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Table 3 Guideline topics

From: Adherence to guidelines and protocols in the prehospital and emergency care setting: a systematic review

Medical condition

Prehospital setting

Emergency department setting

Cardiology

Cardiac arrest[26–28]

Myocardial infarction[18, 34]

 

Myocardial infarction[18]

 

Neurology

Sedation[32]

Convulsive status epilepticus[21]

 

Traumatic brain injury[30–33]

Syncope[24]

Pulmonology

Oxygen administration[29]

Bronchiolitis[37]

  

Asthma[20, 23, 35, 36, 38, 39]

  

COPD[19, 40]

  

Pneumonia[34]

Infectious diseases

Meningococcal septicaemia[25]

Antibiotic therapy[47]

  

Antitetanus prophylaxis[43]

  

Fever[42]

  

Febrile seizures[44, 45]

  

Sepsis[41, 46]

Other

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Allergic reactions to food[49]

  

Antithrombotic therapy[48]

  

Pain[50]

  

Pulmonary and venous embolisms[22, 52]

  

Urinary complaints/sexually transmitted diseases[51]