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Bertrand Yersin
Researcher at University of Lausanne
Publications - 148
Citations - 4173
Bertrand Yersin is an academic researcher from University of Lausanne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Emergency department. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 148 publications receiving 3798 citations. Previous affiliations of Bertrand Yersin include University Hospital of Lausanne.
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Efficacy of clinical guideline implementation to improve the appropriateness of chest physiotherapy prescription among inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Idris Guessous,Jacques Cornuz,Rebecca Stoianov,Bernard Burnand,Jean-William Fitting,Bertrand Yersin,Olivier Lamy +6 more
TL;DR: Both passive and active implementation of guidelines appear to improve the appropriateness of CP prescription among inpatients with CAP without impairing their outcomes.
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Improvement of Renal Failure with Repeated Head-Out Water Immersions in Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Associated with Alcoholic Hepatitis
TL;DR: Two patients with severe hepatorenal syndrome associated with alcoholic hepatitis are reported, in whom repeated daily courses of head-out water immersion were dramatically effective in producing an improvement of the renal function.
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Success Rate of Airway Management by Residents in a Pre-hospital Emergency Setting: a Retrospective Study
TL;DR: The results support the efficacy of a pre-hospital emergency rescue system reinforced by residents and adherence to a standardized protocol of pre- Hospital airway management was successful overall in 94.3% of rescue missions.
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Differences in triage category, priority level and hospitalization rate between young-old and old-old patients visiting the emergency department.
Sarah Vilpert,Stéfanie Monod,Hélène Jaccard Ruedin,Jürgen Maurer,Lionel Trueb,Bertrand Yersin,Christophe Büla +6 more
TL;DR: Comparisons of chief complaints and level of priority and factors explaining the difference in hospitalization rates among community-dwelling older adults aged 65–84 vs 85+ years suggest that age itself, besides other unmeasured factors, may play a role in explaining the higher hospitalization rate in patients aged 85 + years.
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Proportion of out-of-hospital adult non-traumatic cardiac or respiratory arrest among calls for seizure
TL;DR: Although these cases are rare, dispatchers should closely monitor seizure patients with the help of bystanders to exclude an out-of-hospital cardiac or respiratory arrest, in which case the dispatcher can offer telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation advice until the paramedics arrive.