Localized depigmentation after steroid injection of a ganglion cyst on the hand.

abstract：:A double-blind, randomized study was performed to determine the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in acute asthma patients treated with epinephrine, aminophylline, or both in combination. Sixty patients were studied with Holter monitoring during the 90-minute study period. There was no statistical difference among...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Emerman CL,Crafford WA,Vrobel TR

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent interest in civilian trauma as a public health problem dates from the National Academy of Sciences white paper in 1966. Civilian trauma patterns vary depending on locale--blunt trauma predominates in rural and smaller urban areas (65% to 80% of hospital admissions); penetrating trauma in larger urban areas outw...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Baker CC

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman presented with acute abdominal pain, anemia, and a positive pregnancy test. At surgery a large retroperitoneal hematoma secondary to a ruptured right kidney was found. Pathological examination revealed a hematogenic necrosis of a choriocarcinoma of the kidney. The patient tolerated subsequent chemotherap...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Plaus WJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate the degree to which pulse oximetry overestimates actual oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb) saturation in patients with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. This phenomenon has been reported in fewer than 20 humans in the English medical literature. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of 191 patients eval...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bozeman WP,Myers RA,Barish RA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ischemic stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of adult disability. The direct and indirect costs of stroke care exceed $51 billion annually. In 1996, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for acute ischemic stroke, intravenous tissue pla...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lewandowski C,Barsan W

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:First-aid guidelines recommend the administration of cool running water in the early management of thermal injury. Our objective is to analyze the associations between first aid and skin-grafting requirements in children with burns. METHODS:This cohort study used a prospectively collected registry of p...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Griffin BR,Frear CC,Babl F,Oakley E,Kimble RM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To define the rate of complications of adult varicella, including pneumonia, and to determine the association of such complications with pregnancy. METHODS:Retrospective, descriptive case series of consecutive adult emergency department patients with primary varicella seen over a 31-month period in an ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Baren JM,Henneman PL,Lewis RJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:A characteristic case of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection in a previously healthy, 25-year-old man is presented. The patient progressed from influenza-like symptoms to irreversible septic shock and death within 24 hours. His spleen had been removed nine years earlier because of abdominal trauma. Aggressive thera...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stryker RM,Orton DW

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a vaginal foreign body. A drinking glass was inserted in the vagina of an intoxicated patient by her irate lover. Infection followed. The emergency care is described, including the method of extraction of the object, along with discussion of the principles involved and associated complications. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kurzel RB,Chaudhuri G,Hall D

更新日期：1981-09-01 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：:Profound hypothermia is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Optimal outcomes have been reported with invasive extracorporeal warming techniques not readily available in most hospitals. Endovascular warming devices may provide a less invasive alternative. A 68-year-old woman developed profound hypothermia aft...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Laniewicz M,Lyn-Kew K,Silbergleit R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the ability of 64 emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to ventilate a resuscitation manikin with a bag valve mask and with a pocket face mask to determine if their skill levels met the American Heart Association standard of 12 ventilations per minute, each with a tidal volume of 800 mL or more. All ventila...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cummins RO,Austin D,Graves JR,Litwin PE,Pierce J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1982 US Festival, a three-day outdoor rock music festival, attracted close to 410,000 people. Through a private contractor, a group of physicians participated in the design, administration, and implementation of medical care for this event. Basic ambulatory care was provided by a multitiered approach, using emerge...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ounanian LL,Salinas C,Shear CL,Rodney WM

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general agreement that physical examination alone is inadequate for abdominal evaluation in the multiply injured blunt trauma patient; but controversy exists regarding the preferred method of detecting intraabdominal injuries requiring celiotomy. Both peritoneal lavage and the newer computed tomography imagin...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kearney PA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite 3 decades of scientific progress, rates of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remain low. The Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) was created to provide communities with a means to identify cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, measure how well emergency medical services (EMS) perf...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McNally B,Stokes A,Crouch A,Kellermann AL,CARES Surveillance Group.

