OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Emergency Medicine Journal 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Journal update monthly top five	160
1482 Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a middle-income setting	45
784 The landscape of paediatric procedural sedation in UK & Irish emergency departments; a PERUKI study	35
Association between triage level and outcomes at Médecins Sans Frontières trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 2015	30
Abstracts from international Emergency Medicine journals	28
Frailty is associated with 30-day mortality: a multicentre study of Swedish emergency departments	26
Who should get the scarce ICU bed? The US public’s view on triage in the time of COVID-19	26
Factors associated with longer wait times, admission and reattendances in older patients attending emergency departments: an analysis of linked healthcare data	24
Role of hospital strain in determining outcomes for people hospitalised with COVID-19 in England	23
OP07 Barriers to telephone-assisted CPR: results of a qualitative study of UK call-handlers	22
OP08 Levels and sources of stress reported by first year paramedic students associated with their first ambulance placement	21
EP12 Using electronic patient record (EPR) routine data to inform decisions about which ambulance stations should participate in randomised controlled trials	21
05 Co-design of a logic model describing components, mechanisms of change and expected impacts of case management for people who frequently call ambulance services	20
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	19
Predictors of adverse outcomes in elders hospitalised for isolated orthopaedic trauma: a multicentre cohort study	18
Feasibility of using a community pharmacist within a Children’s Emergency Department	18
867 Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a pre-hospital setting: an observational cohort study	17
Performance of 21 Early Warning System scores in predicting in-hospital deterioration among undifferentiated admitted patients managed by ambulance services	17
Recognising high-pressure injection injuries to the hand: a practice review with guidance for emergency physicians	17
Refreshing the emergency medicine research priorities	17
Could a D-dimer/fibrinogen ratio have a role in ruling-out venous thromboembolism?	17
Rates of perceived medical errors and its correlation with work-related factors and personal distress among emergency physicians in China: a national cross-sectional study	17
1428 What influences decisions and predicts transfer of older care-home residents to the emergency department? A synthesis of qualitative reviews and systematic review	17
Are acute asthma presentations to the emergency department an opportunity for optimising long-term management? A qualitative study on beliefs and behaviours of healthcare professionals	16
Evaluation of the prehospital administration of tranexamic acid for injured patients: a state-wide observational study with sex and age-disaggregated analysis	16

Inhaled or nebulised salbutamol for exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?	15
Highlights from this issue	15
A young girl with fever and atypical rash	15
Clinical risk factors for testicular torsion and a warning against falsely reassuring ultrasound scans: a 10-year single-centre experience	13
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	13
Highlights from this issue	13
Stuck in the middle: the liminal experiences of entering practice	12
Electronic cigarettes: beneficial for smoking cessation but harmful to public health?	12
Are local public expenditure reductions associated with increases in inequality in emergency hospitalisation? Time-series analysis of English local authorities from 2010 to 2017	12
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	12
Understanding cardiac arrest dispatch of physician-paramedic critical care prehospital teams: a survey-based evaluation	12
Does pre-injury clopidogrel use increase the risk of intracranial haemorrhage post head injury in adult patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among emergency department patients: results from a randomised pilot study	12
Ideal emergency stroke pathway: work in progress	12
Paediatric frequent use of emergency medical services: a systematic review	12
External validation of Glasgow-Blatchford, modified Glasgow-Blatchford and CANUKA scores to identify low-risk patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in emergency departments: a retrospective co	12
In emergency settings, can a negative Prehn’s sign be used to aid diagnosis of testicular torsion?	12
SONO case series: peritonsillar abscess	11
Abstracts from International Emergency Medicine Journals	11
Cross-cultural adaptation and its impact on research in emergency care	11
How do emergency departments respond to ambulance pre-alert calls? A qualitative exploration of the management of pre-alerts in UK emergency departments	11
