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Lenora M. Olson

Researcher at University of Utah

Publications -  128
Citations -  3630

Lenora M. Olson is an academic researcher from University of Utah. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Suicide prevention. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 121 publications receiving 3086 citations. Previous affiliations of Lenora M. Olson include University of Pittsburgh & University of New Mexico.

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A National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of Emergency Departments

TL;DR: Improvement in pediatric readiness of EDs compared with previous reports is demonstrated and barriers to implementation of guidelines may be targeted for future initiatives by a national coalition whose goal is to ensure day-to-day pediatric readiness.
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Increasing Emergency Physician Recognition of Domestic Violence

TL;DR: Modification of the chart significantly increased the recognition rate of domestic violence and the profile of a woman presenting to the ED differs from those of other women with respect to chief complaint and time of presentation.
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Mortality Reduction with Air Bag and Seat Belt Use in Head-on Passenger Car Collisions

TL;DR: This study confirms the independent effect of air bags and seat belts in reducing mortality, and uses a matched case-control design to assess the efficacy of occupant protection systems.
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Effect of motor vehicle crashes on adverse fetal outcomes

TL;DR: Pregnant women should be counseled to wear seatbelts throughout pregnancy and reduce crash risk, and the effect of seatbelt use in reducing the occurrence of those outcomes is estimated.
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Repeat patients to the emergency department in a statewide database.

TL;DR: The likelihood of serial ED users to use multipleEDs indicates that those studying serial ED use should collect data from multiple EDs, and control groups in future studies are necessary to evaluate interventions aimed at decreasingserial ED use.