Focus areas
Research in Mayo Clinic's Division of Emergency Medicine Research involves a comprehensive assessment of topics in emergency medicine. Areas of active research focus include:
- Acute management of bone fractures and compartment syndrome.
- Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis.
- Bedbugs.
- Health policy.
- Management and diagnosis of acute respiratory illness.
- Management of corneal abrasion with a bandage contact lens.
- Management of COVID-19.
- Medical-legal issues.
- Optimization of opioid use for acute pain management.
- Recognition and management of geriatric clinical syndromes in the acute setting.
- Sexually transmitted infections.
- Shared decision-making and care discussions in older adults.
- Shared decision-making in patients with chest pain.
- Shared decision-making in patients with minor head injuries.
- Shared decision-making in pediatric patients with middle ear infections (otitis media).
- Urinary tract infections.
- Use of droperidol (Inapsine) for acute pain management.
- Use of physical therapy in the emergency department.
- Use of technology to engage with patients with depression and suicidal ideation.
- Use of vitamin C, thiamine and steroids for sepsis.
Faculty members in the Division of Emergency Medicine Research also have expertise in other fields of research, including:
- Angioedema.
- Emergency department operations.
- Emergency ultrasound applications.
- Prehospital emergency care.
- Quality improvement.
- Sports medicine.