Geriatric training in emergency medicine residency programs.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have demonstrated that a single episode of acute kidney injury from a number of causes can increase the risk of severe long-term outcomes, including major cardiovascular events and death. We tested the hypothesis that patients who develop acute kidney injury consistent with contrast-induc...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Mitchell AM,Kline JA,Jones AE,Tumlin JA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of snake venom poisoning with antivenin has been the time-proven and medically accepted standard in virtually every country, including the United States. All antivenins are equine in source, and administration to patients exposes them to all the adverse effects of heterologous antisera. The purity and speci...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sullivan JB Jr

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY HYPOTHESIS:To determine the prevalence of antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in trauma and nontrauma patients not identified as having known HIV infection in a noninner-city university teaching hospital emergency department, and to determine the frequency with which treating emergency physicians are k...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Baraff LJ,Talan DA,Torres M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Approximately 1 in 3 computed tomography (CT) scans performed for head injury may be avoidable. We evaluate the association of implementation of the Canadian CT Head Rule on head CT imaging in community emergency departments (EDs). METHODS:We conducted an interrupted time-series analysis of encounters ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sharp AL,Huang BZ,Tang T,Shen E,Melnick ER,Venkatesh AK,Kanter MH,Gould MK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the sciences of emergency medicine and acute care medicine develop, it becomes imperative for researchers in these fields to accurately and completely report the methodology of their investigations. It is only through complete reporting that other investigators can critically examine, replicate, or expand on the re...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brown CG,Kelen GD,Moser M,Moeschberger ML,Rund DA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From October 1985 to April 1988, 297 patients with presumed unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, or permanent pacemaker failure were transferred by helicopter from community hospitals to our medical center for tertiary care. Fifty-six patients (19%) experienced treatable bradycardia (heart rate of less than 5...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Vukov LF,Johnson DQ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To simulate the effect of sublingual injections on pediatric patients, open-chested kid goats were injected sublingually or peripherally with Cardio-Green while being supported by internal cardiac massage. Our study demonstrates that there is statistically a ten-fold lower central blood level after sublingual injectio...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ordog GJ,Wasserberger J,Jones J,Rouzier R,Elstin D,Balasubramaniam S

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether physicians blinded to the serum potassium level can predict hyperkalemia (potassium concentration of more than 5.0 mmol/L) from the ECG. DESIGN:ECGs of patients at high risk for hyperkalemia were interpreted retrospectively by two physicians blinded not only to the specific clinica...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wrenn KD,Slovis CM,Slovis BS

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children who presented with localized vesicular rash in the diaper area were found to have primary varicella-zoster infections. Primary varicella can closely mimic genital herpes simplex virus (HSV 1 or 2), which may be an indicator of sexual abuse. To avoid unfounded investigation for sexual abuse, primary vari...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Simon HK,Steele DW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety of lidocaine in the setting of cocaine-induced myocardial infarction (MI). DESIGN:A retrospective, multicenter study. SETTING:Twenty-nine university, university-affiliated, or community hospitals during a 6-year period (total of 117 cumulative hospital-years). PARTICIPANTS:Pati...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Shih RD,Hollander JE,Burstein JL,Nelson LS,Hoffman RS,Quick AM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:An increase in prescriptions for opioid pain medications has coincided with increasing opioid overdose deaths. Guidelines designed to optimize opioid prescriptions written in the emergency department have been implemented, with substantial controversy. Little is known about how physicians perceive and a...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kilaru AS,Gadsden SM,Perrone J,Paciotti B,Barg FK,Meisel ZF

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a framework for understanding calculations of continuous infusions of vasoactive substances. Several simplified methods for establishing initial concentrations and infusion rates of drug are derived, their applicability is discussed, and examples are given. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Tilden S,Hopkins RL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the safety and efficacy of transcutaneous cardiac pacing using low-impedance defibrillation-type, self-adhesive polymer electrode pads positioned in the same anatomic sites typical of such pad placement in emergency defibrillation attempts. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, single-blinded norm...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chapman PD,Stratbucker RA,Schlageter DP,Pruzina SP

