Full Moon Emergency Room

Data revealed a small increase in the number of visits to psychiatric emergency rooms when a full moon was present.

Full moon emergency room.

The expression there must be a full moon out tonight will likely remain in emergency medicine folklore. 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. Bernard hospital in chicago has worked exclusively nights since he began practicing 12 years ago. N engl j med 1978 298 1318 1319 3.

Evidence in the yes column. 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. J emerg med 1987 5 91 95 2. However the belief that the ed is busier during the full moon cannot be substantiated.

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. Eric moon do an emergency room physician at st. 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.