Nour Al Jalbout

Shock index as a predictor of hospital admission and inpatient mortality in a US national database of emergency departments Nour Al Jalbout1, Kamna Singh Balhara1, Bachar Hamade2, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh1, Gabor D Kelen1, Jamil D Bayram1 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence to Dr Jamil D Bayram, Department of Emergency Medicine,...

Shock index as a predictor of hospital admission and inpatient mortality in a US national database of emergency departments Nour Al Jalbout1, Kamna Singh Balhara1, Bachar Hamade2, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh1, Gabor D Kelen1, Jamil D Bayram1 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence to Dr Jamil D Bayram, Department of Emergency Medicine,...

An 87-year-old man with history of dementia, coronary artery disease on dual antiplatelet therapy and oesophagitis presented to the emergency department with acute-onset coffee ground emesis and left upper quadrant abdominal pain of 1-day duration. Vital signs were normal. Exam was notable for diffuse abdominal pain without peritoneal signs. Medical work-up was remarkable for haemoglobin of 8.2?g/dL, lactate of 6.3?mmol/L and white blood cell count of 21.84x109/L.