Ominous findings in toddlers with increasing abdominal girth: two unusual cases and a review of the clinical evaluation.

abstract：:Reported is a case of a 34-year-old man, previously in good health, who underwent chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine for treatment of a recent whiplash injury. Immediately following manipulation, the patient became unresponsive and was found to have sustained a brain stem infarction resulting in the "Lock...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Horn SW 2nd

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To reappraise Boehler's angle and evaluate factors, including centering of the central beam, sex of subjects, and side of the body, that may affect angle measurement. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical review. SETTING:Emergency department, Level I trauma center. TYPE OF PARTICIPANTS:120 consecutive patie...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chen MY,Bohrer SP,Kelley TF

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperkalemia is a life-threatening electrolyte disturbance. The clinical presentation is most commonly related to its effects on cardiac conductivity and contractility, although weakness and respiratory compromise may occur. We describe what we believe to be the first reported case of life-threatening hyperkalemia pre...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McCarty M,Jagoda A,Fairweather P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC: Procalcitonin is a biomarker that appears to correlate with bacterial infection. WHAT QUESTION THIS STUDY ADDRESSED: Does a procalcitonin level add prognostic information for pneumonia patients in conjunction with scoring systems such as the Pneumonia Severity Index or CURB-65? WHA...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Menchine MD,Barrett TW,Schriger DL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life-threatening hypothermia can be treated by active and passive rewarming techniques, the treatment of choice being partial cardiopulmonary bypass. The use of closed thoracic cavity lavage has been evaluated in animals, but no formal presentations in human beings have been reported. We report two cases in which rapi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hall KN,Syverud SA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Admixture of erythrocytes (packed red blood cells) with heated saline solutions may provide a faster and safer method of bloodwarming and infusion than is currently available. We developed and tested such a system for ease and efficacy. One-day-old aliquots of erythrocytes (6 to 10 C) were combined with equal amounts ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wilson EB,Iserson KV

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that intersystem variation in initial rhythm among EMS-witnessed arrests is of sufficient magnitude to warrant standardization of survival by creation of an Utstein-style denominator of EMS-witnessed ventricular fibrillation (VF). METHODS:We conducted a planned subset analysis of...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gallagher EJ,Lombardi G,Gennis P

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Emergency department records are an important source of injury surveillance data. However, documentation regarding intentional assault has not been studied and may be suboptimal. The purpose of this study was to analyze physician documentation of assailant, site, and object used in intentional assault. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Houry D,Feldhaus KM,Nyquist SR,Abbott J,Pons PT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Measurement of interval data is important in the accurate recording of events that occur in an emergency medical services system. Measurement of intervals should be a simple task. However, when two separate clocks are needed to record the beginning and end of an interval, accurate measurement may be dif...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Campbell JP,Gridley TS,Muelleman RL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:There is little information about sexual violence cases treated in emergency departments (EDs). This study describes ED visits associated with sexual violence and considers the associated health care burden. METHODS:A descriptive analysis was conducted using nationally representative data on nonfatal i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Saltzman LE,Basile KC,Mahendra RR,Steenkamp M,Ingram E,Ikeda R

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We study the incremental value of the ABCD2 score in predicting short-term risk of ischemic stroke after thorough emergency department (ED) evaluation of transient ischemic attack. METHODS:This was a prospective observational study of consecutive patients presenting to the ED with a transient ischemic ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stead LG,Suravaram S,Bellolio MF,Enduri S,Rabinstein A,Gilmore RM,Bhagra A,Manivannan V,Decker WW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides information supporting the need for new outcome measures in emergency care. It also addresses the use of outcome measures in emergency care, the impact of emergency care, identification of at-risk groups, new approaches to measuring patient satisfaction, quality of life and cost-effectiveness, an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cairns CB,Garrison HG,Hedges JR,Schriger DL,Valenzuela TD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Efficient management and allocation of scarce medical resources can improve outcomes for victims of mass casualty events. However, the effectiveness of specific strategies has never been systematically reviewed. We analyze published evidence on strategies to optimize the management and allocation of sca...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Timbie JW,Ringel JS,Fox DS,Pillemer F,Waxman DA,Moore M,Hansen CK,Knebel AR,Ricciardi R,Kellermann AL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of different doses of the vasopressor angiotensin II on aortic diastolic and coronary perfusion pressures in a swine model of cardiac arrest. DESIGN:Immature swine were anesthetized and hemodynamically monitored. Ventricular fibrillation was induced; CPR was begun after ten minut...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Little CM,Hobson JL,Brown CG

