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Lung Cancer Screening in Occupational Settings: A Scoping Review Open

Efehi Raymond Okoro, H. Keller, Felix Greiner, Volker Harth · 2025

Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths globally. It is often asymptomatic until late stage, resulting in late diagnosis and low survival rate. Screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) enables early detection…

Evaluation of lung cancer early detection offered by the German Social Accident Insurance for formerly asbestos-exposed employees using low-dose computed tomography – setting and study design Open

Felix Greiner, Jan Heidrich, Helena R. Keller, Dirk Taeger, Thorsten Wiethege , et al. · 2025

Background Clinical trials have shown the benefits of lung cancer screening (LCS) in certain high-risk groups using low-dose high-resolution computed tomography (LDCT). Risk groups are usually defined by age and tobacco use. Exposure to as…

Strukturierte Ersteinschätzung in der Notaufnahme mittels des intelligenten Assistenzdienstes OPTINOFA Open

Sabine Blaschke, Harald Dormann, Rajan Somasundaram, Christoph Dodt, Ingo Graeff , et al. · 2024

Zusammenfassung Die Organisation der Notfallversorgung in Deutschland bedarf einer grundlegenden Reform. Die Steuerung der Patientenströme in den ambulanten bzw. stationären Sektor stellt hierbei eine der zentralen Herausforderungen dar. I…

The Effects of Displaying the Time Targets of the Manchester Triage System to Emergency Department Personnel: Prospective Crossover Study Open

Jonas Bienzeisler, G. Becker, Bernadett Erdmann, Alexander Kombeiz, Raphael W. Majeed , et al. · 2024

Background The use of triage systems such as the Manchester Triage System (MTS) is a standard procedure to determine the sequence of treatment in emergency departments (EDs). When using the MTS, time targets for treatment are determined. T…

Lung cancer screening by low-dose CT among asbestos-exposed workers in Germany Open

Jan Heidrich, Felix Greiner, H. Keller, Volker Harth · 2023

Introduction The German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) has introduced lung cancer screening (LCS) by means of annual low-dose CT. Eligibility criteria for the main cohort are age ≥55 years, smoking history of ≥ 30 pack years and occupati…

Changes in emergency department utilisation in Germany before and during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, using data from a national surveillance system up to June 2021 Open

Madlen Schranz, T. Sonia Boender, Timo Greiner, Theresa Kocher, Birte Wagner , et al. · 2023

The Effects of Displaying the Time Targets of the Manchester Triage System to Emergency Department Personnel: Prospective Crossover Study (Preprint) Open

Jonas Bienzeisler, G. Becker, Bernadett Erdmann, Alexander Kombeiz, Raphael W. Majeed , et al. · 2023

BACKGROUND The use of triage systems such as the Manchester Triage System (MTS) is a standard procedure to determine the sequence of treatment in emergency departments (EDs). When using the MTS, time targets for treatment are determined. …

Charakteristika älterer im Vergleich zu jüngeren Notfallpatienten Open

Katharina Langhoop, Kirsten Habbinga, Felix Greiner, Falk Hoffmann, Markus Wehler , et al. · 2022

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Ziel ist es, bundesweit und klinikübergreifend altersspezifische Unterschiede in den Charakteristika insbesondere von älteren Notfallpatienten herauszuarbeiten. Methodik Aus 11 sowohl universitären als auch auße…

Medical and cardio-vascular emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: is there a collateral damage? A retrospective routine data analysis Open

Anna Slagman, Mareen Pigorsch, Felix Greiner, Wilhelm Behringer, Michael Bernhard , et al. · 2022

Using routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness, Germany, week 10 2017 until week 10 2021 Open

T. Sonia Boender, Wei Cai, Madlen Schranz, Theresa Kocher, Birte Wagner , et al. · 2022

Background The COVID-19 pandemic expanded the need for timely information on acute respiratory illness at population level. Aim We explored the potential of routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated public health and social measures on emergency department utilization in Germany between March 2017 and June 2021 Open

Madlen Schranz, T. Sonia Boender, Timo Greiner, Theresa Kocher, Birte Wagner , et al. · 2022

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health and social measures, decreasing patient numbers have been described in various healthcare settings in Germany, including emergency care. This could be explained by chang…

German emergency department measures in 2018: a status quo based on the Utstein reporting standard Open

Florian Wallstab, Felix Greiner, Wiebke Schirrmeister, Markus Wehrle, Felix Walcher , et al. · 2022

Nutzung von Routinedaten aus Notaufnahmen zur Surveillance von Suizidversuchen und psychiatrischen Notfällen Open

Carmen Schlump, Julia Thom, T. Sonia Boender, Birte Wagner, Michaela Diercke , et al. · 2021

Der Weg zu Routinedaten aus 16 Notaufnahmen für die sektorenübergreifende Versorgungsforschung Open

Antje Fischer‐Rosinsky, Anna Slagman, Ryan King, Grit Zimmermann, Johannes Drepper , et al. · 2021

Using routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness in Germany, week 10-2017 to 10-2021 Open

T. Sonia Boender, Wei Cai, Madlen Schranz, Theresa Kocher, Birte Wagner , et al. · 2021

Background The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic expanded the need for timely information on acute respiratory illness on the population level. Aim We explored the potential of routine emergency department data for syndromic sur…

Der AKTIN-Monatsbericht: Plädoyer für ein standardisiertes Reporting in der Notaufnahme Open

Felix Greiner, Bernadett Erdmann, Volker Thiemann, Markus Baacke, Rupert Grashey , et al. · 2021

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Vor dem Hintergrund der steigenden Inanspruchnahme und aktuellen Veränderungen in der Notfallversorgung ist eine standardisierte Erfassung relevanter Kennzahlen in Notaufnahmen zwingend erforderlich. Ziel der Ar…