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annals' 25th anniversary is a cause for celebration, but the future imposes a new set of ethical questions and moral dilemmas for emergency physicians. Each physician will need to make personal choices consistent with the courage, judgment, integrity, and dedication of past leaders when dealing with the moral dilemmas...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Waeckerle JF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gifts to physicians by the pharmaceutical industry pose numerous ethical questions. Although individual patients and physicians may benefit financially and educationally from certain gifts, the risk of bias resulting from such gifts makes them ethically challenging. After a brief description of the nature and scope of...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Marco CA,Moskop JC,Solomon RC,Geiderman JM,Larkin GL

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paliperidone, or 9-hydroxy risperidone, is the newest atypical antipsychotic agent to be approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration. Despite being the primary active metabolite of risperidone, paliperidone differs in several ways from risperidone. The most notable difference is that paliperidone is formulate...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Levine M,Lovecchio F,Tafoya P,Graham R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine if the use of verapamil in patients with contraindications is associated with adverse sequelae, thereby assessing whether process measures of the quality of care are correlated with patient outcomes. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review comparing the incidence of adverse outcomes and drug fa...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kuhn M,Schriger DL

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:Recent investigations suggest that increased intrathoracic pressure causing compression of the heart and great vessels in the thorax plays an important role in providing blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This communication reports the case of a four-year-old asphyxiated girl found to have a small amount...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Forney J,Ornato JP

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We examine racial and ethnic differences in opioid prescribing and dosing for long bone fractures at emergency department (ED) discharge. METHODS:We conducted an electronic health records-based cross-sectional study of adults with long bone fractures who presented to the ED across 22 sites from a healt...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Romanelli RJ,Shen Z,Szwerinski N,Scott A,Lockhart S,Pressman AR

更新日期：2019-11-01 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:In 2008, a pay-for-performance program was implemented in sequential waves in Ontario emergency departments (EDs), with the aim of reducing length of stay. We seek to evaluate its effects on ED length of stay and quality of care. METHODS:This was a retrospective observational study of ED visits in Onta...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Vermeulen MJ,Stukel TA,Boozary AS,Guttmann A,Schull MJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course is sponsored by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. This course was developed to provide a consistent method of care for the resuscitation and evaluation of the injured patient. The ATLS course provides an easily remembered method for evaluating and trea...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bell RM,Krantz BE,Weigelt JA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Availability of timely follow-up care is essential in emergency medicine. We describe nonprice barriers to care experienced by callers reporting to be emergency department (ED) patients in need of follow-up care. METHODS:This was a secondary analysis of data collected during a survey of ambulatory clin...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Vieth TL,Rhodes KV

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with primary axillary vein thrombosis was treated successfully in the emergency department with a single IV bolus of anistrepalase followed by continuous IV heparin. The patient's symptoms resolved quickly, and a repeat venogram 16 hours later showed near-complete resolution of the venous obstruction. We dis...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Pires LA,Jay G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrolytes, BUN, and creatinine are some of the most frequently ordered laboratory tests. The use of these tests in emergency practice has not been studied critically, and few investigations of their use in other disciplines have been performed. A review of the available literature and an analysis of medical problem...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Checchio LM,Como AJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:In patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an initial diagnostic impression of noncardiac chest pain, we determine the 30-day incidence of adverse cardiac events and characteristics associated with those events. METHODS:The multicenter, prospectively collected Internet Tracking Regist...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Miller CD,Lindsell CJ,Khandelwal S,Chandra A,Pollack CV,Tiffany BR,Hollander JE,Gibler WB,Hoekstra JW

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To gather preliminary data on the safety and efficacy of IV magnesium in a rat model of hydrofluoric acid burns. MODEL:Forty-seven anesthetized male rats (200 to 300 g) received a standardized burn with 52% hydrofluoric acid. INTERVENTIONS:Animals were anesthetized with 30 to 50 mg/kg ketamine IM and ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Williams JM,Hammad A,Cottington EC,Harchelroad FC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The benefit of epinephrine in cardiac arrest is controversial and has not been conclusively shown in any human clinical study. We seek to assess the effect of introducing intravenous epinephrine on the survival outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in an emergency medical services (EMS) sy...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ong ME,Tan EH,Ng FS,Panchalingham A,Lim SH,Manning PG,Ong VY,Lim SH,Yap S,Tham LP,Ng KS,Venkataraman A,Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Epidemiology Study Group.

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Emergency Physicians algorithm project was a pilot study designed to identify a method for evaluating algorithms by peer review and field test. The intent of the pilot project was to make recommendations which would permit a more extensive evaluation of the logic, usefulness, and safety of vari...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Podgorny G

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00