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Nearly 3 million patients present to US emergency departments (EDs) annually with undifferentiated musculoskeletal low back pain. Little is known about short- and longer-term outcomes in this group. We seek to describe the pain and functional outcomes 1 week and 3 months after discharge in a sample of E...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Friedman BW,O'Mahony S,Mulvey L,Davitt M,Choi H,Xia S,Esses D,Bijur PE,Gallagher EJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We assess the effectiveness of patient-controlled analgesia in the emergency department (ED). We hypothesized that decline in pain intensity from 30 to 120 minutes after initial intravenous opioid administration is greater in patients receiving morphine by patient-controlled analgesia compared with usua...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bijur PE,Mills AM,Chang AK,White D,Restivo A,Persaud S,Schechter CB,Gallagher EJ,Birnbaum AJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between spinal injuries and helmet use in motorcycle trauma. DESIGN:Retrospective case series. SETTING:Twenty-eight hospitals in four midwestern states--Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin--representing urban, suburban, and rural settings. PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPA...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Orsay EM,Muelleman RL,Peterson TD,Jurisic DH,Kosasih JB,Levy P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We determine the accuracy of an age-adjusted D-dimer threshold to detect pulmonary embolism in emergency department (ED) patients older than 50 years and describe current ED practices when evaluating possible pulmonary embolism. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of ED encounters for suspected pulm...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sharp AL,Vinson DR,Alamshaw F,Handler J,Gould MK

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blunt abdominal trauma is a common presentation to the emergency department. Ischemic colitis is a rare complication of this and its possible sequelae are important for an emergency physician to recognize. A 21-year-old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and hourly episodes of bright red blo...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rosenberg H,Beck J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 30 years, emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States have experienced explosive growth. The American health care system is now transforming, providing an opportune time to examine what we have learned over the past three decades in order to create a vision for the future of EMS. Over the cou...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Delbridge TR,Bailey B,Chew JL Jr,Conn AK,Krakeel JJ,Manz D,Miller DR,O'Malley PJ,Ryan SD,Spaite DW,Stewart RD,Suter RE,Wilson EM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Studies of travel-related mortality and morbidity have been limited to nonfatal events. Causes of travel-related mortality may differ significantly from morbidity and thus have different prevention strategies. DESIGN:We examined the overseas fatalities of US citizen travelers for the years 1975 and 198...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hargarten SW,Baker TD,Guptill K

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the patterns of injuries sustained by 12 consecutive fallers and jumpers in whom primary impact was onto the feet. The fall heights ranged from 20 to 100 ft. The 12 patients sustained 49 significant injuries. Skeletal injuries were most frequent and included 15 lower extremity fractures, four pelvic fractu...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lowenstein SR,Yaron M,Carrero R,Devereux D,Jacobs LM

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of HIV disease has evolved into a complicated and sophisticated subspecialty in recent years. Fourteen drugs, in various combinations, are being used in increasingly complex treatment regimens. The side effects of some of these drugs, as well as certain drug-drug interactions may mimic signs and symptom...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hovanessian HC

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether topographic analysis of EEG mapping and technetium-99m (99mTc) hexamethylpropylenamine oxide (HMPAO) brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can detect cerebral anomalies in the acute phase of carbon monoxide poisoning. DESIGN:Twelve patients aged 18 to 55 years ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Denays R,Makhoul E,Dachy B,Tondeur M,Noel P,Ham HR,Mols P

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We determine the cost-effectiveness of out-of-hospital continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compared with standard care for adults presenting to emergency medical services with acute respiratory failure. METHODS:We developed an economic model using a United Kingdom health care system perspective ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Thokala P,Goodacre S,Ward M,Penn-Ashman J,Perkins GD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluate patients with shock and traumatic brain injury who were previously enrolled in an out-of-hospital clinical trial to test the association between out-of-hospital time and outcome. METHODS:This was a secondary analysis of patients with shock and traumatic brain injury who were aged 15 years o...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Newgard CD,Meier EN,Bulger EM,Buick J,Sheehan K,Lin S,Minei JP,Barnes-Mackey RA,Brasel K,ROC Investigators.

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Severe myocardial ischemia is the leading cause of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death. It is unclear, however, in which percentage of patients sudden cardiac death is triggered by ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and whether the diagnosis of STEMI can be reliably established immediately after res...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Müller D,Schnitzer L,Brandt J,Arntz HR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Apnea is a known complication of pediatric seizures, but patient factors that predispose children are unclear. We seek to quantify the risk of apnea attributable to midazolam and identify additional risk factors for apnea in children transported by paramedics for out-of-hospital seizure. METHODS:This i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bosson N,Santillanes G,Kaji AH,Fang A,Fernando T,Huang M,Lee J,Gausche-Hill M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical interventions in acute ischemic stroke promise to provide emergency physicians with tools to treat patients in whom conventional thrombolysis might be ineffective or contraindicated, including most patients with stroke who arrive at the emergency department beyond the 3-hour time window for intravenous tiss...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Leary MC,Saver JL,Gobin YP,Jahan R,Duckwiler GR,Vinuela F,Kidwell CS,Frazee J,Starkman S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Antithrombins are among standard treatment agents for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. We aimed to determine the association between time from emergency department (ED) presentation to treatment with an antithrombin and adverse cardiac events. METHODS:The study cohort wa...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Diercks DB,Pollack CV Jr,Hollander JE,Blomkalns AL,Emerman CL,Rokos IC,Larson DM,Hoekstra JW,Mehran R,Stone GW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00