F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis
Belsky JB, Filbin MR, Rivers EP, Bobbitt KR, Jaehne AK, Wisnik CA, Maciejewski KR, Li F, Morris DC. F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis. Biomarkers 2020, 25: 391-396. PMID: 32421363, DOI: 10.1080/1354750x.2020.1771419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitEmergency departmentQSOFA scoreIllness severityPlasma levelsThymosin beta 4Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scoreSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreIntensive care unit admissionOrgan Failure Assessment scoreCare unit admissionPositive urine cultureSymptoms of sepsisSystemic inflammatory syndromeDiagnosis of sepsisEmergency department patientsSignificant outcome measureBeta 4Unit admissionICU admissionInflammatory syndromeDepartment patientsSeptic shockCare unitED patientsInterrupted Time Series of User‐centered Clinical Decision Support Implementation for Emergency Department–initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
Holland WC, Nath B, Li F, Maciejewski K, Paek H, Dziura J, Rajeevan H, Lu CC, Katsovich L, D'Onofrio G, Melnick ER. Interrupted Time Series of User‐centered Clinical Decision Support Implementation for Emergency Department–initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder. Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 753-763. PMID: 32352206, PMCID: PMC7496559, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderComputerized clinical decision support systemsRates of EDBUP initiationUse disordersClinical decision support implementationEmergency department initiationRoutine emergency careInterrupted time series studyAdult ED patientsInterrupted time seriesClinical decision support systemElectronic health recordsClinicians' unfamiliarityED initiationDecision support implementationED dischargeOpioid withdrawalSecondary outcomesOngoing trialsPrimary outcomeAcademic EDED patientsSingle EDUnique patients