PP27 NHS 111 staff and user views of online NHS 111: a useful adjunct to the NHS 111 telephone service	11
Understanding prehospital care for self-harm: views and experiences of Yorkshire Ambulance Service clinicians	10
Wrist deformity following falling down	10
Designing, implementing and evaluating multidisciplinary healthcare training programmes in the wartime humanitarian context of Ukraine	10
Periorbital and orbital cellulitis in children: a survey of emergency physicians and analysis of clinical practice guidelines across the PERUKI network	10
Clinical predictors of fracture in patients with shoulder dislocation: systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy studies	10
PP29 Aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and wellbeing of patients with thalassemia major in Pakistan: a qualitative study	10
Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomised, controlled trial	10
Just another motorcycle accident?	10
Thunderclap headache syndrome presenting to the emergency department: an international multicentre observational cohort study	10
Reply to Mouliouet al	10
Emergency medicine resident perspectives on well-being during COVID-19: a qualitative study	9
Evaluation of microMend wound closure device in repairing skin lacerations	9
In emergency settings, does the use of testicular pulse oximetry aid diagnosis of testicular torsions?	9
Sudden Onset Unilateral Ptosis	9
Sex differences in the intention and decision to use emergency medical services for acute coronary syndrome in Australia: a retrospective study	8
Transient Ischaemic attack Emergency Referral (TIER): randomised feasibility trial results	8
Temperature threshold in the screening of bacterial infections in young infants with hypothermia	8
Four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate versus andexanet alfa for the reversal of traumatic brain injuries	8
Inverse association between blood pressure and pulse oximetry accuracy: an observational study in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection	8
Inverse linear association between blood haemoglobin and oxygen saturation accuracy measured by pulse oximetry: a cross-sectional analysis in individuals with COVID-19 infection	8
Debate-Pro: manufacturers should assess the long-term stability of their antivenoms	8
Acutely shaky hand	8
Qualitative study of emergency clinicians to inform a national guideline on the management of children with mild-to-moderate head injuries	8
PP41 Simulated ambulance shifts using virtual reality: a service evaluation	7
842 Multi-centre implementation of the SNAP Protocol for paracetamol overdose – fewer anaphylactoid reactions and shortened length of stay	7
Point-of-care ultrasound for the diagnosis of Fournier gangrene	7
Associations of initial haemodynamic profiles and neurological outcomes in children with traumatic brain injury: a secondary analysis	7
Is ‘sepsis’ a failed paradigm?	7

748 SECUre -a multicenter survey of the safety of emergency care in UK emergency departments	7
Risk events during intrahospital transport of patients from the emergency department: a prospective observational study	7
When fast gets dangerous	7
Removing systolic blood pressure from the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for mortality prediction: an observational study	7
Correction:An introduction to power and sample size estimation	6
Trends in the mortality of intra-abdominal infections in adults over 25 years in the USA, 1999–2021	6
Seventy-five-year-old woman with month-long fever, cavity lung lesions and cutaneous ulcer	6
Paediatric emergency medicine in the UK: are we meeting the needs of our children today? A descriptive workforce survey 2006–2023	6
Oral tranexamic acid for immediate use in major trauma: implications for mass casualty events	6
In Reply: letter to the editor on ‘Multicentre external validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to predict adverse events and comparison with clinical judgement’	6
Dying matters in the emergency department	6
Eye injury preventing the eye from opening or closing	6
Is it time to reframe resuscitation in trauma?	6
Survey of current policy regarding the recognition and management of acute aortic syndrome in Great Britain	6
3215 How is same day emergency care (SDEC) being implemented across England?	6
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	6
Prehospital benzodiazepine use and need for respiratory support in paediatric seizures	6
Ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca blocks for hip fracture: is the juice worth the squeeze?	6
High-sensitivity troponin testing at the point of care for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction: a prospective emergency department clinical evaluation	6
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	6
Girl with epigastric pain	6
Girl with genital bleeding and dysuria	6
‘Plan A’ for ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia in the Emergency Department	5
High-dose versus low-dose intravenous nitroglycerine for sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary edema: a randomised controlled trial	5
