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Telemed J E Health ; 27(3): 254-260, 2021 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32821027

RESUMO

Background: The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted telemedicine as a care delivery tool uniquely suited for a disaster pandemic. Introduction: With support from emergency department (ED) leadership, our institution rapidly deployed telemedicine in a novel approach to large-scale ED infectious disease management at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center (NYP/WCMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital (NYP/LMH). Materials and Methods: Nineteen telemedicine carts were placed in COVID-19 isolation rooms to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) and mitigate infectious risk for patients and providers by decreasing in-person exposures. Results: The teleisolation carts were used for 261 COVID-19 patient interactions from March to May 2020, with 79% of overall use in March. Our urban academic site (NYP/WCMC) had 173 of these cases, and the urban community hospital (NYP/LMH) had 88. This initiative increased provider/patient communication and attention to staff safety, improved palliative care and patient support services, lowered PPE consumption, and streamlined clinical workflows. The carts also increased patient comfort and reduced the psychological toll of isolation. Discussion: Deploying customized placement strategies in these two EDs maximized cart availability for isolation patients and demonstrates the utility of telemedicine in various ED settings. Conclusions: The successful introduction of this program in both academic and urban community hospitals suggests that widespread adoption of similar initiatives could improve safe ED evaluation of potentially infectious patients. In the longer term, our experience underscores the critical role of telemedicine in disaster preparedness planning, as building these capabilities in advance allows for the agile scaling needed to manage unforeseen catastrophic scenarios.


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COVID-19/diagnóstico , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência , Telemedicina , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Controle de Infecções , Avaliação de Resultados da Assistência ao Paciente
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Pediatr Emerg Care ; 31(7): 531-2, 2015 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26148105

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A young adolescent patient presented to the emergency department with forehead and eyelid swelling after a week of nasal discharge that was suspicious for Pott's puffy tumor. Point-of-care ultrasound facilitated rapid diagnosis and initiation of treatment for a concerning and rare complication of sinusitis, confirmed by computed tomography scan.


Assuntos
Abscesso/diagnóstico , Sinusite Frontal/complicações , Tumor de Pott/diagnóstico , Abscesso/etiologia , Adolescente , Criança , Testa/diagnóstico por imagem , Sinusite Frontal/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Masculino , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito , Tumor de Pott/etiologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Ultrassonografia
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bioRxiv ; 2020 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32511352

RESUMO

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused thousands of deaths worldwide, including >18,000 in New York City (NYC) alone. The sudden emergence of this pandemic has highlighted a pressing clinical need for rapid, scalable diagnostics that can detect infection, interrogate strain evolution, and identify novel patient biomarkers. To address these challenges, we designed a fast (30-minute) colorimetric test (LAMP) for SARS-CoV-2 infection from naso/oropharyngeal swabs, plus a large-scale shotgun metatranscriptomics platform (total-RNA-seq) for host, bacterial, and viral profiling. We applied both technologies across 857 SARS-CoV-2 clinical specimens and 86 NYC subway samples, providing a broad molecular portrait of the COVID-19 NYC outbreak. Our results define new features of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, nominate a novel, NYC-enriched viral subclade, reveal specific host responses in interferon, ACE, hematological, and olfaction pathways, and examine risks associated with use of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers. Together, these findings have immediate applications to SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, public health, and new therapeutic targets.

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Prehosp Disaster Med ; 33(6): 647-649, 2018 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30392483

RESUMO

A large number of civilian agencies have published guides and recommendations on how to assemble personal and family emergency kits. However, the kits resulting from following these guidelines are impractical, particularly in the event evacuation becomes necessary. This report describes an alternative approach to assembling an emergency kit. OstrovskiyG, ShemeshAJ. Contents of a bug-out bag. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(6):647-649.


Assuntos
Planejamento em Desastres , Emergências , Primeiros Socorros/instrumentação , Água Potável , Abastecimento de Alimentos , Havaí , Humanos , Estados Unidos
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