SGEM Xtra: How To Save A Life – Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department

Ensaios extraídos do podcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2022CAEP Position Statement: Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency DepartmentEmergency & ResuscitationIn emergency department patients, CAEP recommends universal IPV screening, referral and documentation over case-finding to improve survivor identification and safety
• 2012Screening Women for Intimate Partner ViolencePsychiatry & BehaviouralIn asymptomatic women of childbearing age, screening for intimate partner violence did not reduce further violence compared with usual care.
• 2015Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings (Cochrane Review)Psychiatry & BehaviouralIn14,959 women attending healthcare settings,IPV screeningraisedclinical identification but not referral or later violenceversususual care.
• 2018USPSTFPsychiatry & BehaviouralIn women of reproductive age, screening for intimate partner violence with referral to support services had moderate net benefit versus no screening.
• 1999Domestic Violence Homicides: ED Use Before VictimizationEmergency & ResuscitationIn34 women killed in domestic-violence homicides,review of prior ED recordsshowed44% had attended an ED within the 2 years before death
• 2012An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009OtherIn 335,697 Canadians reporting spousal violence in 2009, costing of justice, victim and third-party impacts yielded a burden of $7.4 billion