The management of HIV-related illness in the emergency department.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We estimate the occupational fatality rate among emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the United States. METHODS:We undertook descriptive epidemiology of occupational fatalities among EMS providers. Analysis was conducted by using data from 3 independent fatality databases: the Census of Fatal...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Maguire BJ,Hunting KL,Smith GS,Levick NR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical antishock trouser (MAST) has been advocated as potentially beneficial in the resuscitation of patients in cardiac arrest. Currently available data indicate that the MAST will increase the blood pressure generated by external cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In addition, there may be an increased survival of ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lilja GP,Clinton J,Mahoney B

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preverbal toddler who presents with a distended abdomen can pose a difficult clinical problem. The differential diagnosis is extremely broad and consists of etiologies ranging from the benign to the life threatening. In this case report, we present 2 unusual life-threatening cases of abdominal distention in well-app...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ota FS,Maxson RT,Abramo TJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of a decongestant-antihistamine preparation in combination with antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media. The effectiveness of a new Dimetapp (DIM) preparation was assessed in comparison with each of its components (brompheniramine maleate [BPM] and phenylephrine h...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bhambhani K,Foulds DM,Swamy KN,Eldis FE,Fischel JE

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inconsistency in contacting the families of acutely ill patients can negatively affect relatives and induce stress in emergency department staff. Role clarification and performance guidelines are discussed in the context of a telephone notification of relatives checklist, with staff advised in six specific interventio...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Robinson MA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Machine-learning algorithms allow improved prediction of sepsis syndromes in the emergency department (ED), using data from electronic medical records. Transfer learning, a new subfield of machine learning, allows generalizability of an algorithm across clinical sites. We aim to validate the Artificial ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wardi G,Carlile M,Holder A,Shashikumar S,Hayden SR,Nemati S

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although ingestions of button batteries can have serious complications, the majority of these ingestions will be benign. Button batteries that lodge in the esophagus should be removed immediately by endoscopy. Other ingestions can be managed with observation at home unless symptoms develop. Weekly radiographic examina...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kuhns DW,Dire DJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac ultrasound quickly provides both anatomic and physiologic assessment of the heart at the bedside, permitting rapid diagnosis and triage of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain, hypotension, or dyspnea. The identification and quantification of left ventricular dysfunction by ultrasoun...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hauser AM

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:Patients evaluated by paramedics but not transported to the hospital account for 50% to 90% of emergency medical services lawsuits. We reviewed 2,698 consecutive paramedic run reports to examine documentation in these cases. Documentation criteria for prehospital patient release were history, physical examination, vit...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Selden BS,Schnitzer PG,Nolan FX

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of a patient who survived a large propranolol overdose, as documented by toxic blood levels. The signs and symptoms were those of profound inotropic and moderate chronotropic cardiotoxicity which failed to respond to parasympatholytics or catecholamines, but subsequently reversed coincident with the a...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Salzberg MR,Gallagher EJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is a case of idiopathic priapism that was successfully treated with inhalation of amyl nitrite. Routine treatment measures had failed. The same patient presented on several other occasions in a similar fashion. Each time amyl nitrite was successful. An investigation for diseases known to be associated with p...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Parrillo SJ,Manfrey S

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the height of back elevation required to place the cervical spine of children less than 8 years old in neutral position and whether agreement on the height required for neutral position could be reached by two independent observers. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective. SETTING:Pediatric emergency d...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Nypaver M,Treloar D

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of adenosine in the treatment of emergency department patients with spontaneous paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). DESIGN:An eight-month prospective outcome study. POPULATION:Patients 16 or more years old with PSVT by surface ECG criteria. Patients were excluded if ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cairns CB,Niemann JT

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Radiology-performed transabdominal pelvic ultrasound, used to evaluate female patients with suspected pelvic pathology in the pediatric emergency department (ED), is often delayed by the need to fill the bladder. We seek to determine whether point-of-care ultrasound assessment of bladder fullness can pr...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dessie A,Steele D,Liu AR,Amanullah S,Constantine E

