine	8
The utility of red cell distribution width to predict mortality of septic patients in a tertiary hospital of Nepal	8
Barriers, enablers, and opportunities for organisational follow-up of workplace violence from the perspective of emergency department nurses: a qualitative study	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
Examining the association between paramedic transport to the emergency department and hospital admission: a population-based cohort study	8
Workplace violence against emergency health care workers: What Strategies do Workers use?	7
Barriers and facilitators to cardiopulmonary resuscitation within pre-hospital emergency medical services: a qualitative study	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
Plasma calprotectin as an indicator of need of transfer to intensive care in patients with suspected sepsis at the emergency department	7
Patients’ experiences of attending emergency departments where primary care services are located: qualitative findings from patient and clinician interviews from a realist evaluation	7
Endothelial glycocalyx degradation is associated with early organ impairment in polytrauma patients	7
Effect of COVID-19 on epidemiological characteristics of road traffic injuries in Suzhou: a retrospective 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
A prospective observational study comparing two supraglottic airway devices in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	7
Emergency department admissions to the intensive care unit – a national retrospective study	7
Cognitive biases encountered by physicians in the emergency room	7
“Analysis of readmissions to the emergency department among patients presenting with abdominal pain”	7
Evaluation of the effectiveness and costs of inhaled methoxyflurane versus usual analgesia for prehospital injury and trauma: non-randomised clinical study	7
Which factors influence the ED length-of-stay after anterior shoulder dislocations: a retrospective chart review in 716 cases	7
Incidence and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients admitted to Amhara region Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2022	7
Consequences of the emergency response to COVID-19: a whole health care system review in a single city in the United Kingdom	7
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
A comparison between the clinical frailty scale and the hospital frailty risk score to risk stratify older people with emergency care needs	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
Driving the ambulance: an essential component of emergency medical services: an integrative review	6
ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study	6
Traumatic cardiac arrest – a nationwide Danish study	6
Characteristics and comparison between e-scooters and bicycle-related trauma: a multicentre cross-sectional analysis of data from a road collision registry	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
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
Bomb blast: imaging findings, treatment and clinical course of extremity traumas	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
Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index as effective predictor for in-hospital mortality of patients with cardiac arrest: a retrospective study	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
Sodium and potassium disorders in patients with COPD exacerbation presenting to the emergency department	6
Factors associated with the severity of road traffic injuries from emergency department based surveillance system in two Mexican cities	6
suPAR cut-offs for stratification of low, medium, and high-risk acute medical patients in the emergency department	6
Machine learning–based triage to identify low-severity patients with a short discharge length of stay in emergency department	6
Does the time of the day affect multiple trauma care in hospitals? A retrospective analysis of data from the TraumaRegister DGU®	6
Workplace violence and influencing factors among paramedic pre hospital paramedic personnel (city and road) in Iran: a quality content analysis	6
Antibiotic prescription consistent with guidelines in emergency department is associated with 30-day survival in severe community-acquired pneumonia	6
Experience of using video support by prehospital emergency care physician in ambulance care - an interview study with prehospital emergency nurses in Sweden	6
Characteristics and resource needs in patients with vestibular symptoms: a comparison of patients with symptoms of unknown versus determined origin	6
Virtual Reality for Pain Relief in the Emergency Room (VIPER) – a prospective, interventional feasibility study	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
Time-to-reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction and mortality in prehospital emergency care: meta-analysis	6
Factors associated with undertriage in patients classified by the need to visit a hospital by telephone triage: a retrospective cohort study	6
Management quality indicators and in-hospital mortality among acute coronary syndrome patients admitted to tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia: prospective observational study	6
The growing impact of older patients in the emergency department: a 5-year retrospective analysis in Brazil	6
Main reasons and predictive factors of cancer-related emergency department visits in a Hungarian tertiary care center	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
What are the barriers and facilitators to effective health promotion in urgent and emergency care? A systematic review	5
Accuracy of echocardiography and ultrasound protocol to identify shock etiology in emergency department	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

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
Time-varying discrimination accuracy of longitudinal biomarkers for the prediction of mortality compared to assessment at fixed time point in severe burns patients	5
Audit of the functional preparedness of the selected military hospital in response to incidents and disasters: participatory action research	5
Impact of video quality when evaluating video-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a randomized, controlled simulation trial	5
Predicting mortality among septic patients presenting to the emergency department–a cross sectional analysis using machine learning	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
Prognostic prediction tools and clinician communication: a qualitative study of the effect of the STUMBL tool on clinical practice	5
Detailed severity assessment of Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale to detect large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke	5
Spinal cord injury and spinal fracture in patients with ankylosing spondylitis	5
Sudanese emergency departments: a study to identify the barriers to a well-functioning triage	5
Workplace violence toward emergency medicine physicians in the hospitals of Taif city, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional survey	5
Capillary refill time for the management of acute circulatory failure: a survey among pediatric and adult intensivists	5
Prognostic scores and early management of septic patients in the emergency department of a secondary hospital: results of a retrospective study	5
Positive signs on physical examination are not always indications for endotracheal tube intubation in patients with facial burn	5
Evaluation of comprehensiveness and reliability of electronic health records concerning resuscitation efforts within academic intensive care units: a retrospective chart analysis	5
Quick and effective improvement of leucine enriched dietary supplement on malnutrition in acute stroke patients receiving enteral tube feeding	5
Characteristics of visits and predictors of admission from a paediatric emergency room in Saudi Arabia	5
Assessment of patients with suspected sepsis in ambulance services: a qualitative interview study	5
Prolonged length of stay and its associated factors at adult emergency department in amhara region comprehensive specialized hospitals, northwest Ethiopia	5
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	5
Burn related injuries: a nationwide analysis of adult inter-facility transfers over a six-year period in the United States	5
The COVID-19 pandemic: the effect on airway Management in non-COVID emergency patients	5
Survival after traumatic cardiac arrest is possible—a comparison of German patient-registries	5
Piloting data linkage in a prospective cohort study of a GP referral scheme to avoid unnecessary emergency department conveyance	5
Effectiveness of clotting factor replacement therapy after antivenom treatment on coagulopathic envenomation following green pit viper bites: a retrospective observational study	5
Emergency department use by patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States	5
Risk prediction of biomarkers for early multiple organ dysfunction in critically ill patients	5