Latest AI and machine learning research in emergency medicine for healthcare professionals.
BACKGROUND: Identifying communities disproportionately affected by hepatitis C infection is essential for targeted prevention and resource allocation. This study aimed to identify zip code tabulation areas at elevated risk of hepatitis C infection in Los Angeles County and to identify area-level variables of importance in estimating hepatitis C infection rates. METHODS: This was an ecological cros...
Despite strong evidence supporting the use of trauma-focused evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), health care systems experience meaningful challenges in delivering these treatments at scale. With a focus on two large, integrated health care systems (Military Health System, Veterans Health Administration), we discuss the challenges to scaling up acce...
BACKGROUND: Timely identification of acute stroke during medical emergency calls is critical for optimizing patient outcomes. We aimed to (i) characte...
BACKGROUND: Emergency colorectal cancer resection (ECCR) is associated with worse perioperative and oncologic outcomes than elective surgery. As the i...
BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disorder marked by reduced bone mass and deteriorating bone microstructure, commonly associated with infla...
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated role-based differences in the accuracy, readability, understandability, and internal consistency of chatbot respon...
BACKGROUND: Accurate patient mortality prediction is crucial in the emergency department (ED) to improve emergency healthcare services. Current predic...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are common diagnoses following traumatic events, with several available evidence-based interventio...
BACKGROUND: Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) represents a prevalent cerebrovascular condition characterized by significant levels of disability and mortali...
INTRODUCTION: Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) predominantly affects older adults, often those with prior head trauma, anticoagulation therapy, or chr...
Burn injuries and chronic wounds impose a substantial and growing global health and economic burden, particularly in low- and middle-income countries ...
Accurate burn depth assessment remains difficult. AI-enhanced multispectral imaging (AI-MSI) offers objective, image-based predictions, but evidence o...
PURPOSE: AI governance commonly emphasises procurement, validation, deployment and performance monitoring but lack guidance on how embedded AI tools s...
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), predictive analytics and other tools are rapidly changing...
The latest episode of cough syrup-associated pediatric deaths in India linked to the reported diethylene glycol (DEG) contamination reverberates a lon...
BACKGROUND: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, where timely diagnosis is critical. Prehospita...
Microplastic pollution is a major environmental problem affecting ecosystems, wildlife and people worldwide. Microplastics are solid synthetic polymer...
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has emerged as the reference noninvasive modality for a comprehensive assessment of myocardial injury followin...