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility of Pap screening and follow-up of urban emergency department patients and the prevalence of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma in this group. DESIGN:During a four-month period, Pap smears were added to pelvic examinations performed in the ED. Follow-up, including repeat Pap ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hogness CG,Engelstad LP,Linck LM,Schorr KA

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Recent data suggest that emergency airway preoxygenation with a bag-valve-mask (BVM) device (held with a tight mask seal but without squeezing the bag) is superior to a nonrebreather (NRB) mask at standard oxygen flow rates. We seek to determine whether preoxygenation with an NRB mask with flush rate ox...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Driver BE,Prekker ME,Kornas RL,Cales EK,Reardon RF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of all patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital emergency department with the complaint of overdose, poisoning, or ingestion during a 10-month period was conducted. Analysis of these 82 episodes involving 69 individuals revealed: 1) a preponderance of women in the 20- to 40-year old range...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Soslow AR

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective chart review to determine whether the treatment of uncomplicated convulsions in emergency department patients with a history of epilepsy complied with a clinical standard and whether the degree of compliance with the standard was related to the treating physician's specialty or postgraduat...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Baraff LJ,Schriger DL,Starkman S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We assessed the validity and completeness of data in the past medical history (PMH) obtained electronically from parents and examined effects of the human-computer interface and sociodemographic variables on electronic parental report. METHODS:We compared parents' electronic report of PMH data with a ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Porter SC,Silvia MT,Fleisher GR,Kohane IS,Homer CJ,Mandl KD

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:Cardiac arrest caused by massive pulmonary embolism is highly refractory to conventional resuscitation. Emergency surgical embolectomy has been considered the only effective intervention. We present the case of a 33-year-old woman who suffered a massive pulmonary embolism with circulatory arrest refractory to one half...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Langdon RW,Swicegood WR,Schwartz DA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe the recidivism characteristics of an adult emergency department (ED) observation unit population and determine whether rates differ according to demographic or clinical features. METHODS:This prospective observational cohort study of a protocol-driven ED observation unit reviewed all discha...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ross MA,Hemphill RR,Abramson J,Schwab K,Clark C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the potential usefulness of external cardiac pacing for the termination of sustained ventricular tachycardia in the emergency department setting. TYPE OF PARTICIPANTS:Five men and one woman (mean age, 57 years) who presented to the ED with a wide-complex, hemodynamically stable tachycardia...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Grubb BP,Temesy-Armos P,Hahn H,Elliott L

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of emergency physician whole body and extremity exposure to ionizing radiation during trauma resuscitation over a three-month period was conducted. Radiation film badges and thermoluminescent dosimeter finger rings were permanently attached to leaded aprons worn by emergency medicine residents duri...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Weiss EL,Singer CM,Benedict SH,Baraff LJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential for cardiovascular toxicity from severe oral phenytoin overdose. STUDY POPULATION:Fifty-seven patients admitted during a two-year period to an inner-city hospital for severe oral phenytoin overdose, which is defined as a peak level of 40 micrograms/mL or more. METHODS:Case re...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wyte CD,Berk WA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to compare warm gastric (Group 1) and closed thoracic cavity (Group 2) lavage for rewarming severely hypothermic dogs. Adult mongrel dogs were monitored by intra-arterial catheter, central venous catheter, and ECG, and by central venous, esophageal, and rectal temperature probes. Animals were ex...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brunette DD,Sterner S,Robinson EP,Ruiz E

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Coronary computed tomographic (CT) angiography has excellent performance characteristics relative to coronary angiography and exercise or pharmacologic stress testing. We hypothesize that coronary CT angiography can identify a cohort of emergency department (ED) patients with a potential acute coronary ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hollander JE,Chang AM,Shofer FS,McCusker CM,Baxt WG,Litt HI

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To describe the experience of croup at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH), the only tertiary pediatric hospital in Western Australia, from 1980 through 1995 with reference to the introduction of routine steroid treatment in the ICU in 1989, in the general hospital wards from 1989 through 1993...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Geelhoed GC

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00