Alfred Ngako

TL;DR: In selected low-risk patients with pulmonary embolism, outpatient care can safely and effectively be used in place of inpatient care.

TL;DR: POCT was associated with decreased time to anti-ischemic therapy of about three-quarters of an hour, which was due to a shorter time to physician notification of cTnI level, in both all and subgroup participants.

TL;DR: A single PCTlevel was a poor predictor of 28-d adverse medical outcomes in women with pyelonephritis treated in the emergency department, and prediction based on underlying genitourinary abnormality by radiographic testing in addition to the PCT level should be investigated in future studies.

TL;DR: It remains difficult to assess the risk of short-term medical outcome and to elicit an appropriate management strategy at the time PE is diagnosed, particularly for patients with intermediate severity criteria, and echocardiography has emerged as the principal tool for risk stratification in acute PE.

TL;DR: The data suggest that patients with a low HARP score might be safely managed without further testing, and a model based on variables easily available at ED presentation from history, physical examination, and electrocardiography can help ED physicians to identify seniors at very low risk of ACS.