Why is there variation in test ordering practices for patients presenting to the emergency department with undifferentiated chest pain? A qualitative study	5
3216 Diagnostic accuracy of alternative biomarkers for acute aortic syndrome: a systematic review	5
798 Accuracy of telephone triage for predicting adverse outcomes in suspected COVID-19: an observational cohort study	5
Nitazene detections and clinical characteristics: data from a prospective observational study in a Glasgow emergency department	5
SONO case series: point-of-care ultrasound for intussusception	5
1134 A comparison of the aerogen vibrating mesh nebuliser versus a standard jet nebuliser to deliver bronchodilators in moderate to severe asthma in the emergency department	5
PP26 Stepping up: interviews with student paramedics and lecturers about a scheme to increase workforce capacity within an English ambulance service during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	5
774 Survey to investigate the current use of pre-hospital blood product by air ambulance services in the United Kingdom	5
Detection of paediatric skull fractures using POCUS	5
Retrospective single-centre descriptive study of the characteristics, management and outcomes of adult patients with suspected sepsis in the emergency department	5
Impact on all-cause mortality of a case prediction and prevention intervention designed to reduce secondary care utilisation: findings from a randomised controlled trial	5
Which clinical features best predict occult scaphoid fractures? A systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy studies	5
PP25 The take home naloxone intervention multicentre emergency setting feasibility (TIME) trial: an early perspective from one UK ambulance service	5
Man with intermittent low back pain	5
Prehospital endotracheal intubation for traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and improved neurological outcomes	5
Prevalence of invasive bacterial infection in febrile infants ≤90 days with a COVID-19 positive test: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
PP18 The BICeP study: results of a before and after study of a text-message intervention designed to increase confidence and willingness to perform CPR	5
Man with greyish-blue face	5
1490 Intubation success in prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a retrospective observational analysis of the Inter-Changeable Operator Model (ICOM)	5
PP28 Stakeholder perspectives of piloting pre-hospital COVID-19 lateral flow test and direct admissions pathway: exploring why well received ideas have low uptake	5
Journal update monthly top five	5
Primary survey: highlights from this issue	5
Management of patients presenting to the emergency department with sudden onset severe headache: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies	5
Studying ApOx in the ED: forget associations, the truth is in the design	5
Emergency department visits and emergency-to-inpatient admissions for abnormal uterine bleeding in the USA nationwide	5
Highlights from this issue	5
Early warning scores to assess the probability of critical illness in patients with COVID-19	5
1455 A 10-year review of insulin-related enquiries to the UK National Poisons Information Service (NPIS)	5
Austerity policies: levelling down?	5
Abstracts from International Emergency Medicine Journals	5
PP37 Use of capillary blood ketone meters to improve ambulance service care of hyperglycaemic patients: protocol for a stepped-wedge, controlled feasibility study (KARMA2)	5
A 68-year-old man with acute exertional dyspnoea and holosystolic murmur	5
Cadaveric Dissection Study of the Pericapsular Nerve Group Block: Role of the Iliopectineal Bursa	5
Sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) block for symptomatic relief of acute migraine	5
Puzzling young lady with breathlessness	4
On-scene times during ambulance assessment of suspected stroke patients across England from December 2021 to November 2022	4
Primary survey: highlights from this issue	4
Dr Clifford Mann OBE	4
Primary survey: highlights from this issue	4
Response to: correspondence on ‘subarachnoid haemorrhage in the emergency department (SHED): a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study’ by Deng and Chen	4
COVID-19 diagnosis in the emergency department: seeing the tree but losing the forest	4
Variation in ambulance pre-alert process and practice: cross-sectional survey of ambulance clinicians	4
Association between the number of prehospital defibrillation attempts and a sustained return of spontaneous circulation: a retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study	4
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public trust of emergency medical service providers	4
780 Treatment of life-threatening digoxin toxicity with digoxin immune fab antibody: findings from the UK DigiFab^®patient registry	4