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determine the feasibility and yield of universal opt-out HIV screening among adolescents and adults in a southeastern emergency department (ED) serving a semiurban-semirural population. METHODS:Individuals aged 13 to 64 years who visited the ED during specified hours received the OraQuick rapid HIV test (...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sattin RW,Wilde JA,Freeman AE,Miller KM,Dias JK

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After recent terrorist attacks, new attention has been focused on health care facility decontamination practices. This article reviews core issues related to the selection of appropriate personal protective equipment for health care facility decontamination personnel, with an emphasis on respiratory protection. Existi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hick JL,Hanfling D,Burstein JL,Markham J,Macintyre AG,Barbera JA

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We compare utilization, price per visit, and the types of care delivered across freestanding emergency departments (EDs), hospital-based EDs, and urgent care centers in Texas. METHODS:We analyzed insurance claims processed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas from 2012 to 2015 for patient visits to frees...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ho V,Metcalfe L,Dark C,Vu L,Weber E,Shelton G Jr,Underwood HR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Abdominal compressions can be interposed between the thoracic compressions of standard CPR (SCPR). The resulting interposed abdominal compression CPR (IAC-CPR) may increase blood pressures and patient survival, particularly if applied as a primary technique after in-hospital cardiac arrest. We used a pr...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hoekstra OS,van Lambalgen AA,Groeneveld AB,van den Bos GC,Thijs LG

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We perform a videographic analysis of external laryngeal manipulation (ELM) by novice intubators using a direct laryngoscopic imaging system and a validated means of assessing laryngeal view (percentage of glottic opening [POGO] score). METHODS:Nine first-year emergency medicine residents performed a t...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Levitan RM,Mickler T,Hollander JE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Prediction rules for pulmonary embolism use variables explicitly shown to estimate the probability of pulmonary embolism. However, clinicians often use variables that have not been similarly validated, yet are implicitly believed to modify probability of pulmonary embolism. The objective of this study i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Courtney DM,Kline JA,Kabrhel C,Moore CL,Smithline HA,Nordenholz KE,Richman PB,Plewa MC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of dyspepsia in the emergency department often consists of antacid in combination with viscous lidocaine, even though the specific etiology of the pain is frequently unknown. The efficacy of lidocaine as a component of symptomatic therapy was evaluated in a randomized, patient-blinded protocol. Patients ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Welling LR,Watson WA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid expansion of cost-consciousness and managed care into the medical marketplace has challenged the autonomy of physicians and patients. These challenges have taken a variety of forms, including limitations on reimbursement and restrictions on the amount and type of emergency care patients may receive. Challeng...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Larkin GL,Adams JG,Derse AR,Iserson KV,Gotthold WE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of delay in diagnosis of diaphragmatic rupture and herniation in a pregnant 25-year-old woman. The diaphragmatic rupture was secondary to trauma sustained five months prior to presentation. Subsequent to her accident, she was provided medical care on multiple occasions for symptoms of intractable nau...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Henzler M,Martin ML,Young J

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The Utstein guidelines recommend that emergency medical services (EMS)-witnessed cardiac arrests be considered separately from other out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases. The objective of this study was to assess EMS-witnessed cardiac arrest and to determine predictors of survival in this group. METHOD...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： De Maio VJ,Stiell IG,Wells GA,Spaite DW,OPALS Study Group.

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent adoption of World Health Assembly Resolution 60.22, titled "Health Systems: Emergency Care Systems," has established an important health care policy tool for improving emergency care access and availability globally. The resolution highlights the role that strengthened emergency care systems can play in red...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Anderson PD,Suter RE,Mulligan T,Bodiwala G,Razzak JA,Mock C,International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) Task Force on Access and Availability of Emergency Care.

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the effect of midazolam and haloperidol premedication for reducing ketamine-induced recovery agitation in adult patients undergoing procedural sedation. We also compare physician satisfaction and recovery time. METHODS:We randomized emergency department patients older than 18 years who need...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Akhlaghi N,Payandemehr P,Yaseri M,Akhlaghi AA,Abdolrazaghnejad A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-base changes occurring during cardiac arrest and subsequent CPR are related to a complex low-perfusion state characterized clinically by venous and tissue hypercarbic and metabolic (lactic) acidosis. This low-flow state is a dynamic process dependent on the time intervals between onset of arrest, initiation of CP...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： von Planta M,Bar-Joseph G,Wiklund L,Bircher NG,Falk JL,Abramson NS

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00