Effectiveness of interventions to decrease emergency department visits by adult frequent users: a systematic review

J Moe, SW Kirkland, E Rawe, MB Ospina… - Academic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Frequent emergency department (ED) users are high‐risk and high‐resource‐
utilizing patients. This systematic review evaluates effectiveness of interventions targeting …

Mortality, admission rates and outpatient use among frequent users of emergency departments: a systematic review

J Moe, S Kirkland, MB Ospina, S Campbell… - Emergency Medicine …, 2016 - emj.bmj.com
Objective This systematic review examines whether frequent emergency department (ED)
users experience higher mortality, hospital admissions and outpatient visits than non …

Combined inhaled beta‐agonist and anticholinergic agents for emergency management in adults with asthma

SW Kirkland, C Vandenberghe… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Inhaled short‐acting anticholinergics (SAAC) and short‐acting beta₂‐agonists
(SABA) are effective therapies for adult patients with acute asthma who present to the …

Short-term effects of ambient air pollution on stroke: who is most vulnerable?

PJ Villeneuve, JYM Johnson, D Pasichnyk… - Science of the total …, 2012 - Elsevier
Several studies have demonstrated positive associations between day-to-day increases in
air pollution and stroke. These findings have been inconsistent, and the influence of patient …

METASTART: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of the simple triage and rapid treatment (START) algorithm for disaster triage

JM Franc, SW Kirkland, UD Wisnesky… - … and disaster medicine, 2022 - cambridge.org
Introduction: The goal of disaster triage at both the prehospital and in-hospital level is to
maximize resources and optimize patient outcomes. Of the disaster-specific triage methods …

Intramuscular versus oral corticosteroids to reduce relapses following discharge from the emergency department for acute asthma

SW Kirkland, E Cross, S Campbell… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Acute asthma is a common cause of presentations to acute care centres, such
as the emergency department (ED), and while the majority of patients can be discharged …

The efficacy of pad placement for electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation/flutter: a systematic review

S Kirkland, I Stiell, T AlShawabkeh… - Academic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Electrical cardioversion is commonly used to treat patients with atrial fibrillation
and atrial flutter to restore normal sinus rhythm. There has been considerable debate as to …

A systematic review of instruments to identify mental health and substance use problems among children in the emergency department

AS Newton, A Soleimani, SW Kirkland… - Academic emergency …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Specialized instruments to screen and diagnose mental health problems in
children and adolescents are not yet standard components of clinical assessments in …

A systematic review examining the impact of redirecting low-acuity patients seeking emergency department care: is the juice worth the squeeze?

SW Kirkland, A Soleimani, BH Rowe… - Emergency Medicine …, 2019 - emj.bmj.com
Objectives Diverting patients away from the emergency department (ED) has been proposed
as a solution for mitigating overcrowding. This systematic review examined the impact of …

Integrated economic and environmental modeling of forest biomass for renewable energy in California: Part I-Model development

K Li, S Kirkland, BL Yeo, C Tubbesing, V Bandaru… - Biomass and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forests are a major natural resource of the state of California, where over a third of the land
is forested, and provide a wide range of environmental, economic, and social benefits. Over …