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 failure in patients with and without contraindications to verapamil administration. SETTING:University hospital emergency department. PARTICIPANTS:All patients more than 12 years old who received IV verapamil during the study period. MEASUREMENTS:The presence or absence of contraindications to verapamil, the occurrence of complications, and the frequency of drug failure were determined by chart review. MAIN RESULTS:Patients with contraindications to verapamil experienced a significantly higher incidence of adverse outcomes and drug failures than those without contraindications. The presence of contraindicated rhythms, low pretreatment blood pressure, and signs of congestive heart failure were each specifically associated with an increased risk of adverse sequelae. CONCLUSION:Verapamil should not be administered to patients with contraindications to its use. In this instance, quality assurance process measures correlate with patient outcomes.
journal_name
Ann Emerg Medjournal_title
Annals of emergency medicineauthors
Kuhn M,Schriger DLdoi
10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81382-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-10-01 00:00:00pages
1094-9issue
10eissn
0196-0644issn
1097-6760pii
S0196-0644(05)81382-4journal_volume
20pub_type
杂志文章abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:The role of emergency department (ED) thoracotomy after blunt trauma is controversial. The objective of this review is to determine whether patients treated with an ED thoracotomy after blunt trauma survive and whether survivors have a good neurologic outcome. METHODS:A structured search was performed ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.08.020
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Irukandji syndrome is a constellation of delayed severe local and systemic symptoms occurring after a Carukia barnesi box jellyfish sting involving any exposed skin. These cases are limited to Australia, the habitat of that animal. Numerous other cases of an Irukandji-like syndrome after other small Carybdeid genus en...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(03)00513-4
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe and analyze the effectiveness and safety of etomidate for procedural sedation and evaluate the patient's perspective on effectiveness, side effects, and satisfaction. METHODS:We conducted an observational retrospective study of all patients who received etomidate for procedural sedation ove...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mem.2002.123695
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:Although adjunctive intravenous bicarbonate therapy is commonly recommended for children with severe diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), no studies assessing clinical outcome with this therapy have ever been performed. Our objective was to determine whether bicarbonate therapy influenced outcome for pediatric ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(98)70279-3
更新日期:1998-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81863-3
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Due to a miscommunication during the process of transferring this manuscript from our editorial team to Production, the Members of the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Committee (Oversight Committee) were not properly indexed in PubMed. This has now been corrected online. The publisher would ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,已发布勘误
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.03.036
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVES:For many foodborne outbreaks, the pathogen and food vehicle never are identified. Delayed collection of epidemiologic and microbiologic information may contribute to this. We postulated that collection of this information from ill persons as they presented to the emergency department during a recent ou...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80109-x
更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:Training physicians in new skills through classroom-based teaching has inherent cost and time constraints. We seek to evaluate whether Web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of basic ultrasonographic principles and the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Tr...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.04.019
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Post-dural-puncture headache is a common complication after both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Prompt recognition of the clinical syndrome, followed by supportive and corrective actions, can decrease the morbidity in those afflicted. The most useful preventive measure during dural puncture in adult patients i...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80416-0
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of the emergency IV contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) scanning was evaluated in 90 pediatric patients sustaining blunt abdominal trauma. Medical records, CT scans, and operative and postmortem reports, when applicable, were reviewed retrospectively. By identifying the organs of injury, CT sc...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(88)80611-5
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::During the evaluation of a victim of a motor vehicle accident, routine radiographs of the patient's cervical spine, chest, and pelvis revealed multiple radiopaque foreign bodies along his posterior neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis. Repeat examination of the patient disclosed no evidence of foreign bodies. Further ques...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)82986-5
更新日期:1991-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.05.020
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:The Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score (composed of respiratory rate ≥22 breaths/min, systolic blood pressure ≤100 mm Hg, and altered mental status) may identify patients with infection who are at risk of complications. We determined the association between qSOFA scores and outcomes...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.10.007
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We followed serial plasma baclofen concentrations in a woman who ingested more than 2 g of baclofen in a suicide attempt, the largest ingestion of baclofen reported to date. The plasma clearance of baclofen was characterized by first-order elimination kinetics with a half-life of 8.6 hours. The persistent central nerv...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(86)80388-2
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe and analyze a recent rapid deployment of disaster medical assistance teams and other government agencies to provide medical screening and anthrax prophylaxis to New York City US Postal Service employees potentially exposed to letters contaminated with anthrax spores. METHODS:A description o...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mem.2003.105
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency programs and the residents training in those programs. We present the 2016 annual report on the status of US emergency medicine training programs. ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.03.031
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Garter snake bites are generally innocuous to human beings. We report a case of human envenomation from the Wandering Garter snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans). The patient, who was bitten on his right third fingertip, rapidly developed local edema, ecchymosis, and hemorrhagic vesicles. Systemic signs and symptoms did...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70113-x
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Presented is the case of a 10-year-old child who presented in cardiopulmonary arrest from hypovolemic shock due to pathologic splenic rupture of undetermined etiology. Despite aggressive resuscitation efforts, the patient died. Although rare, pathologic rupture of an abnormal spleen must be considered in the patient w...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80040-1
更新日期:1982-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare three different methods of teaching CPR to parents of infants at high risk for sudden cardiopulmonary arrest and to identify characteristics that predict difficulty in learning CPR. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, multicenter clinical trial of 480 parents and other infant caretakers. Su...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(98)70133-7
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Traumatic rupture of the tracheobronchial tree is an increasingly occurring complication of blunt chest trauma. Early detection and surgical repair are important for definitive and successful reconstruction. Bronchoscopy is the most reliable diagnostic procedure. Use of a rigid bronchoscope is difficult and traumatic ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(80)80386-6
更新日期:1980-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe the characteristics and outcomes of enrollee-health plan disputes over insurance coverage for emergency department (ED) services at 2 large health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that apply the prudent layperson standard. METHODS:We abstracted information from a stratified random sample of...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(03)00637-1
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:It is often taught that acetaminophen-induced liver dysfunction occurs only after a latent period of 24 to 48 hours. This study was designed to evaluate the temporal profile of transaminase levels in patients with acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity. DESIGN:Prospective data collection using standard p...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70237-7
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:The European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III (ECASS III) showed that recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) administered 3 to 4.5 hours after acute ischemic stroke led to improvement in patient disability versus placebo. We evaluate the long-term incremental cost-effectiveness of rtPA admini...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.04.020
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The ingestion of iron-containing products is a potential toxicologic emergency. The total iron binding capacity (TIBC) has been used widely as a predictor of end-organ toxicity and a guide to the need for deferoxamine therapy. When the TIBC is greater than the serum iron concentration (SIC), it is held that no free ir...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(99)70420-8
更新日期:1999-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.03.021
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the use of diclofenac ophthalmic solution is a safe and effective analgesic in the treatment of traumatic corneal abrasions in the emergency department. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Consenting consecutive patient...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(00)70132-6
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We determine whether there are differences in role-related communication patterns in the emergency department (ED). METHODS:This was an observational study of a metropolitan ED. Four medical officers and 4 nurses were observed for 19 hours and 52 minutes. Communication load was measured by proportion o...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.04.006
更新日期:2004-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(88)80304-4
更新日期:1988-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(99)70341-0
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We investigated prospectively the radiopacity of 312 pills found on a university hospital formulary by first radiographing them through 15 and 25 cm of water to duplicate the radiodensity of the human body. The pills that were radiodense through water were studied in a human cadaver model, and their densities were qua...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(87)80182-8
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00