Risk of infection following a visit to the emergency department: a cohort study

Burden of present-on-admission infections and health care-associated infections, by race and ethnicity

“…The data indicate that while non-Hispanic Blacks were less likely to receive indwelling devices, this had no bearing on the difference in incidence of infections. This association was partially reduced by adjustment for admission through the ER, suggesting that the emergency room could be a source of healthcare-associated infection, as had been previously hypothesized (13). The data also suggest that the relative hazard of UTI by race and ethnicity decreased over time, indicating that differences apparent toward the beginning of the admission disappeared as patients spent more time in the hospital.…”

Older people in the emergency department: a literature review

“…(Caplan et al ., ; Downing & Wilson, ; Rutschmann et al ., ; Moons et al ., ; Crilly et al ., ; Salvi et al ., ; Horney et al ., ; Caterino et al ., ; Hastings et al ., ; Graf et al ., ; Quach et al ., )…”

“…(Meldon et al ., ; Gangavati et al ., ; Graf et al ., ; Rutschmann et al ., ; Hastings et al ., , ; Moons et al ., ; Lee et al ., ; Downing & Wilson, ; Horney et al ., ; Quach et al ., ; Rosted et al ., ; Gray & Walker, ; Spector et al ., ; Stevens et al ., )…”

Emergency department visits and infections

“…We read with interest the article by Quach and colleagues, 1 but disagree with the authors' interpretation that the findings suggest a causal link between emergency department visits and subsequent infections. The more likely sequence of events may have been that infections in patients led to emergency department visits for nonspecific symptoms, emergency care providers did not always make the diagnosis and diagnoses were made in the subsequent week.…”