Focus Areas
Research in the Mayo Clinic 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