Sociodemographic and clinical factors, visit expectations and driving factors for emergency department attendance for uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection	4
Primary survey: highlights from this issue	4
EP12 Emergency services provision of take home naloxone to people at risk of opiate overdose: perspectives of potential recipients – a qualitative study	4
Correspondence on ‘Four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate versus andexanet alfa for the reversal of traumatic brain injuries’ by Sadeket al	4
Ultrasonography in thoracic and abdominal stab wound injury: results from the FETTHA study	4
Exercise-induced hypoxia among emergency department patients admitted for suspected COVID-19	4
Investigating at-home outcomes will improve paediatric emergency care	4
Contact with emergency departments and hospitals in England before suicide death: a retrospective cohort study	4
Hospital-administered ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational cohort study	4
Why so hypoxic?	4
Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound for COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4

Primary survey: highlights from this issue	4
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	4
Mass casualty decontamination following a chemical incident: evaluating improvised and interim decontamination protocols in a controlled cross-over volunteer study	4
1804 Survey of discharge practice and review of safety-netting instructions for children attending Emergency Departments in the UK & Ireland with acute wheeze or asthma: a PERUKI study	4
3232 AI-assisted transcription in healthcare: enhancing efficiency and quality in clinical documentation	4
Reduced noise in the emergency department: the impact on staff well-being and room acoustics	4
How could online NHS 111 reduce demand for the telephone NHS 111 service? Qualitative study of user and staff views	4
Journal update monthly top five	4
Implementation of a nurse-led alternate care site for the management of the surge of patients with COVID-19 in an Italian emergency department	4
Thromboprophylaxis in ambulatory emergency department patients managed with lower limb immobilisation after injury: a national survey	3
3217 Triage measurements in the emergency department overestimate blood pressure	3
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	3
Which low urgent triaged febrile children are suitable for a fast track? An observational European study	3
A child with rare post-traumatic bilateral shoulder deformities	3
Adherence to protective measures among healthcare workers in the UK: a cross-sectional study	3
Urgent action needed on prehospital tranexamic acid in trauma	3
A qualitative study exploring the experiences of advanced clinical practitioner training in emergency care in the South West of England, United Kingdom	3
Traumatic brain injury	3
Journal update monthly top five	3
781 Drone delivered defibrillators (The 3D Project): a simulation study	3
SONO case series: point-of-care ultrasound for intubation confirmation	3
Young man with left forearm pain	3
After 50+ years, emergency medicine (and our patients) remain undervalued	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
3231 The use of nasal high-flow in emergency departments: a UK-wide four nation survey	3
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	3
Journal update monthly top five	3
Effect of inclined positioning on first-pass success during endotracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
A preliminary study of the effect of menstruation on the incidence of acute mountain sickness	3
Endotracheal tube as chest tube: a back-up alternative in resource limited settings	3
Abstracts from internationalEmergency Medicine Journals	3
PP45 ‘Every day was a learning curve’: the experience of implementing COVID-19 triage protocols in UK ambulance services – a qualitative study	3
1704 Feasibility of implementing a 0–2 troponin algorithm in routine clinical practice	3
Risk factors that predict mortality in patients with blunt chest wall trauma: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Tendency to call an ambulance or attend an emergency department for minor or non-urgent problems: a vignette-based population survey in Britain	3
Trends and projections in fall death in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2045	3
Blood product use in paediatric trauma: lessons from the TARN data	3
Differences in the thermal properties and surface temperature of prehospital antihypothermia devices: an in vitro study	3
Journal update monthly top five	3
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	3
Emergency medicine: sacrificed to the frontline?	3
What should be documented for an anterior shoulder dislocation? A Delphi study	3
Thematic analysis of ‘Prevention of Future Deaths’ reports related to emergency departments in England and Wales 2013–2022	3
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	3
EASIER trial (Erector-spinAe analgeSia for hepatopancreaticobiliary pain In the Emergency Room): a single-centre open-label cohort-based randomised controlled trial analysing the efficacy of the ultra	3
