Center for Akutforskning

🚑 Can we better identify older patients at risk of readmission after discharge from the Emergency Department?

A new prospective cohort study by Hans Kirkegaard and colleagues from Aarhus University Hospital explores the clinical value of WHODAS 2.0 as a tool for assessing disability and predicting outcomes in older patients.

🔍 Key findings:
• Higher disability scores in mobility and self-care were associated with increased risk of readmission within 26 weeks
• A mobility score ≥31 was particularly linked to higher risk
• Patients showed significant improvement in functioning over time after discharge
• WHODAS 2.0 may be a useful tool to support clinical decision-making and targeted rehabilitation

📊 These findings highlight the importance of assessing functional status and not just medical diagnoses when planning discharge and follow-up care.

📖 Read the full article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197457226002247?via%3Dihub

📢 New publication from the Research Center for Emergency Medicine: What is the role of volume therapy during and after cardiac arrest?

A new systematic review and meta-analysis conducted on behalf of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Advanced Life Support (ALS) Task Force brings together the current evidence on volume therapy during and after cardiac arrest.

🧠 The systematic review synthesized evidence from 710,118 patients across 14 randomized trials and 44 observational studies examining intravascular volume therapy during and after cardiac arrest.

So, what did we learn?

👉 No randomized trials have compared volume therapy vs. no volume therapy during CPR
👉 No clear benefit of one volume therapy strategy over another across clinical settings
👉 Certainty of evidence remains low to very low

💡 In short:
We still don’t know whether volume therapy during or after cardiac arrest improves outcomes.

More high-quality randomized trials are needed to inform clinical practice.

The full-text publication is available in the open access journal Resuscitation Plus: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101300

Author group: First author Johannes Wittig from the Research Center for Emergency Medicine, senior author Mathias Johan Holmberg, Asger Granfeldt, Marie K. Jessen, Lars W. Andersen from Health - Aarhus University and Aarhus Universitetshospital together with international collaborators Shinichiro Ohshimo, Anders Aneman, Carrie Kah-Lai Leong, Brian J. O’Neil, Yew Woon Chia, Jacqueline Eleonora Ek and Peter P**l.

🎉 New publication from the Research Center for Emergency Medicine!

We are proud to share that our colleague Nanna Fauerholdt Skov has just published an important study in International Emergency Nursing 👏

📚The study explores what emergency nursing actually entails in a Danish context, an area that has previously been underexplored. Through focus group interviews with nurses from four Danish emergency departments, the study provides unique insights into everyday practice, complexity, and the many roles of emergency nurses.

🔍 Three key themes emerge:
• Clinical assessment and response
• Communication and relational care
• Coordination and system navigation

The findings highlight that emergency nursing extends far beyond clinical procedures. It is an integrated practice where clinical expertise, relational care, and system level coordination are all essential to ensuring patient safety and high quality care

This study contributes important knowledge at a time when emergency nursing has recently been established as a specialty in Denmark, emphasizing the need for clearer role definitions, education development, and a stronger professional identity.

Congratulations to Nanna and the entire research team on this great achievement 🙌

Read the study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755599X26000662