Full Moon Emergency Room

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Full moon emergency room.

The expression there must be a full moon out tonight will likely remain in emergency medicine folklore. However the belief that the ed is busier during the full moon cannot be substantiated. Data revealed a small increase in the number of visits to psychiatric emergency rooms when a full moon was present. A comparison was made of the number of accessions to the university of melbourne animal emergency centre in the period february 2003 to january 2006 on full moon and non full moon days adjusted.

J emerg med 1987 5 91 95 2. A study from the american journal of emergency medicine found that when analyzing admissions over a four year period there were no significant increases on nights where there was a full moon. Lunar cycles and emergency room visits. A 2011 study published by the national institute of health nih looked at more than 5 400 patients trying to find a connection between the lunar cycle and psychiatric emergency room visits.

Eric moon do an emergency room physician at st. Evidence in the yes column. And a paper published in the nursing research journal also showed that there was no real relationship between moon phases hospital admissions and birth. Data revealed a small increase in the number of visits to psychiatric emergency rooms when a full moon was present.