PP18 Is there provider induced demand at emergency departments with primary care services? Patient, local and wider system factors described to influence demand for primary care in emergency departmen	3
1148 Harnessing a student network to support validation of the patient reported experience measure for over 65s attending the ED (PREM-ED 65+): Initial findings from a novel collaborative project	3
Life-threatening chest drain insertion	2
Journal update monthly top five	2
Practitioner experiences of developing and implementing two UK ED-based hospital violence intervention programmes: a process evaluation	2
3275 Blood-borne virus seropositivity and staff acceptability in an opt-out, multi-centre emergency department screening programme	2
Child with left eye pain	2
Primary survey: Highlights from this issue	2
PP17 Differential rater function over time (DRIFT) is not appreciated in paramedic raters using the global rating scale (GRS) during paramedic student simulations	2
1726 Integrating established clinical scores with a novel transcriptomic severity classifier augments early risk assessment in the ED	2
Correspondence on ‘Triage in major incidents: development and external validation of novel machine learning-derived primary and secondary triage tools’ by Xuet al	2
Validation of clinical risk models for predicting COVID-19 severity	2
Journal update monthly top five	2
PP20 UK Ambulance Service resuscitation management of pulseless electrical activity: a systematic review of text and opinion	2
Manual pressure augmentation to enhance defibrillation in cardiac arrest	2
Correspondence on “Factors associated with late hospital arrival in acute stroke patients of Bangladesh” by Iktidar et al	2
Haemoperitoneum in a young woman	2
Qualitative study of new doctor induction and socialisation	2
“Hey doc, there is something within my skin”	2
Primary survey: Highlights from this issue	2
Impact of puberty as threshold to differentiate outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care groups: a nationwide observational study in France	2
Management of low back pain in Australian emergency departments for culturally and linguistically diverse populations from 2016 to 2021	2
1497 Methods to diagnose carbon monoxide exposure: A scoping review	2
Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care: consensus statement on the prehospital management of exertional heat illness	2
1467 Hair Tourniquet syndrome, an audit on the efficacy of depilatory creams. An analysis of 3 years of Data, showed a positive rationale for supporting the usage of depilatory cream to remove the hai	2
1087 A service evaluation of the impact of e-scooters on emergency departments in Bristol (The SEED Study)	2
Abstracts from International Emergency Medicine Journals	2
Finding Voices: a survey of young people’s experiences of the ED	2
Primary survey: Highlights from this issue	2
PP31 Airway management at adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a survey of current UK ambulance service policy	2
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	2
Effect of a portable therapeutic baby nest designed for neonates on physiological parameters, comfort and pain levels during venous blood sampling: a randomised controlled trial	2
Debate-Con: Use of expired antivenoms: a flawed good idea	2
Improving domestic violence screening practices in the emergency department: an Australian perspective	2
Predicting inhospital admission at the emergency department: a systematic review	2
Quantitative evaluation of patients’ digital capability evaluated in an emergency department setting: a cross-sectional study	2
1412 Cervical spine immobilisation in ambulatory patients	2
Prehospital risk stratification in patients with chest pain	2
Every second counts: giant ECG abnormality after every second beat	2
1491 Determinants of post-intubation hypotension in trauma patients following prehospital emergency anaesthesia	2
1673 Environmental leadership and the ‘green’ ED	2
1692 A multi-centre prospective observational study to evaluate healthcare impacts of e-scooters on emergency departments	2
1375 An analysis of the certified cause of death within one year of serious injury in the Scottish population	2
Predictive performance of the common red flags in emergency department headache patients: a HEAD and HEAD-Colombia study	2
A lay perspective and commentary on the association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality	2
Unilateral perirobital swelling	2
Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals	2
Risk factors for the presence of important fractures in ED patients with shoulder dislocation: a retrospective cohort study	2
Correction:Apnoeic oxygenation was associated with decreased desaturation rates during rapid sequence intubation in multiple Australian and New Zealand emergency departments	2
Navigating the shadows: unmasking racial inequalities in the lingering wake of COVID-19	2