Taylor David McD, Hodkinson Peter W, Khan Abdus Salam, Simon Erin L
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Emergency Department, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
Afr J Emerg Med. 2020;10(Suppl 2):S140-S144. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 Jun 7.
The specialty of Emergency Medicine continues to expand and mature worldwide. As a relatively new specialty, the body of research that underpins patient management in the emergency department (ED) setting needs to be expanded for optimum patient care. Research in the ED, however, is complicated by a number of issues including limited time and resources, urgency for some therapeutic investigations and interventions, and difficulties in obtaining truly informed patient consent. Notwithstanding these issues, many of the fundamental principles of medical research apply equally to ED research. In all medical disciplines, data needs to be collected, collated and stored for analysis and a data spreadsheet is employed for this purpose. Like other aspects of clinical research, the use of the data spreadsheet needs to be exacting and appropriate. This research primer explores the choice of available spreadsheets and a range of principles for their best-practice use. It is deliberately, not an exhaustive review of the subject. However, we aim to explore basic principles and some of the most accessible and widely used data spreadsheets.
急诊医学专业在全球范围内持续发展并走向成熟。作为一个相对较新的专业，支撑急诊科患者管理的研究体系需要进一步拓展，以实现最佳的患者护理。然而，急诊科的研究面临诸多复杂问题，包括时间和资源有限、一些治疗性检查和干预的紧迫性，以及难以获得患者真正的知情同意。尽管存在这些问题，但医学研究的许多基本原则同样适用于急诊科研究。在所有医学学科中，都需要收集、整理和存储数据以供分析，为此会使用数据电子表格。与临床研究的其他方面一样，数据电子表格的使用必须精确且恰当。本研究入门指南探讨了可用电子表格的选择以及一系列最佳实践使用原则。它并非对该主题的详尽综述。不过，我们旨在探索基本原则以及一些最易获取且广泛使用的数据电子表格。
