Full Moon Emergency Room

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.

Full moon emergency room.

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. Data revealed a small increase in the number of visits to psychiatric emergency rooms when a full moon was present. Eric moon do an emergency room physician at st. N engl j med 1978 298 1318 1319 3.

J emerg med 1987 5 91 95 2. However the belief that the ed is busier during the full moon cannot be substantiated. Evidence in the yes column. The expression there must be a full moon out tonight will likely remain in emergency medicine folklore.

For as long as i ve worked in the emergency department whenever there s a full moon invariably someone will make a comment about how it s going to be a rough night he says. 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. Data revealed a small increase in the number of visits to psychiatric emergency rooms when a full moon was present. 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.