INDEED–Utilization and Cross-Sectoral Patterns of Care for Patients Admitted to Emergency Departments in Germany: Rationale and Study Design Open

Antje Fischer‐Rosinsky, Anna Slagman, Ryan King, Thomas Reinhold, Liane Schenk , et al. · 2021

Introduction: The crowding of emergency departments (ED) has been a growing problem for years, putting the care of critically ill patients increasingly at risk. The INDEED project's overall aim is to get a better understanding of ED utiliz…

Das AKTIN-Notaufnahmeregister – kontinuierlich aktuelle Daten aus der Akutmedizin Open

Dominik Brammen, Felix Greiner, Martin Kulla, Ronny Otto, W Schirrmeister , et al. · 2020

Evaluation der Notfallversorgung – Welche Daten werden gebraucht? Open

Dominik Brammen, Felix Greiner, Anna Slagman, Susanne Drynda · 2020

Evaluation of outcome relevance of quality indicators in the emergency department (ENQuIRE): study protocol for a prospective multicentre cohort study Open

Susanne Drynda, Wencke Schindler, Anna Slagman, Johannes Pollmanns, Dirk Horenkamp‐Sonntag , et al. · 2020

Introduction Quality of emergency department (ED) care affects patient outcomes substantially. Quality indicators (QIs) for ED care are a major challenge due to the heterogeneity of patient populations, health care structures and processes…

Medical Emergencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open

Anna Slagman, Wilhelm Behringer, Felix Greiner, Matthias Klein, Dirk Weismann , et al. · 2020

In Germany, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant drop in medical emergencies of all kinds presenting to the nation's emergency departments. A recovery effect began to be seen as early as calendar week 15, but the levels seen in 2019 …

Inanspruchnahme deutscher Notaufnahmen während der COVID-19-Pandemie – der Notaufnahme-Situationsreport (SitRep) Open

T. Sonia Boender, Felix Greiner, Theresa Kocher, Wiebke Schirrmeister, Raphael W. Majeed , et al. · 2020

Inanspruchnahme deutscher Notaufnahmen während der COVID-19-Pandemie – der Notaufnahme-Situationsreport (SitRep) Das AKTIN-Notaufnahmeregister stellt dem RKI in täglichen Datenlieferungen seit dem 20.3.2020 anonymisierte und standardisiert…

Nutzung von Routinedaten aus Notaufnahmen: Beschreibung zweier Häufungen von Notaufnahmevorstellungen in Wolfsburg und Stuttgart während der COVID-19-Pandemie Open

Madlen Schranz, Felix Greiner, Theresa Kocher, Linus Grabenhenrich, Raphael W. Majeed , et al. · 2020

Nutzung von Routinedaten aus Notaufnahmen: Beschreibung zweier Häufungen von Notaufnahmevorstellungen in Wolfsburg und Stuttgart während der COVID-19-Pandemie Während des ab Mitte März 2020 zu beobachtenden Rückgangs der täglichen Notaufna…

Routinedaten aus Notaufnahmen: Unterschiedliche Dokumentationsanforderungen, Abrechnungsmodalitäten und Datenhalter bei identischem Ort der Leistungserbringung Open

Felix Greiner, Anna Slagman, Christoph Stallmann, Stefanie March, Johannes Pollmanns , et al. · 2019

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Nicht nur im Kontext der Neuordnung der Notfallversorgung in Deutschland besteht derzeit ein hoher Bedarf an Daten aus Notaufnahmen. Für die Versorgungsforschung bieten sich Daten an, welche auf gesetzlicher Gru…

Suitability of the German version of the Manchester Triage System to redirect emergency department patients to general practitioner care: a prospective cohort study Open

Anna Slagman, Felix Greiner, Julia Searle, Linton Harriss, Fintan Thompson , et al. · 2019

Objectives To investigate the suitability of the German version of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) as a potential tool to redirect emergency department (ED) patients to general practitioner care. Such tools are currently being discussed…

Implementation of Emergency Department Performance Benchmarking Using R and LaTeX Open

Ronny Otto, Wiebke Schirrmeister, Raphael W. Majeed, Felix Greiner, Benjamin Lucas , et al. · 2019

The German Emergency Department Data Registry (GEDD-registry, AKTIN) provides an infrastructure for collecting and querying up-to-date medical records in a distributed manner. Within this framework, a benchmark report on cross-institutiona…

Lessons learned in applying the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research methodology to translating Canadian Emergency Department Information System Presenting Complaints List into German Open

Dominik Brammen, Felix Greiner, Harald Dormann, Carsten Mach, Christian Wrede , et al. · 2017

Objectives The patient’s presenting complaint guides diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department, but there is no classification system available in German. The Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) Presenting Co…

Bewertung von Qualitätsindikatoren für die Notaufnahme Open

Martin Kulla, Michael Goertler, Rajan Somasundaram, Felix Walcher, Felix Greiner , et al. · 2016

In deutschen Notaufnahmen werden aktuell etwa 22 Mio. Patienten pro Jahr behandelt, ohne dass eine strukturierte Qualitätssicherung oder ein Qualitätsmanagement anhand nationaler Qualitätsindikatoren existiert. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit…

Clinical Training of Primary Health Care Physicians to Reduce False Positive Diagnoses of Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections Open

Urrutia Herrera D, Felix Greiner · 2016

Background: Presumptive clinical diagnosis of pediatric urinary tract infections (UTI) remains in practice in many low- and middle-income countries in spite of its limited accuracy; improving its precision could be potentially useful until…

Clinical training of doctors to reduce false positive diagnoses of pediatric urinary tract infections Open

CD Urrutia-Herrera, Felix Greiner, MA Cárdenas-Dimaté, Joel Monárrez‐Espino · 2015

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