Daniel Wilhelms

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Publications

2026

Helena Johansson, Daniel Wilhelms, Jens Wretborn (2026)

The evolving prehospital care: a 12-year retrospective analysis Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Vol. 34, Article 115 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-026-01651-z

Samia Munir Ehrlington, Jens Wretborn, Daniel Wilhelms (2026)

Frailty Alerts Reduce Waiting Time and Length of Stay in the Emergency Department Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 33 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acem.70239

Samia Munir Ehrlington, Jens Wretborn, Daniel Wilhelms (2026)

Reply to "Comment on 'Frailty Alerts Reduce Waiting Time and Length of Stay in the Emergency Department'" Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 33, Article e70266 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acem.70266

Erika Hörlin, David Ekermo, Daniel Wilhelms, Ann Catrine Eldh (2026)

Being screened for frailty in the emergency department: the voice of patients in an exploratory qualitative study BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 26, Article 144 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-06990-1

2025

L. S. Hansson, A. Tognetti, E. Tavakoli-Berg, J. M. Stache, M. Kakeeto, J. Melin, S. Bredin, R. Skarp, C. Lensmar, R. Demand, M. J. Olsson, Daniel Wilhelms, Rani Toll John, K. B. Jensen, M. Lekander, Julie Lasselin (2025)

Identifying sick people while sick yourself: a study of identification of facial cues and walking patterns of sick individuals during experimental endotoxemia Brain, behavior, and immunity, Vol. 129, p. 399-408 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.06.013

Research

Picture taken in the corridor of an emergency department in a hospital. A health worker is seen walking towards the camera with a stretcher.

Emergency Medicine Research Center

The research and development unit of the Emergency Department at Linköping University Hospital was started in 2016. In 2021, the Emergency Department became Sweden's first university healthcare unit in emergency medicine.

News

Picture from the emergency department at Linköping US.

Triaging tomorrow: Hyperspectral imaging redefines emergency care

Each year, more than 2 million patients in Sweden visit an emergency department. These departments often experience crowding leading to a rise in return visits and increased mortality. A WCMM project will target shortcomings of current triage tools.

Region Östergötland's new research prize goes to Daniel Wilhelms

Region Östergötland's new research prize for young researchers in 2023 goes to Daniel Wilhelms, docent and senior physician in emergency care at the University Hospital in Linköping.

Group image of five people in front a curtain.

Millions to be invested in promising researchers from the region's clinics

The Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine and Region Östergötland are starting a strategic research effort this year. The investment will boost clinically oriented research where six associated clinical fellows will start the program in 2023.