Intra-hospital triage in maxi emergencies

Mobile Triage Support System for Pediatric Emergencies

This paper describes the process and methodology of designing and developing a mobile support system to triage abdominal pain in the emergency room of a hospital. Application of rough sets theory and fuzzy measures to data collected at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario allows us to identify the most relevant clinical symptoms and signs while evaluating an abdominal pain patient. This infor...

[Paediatric dermatology emergencies in a tertiary hospital].

INTRODUCTION In recent years, the increasing demand for dermatological consultations in the Emergency department has resulted in the publication of a variety of studies on this subject. However, most of them deal with the general population, without taking into account the changes in frequencies found in young children (ages 0-14). OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of various dermatologic...

Psychiatric emergencies in a tertiary care hospital.

People with psychiatric problems often visit a general hospital. Many of them require emergency service. B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) is one of the few health institutes in Nepal providing comprehensive 24-hour psychiatric emergency service. This study aims to document the pattern of psychiatric emergencies in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern Nepal. All psychiatric emerg...

[Medical emergencies in a psychiatric hospital].

Neonatal cardiovascular emergencies after hospital discharge

Neonates with out-of-hospital cardiovascular emergencies get to Emergency Department or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a state of shock, which is a complex clinical syndrome characterized by an acute failure of the circulatory system with inadequate tissue and organ perfusion. It has been demonstrated that early recognition and time-sensitive aggressive resuscitation of neonatal shock signific...