Accidental firearm fatalities among New Mexico children.

abstract：:Myocardial rupture is a catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction that usually results in sudden death. If diagnosed quickly, patients with myocardial rupture may be salvaged. This report describes the application of emergency department two-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of six cases of ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Plummer D,Dick C,Ruiz E,Clinton J,Brunette D

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To document prehospital and inhospital time intervals from stroke onset to emergency department evaluation and to identify factors associated with presentation to the ED within 3 hours of symptom onset, the current time window for thrombolytic therapy. METHODS:Patients admitted through the ED with a di...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kothari R,Jauch E,Broderick J,Brott T,Sauerbeck L,Khoury J,Liu T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to assess the efficacy of parenteral magnesium sulfate (MgSO4), digoxin, and combined MgSO4-digoxin therapies in acutely lowering ventricular rates in patients with newly recognized atrial fibrillation. DESIGN:A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hays JV,Gilman JK,Rubal BJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride controlled release) is a long-acting preparation of oxycodone that is used as an opioid analgesic to treat chronic pain conditions. We report a patient who ingested a massive quantity of OxyContin and had altered mental status, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, and hypoventilation that...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Schneir AB,Vadeboncoeur TF,Offerman SR,Barry JD,Ly BT,Williams SR,Clark RF

更新日期：2002-10-01 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:A 2-hour accelerated diagnostic pathway based on the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction score, ECG, and troponin measures (ADAPT-ADP) increased early discharge of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction presenting to the emergency department compared with standard care (from 11% to 19.3%)...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Than MP,Pickering JW,Aldous SJ,Cullen L,Frampton CM,Peacock WF,Jaffe AS,Goodacre SW,Richards AM,Ardagh MW,Deely JM,Florkowski CM,George P,Hamilton GJ,Jardine DL,Troughton RW,van Wyk P,Young JM,Bannister L,Lord SJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 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

authors： Platz E,Goldflam K,Mennicke M,Parisini E,Christ M,Hohenstein C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to assess the efficacy and safety of femoral venous catheterization for resuscitation of critically ill patients in the emergency department setting. From May 1982 to April 1983, 100 attempts were made at percutaneous insertion of a large-bore catheter into the femoral veins of patients presenti...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Swanson RS,Uhlig PN,Gross PL,McCabe CJ

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported are two cases of metallic constricting devices presenting to our emergency department. A 40-year-old man was unable to remove a steel ring from his engorged penile shaft after autostimulation, and a 22-year-old man riveted a metallic nut onto his right index finger proximal to his distal interphalangeal joint...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Greenspan L

更新日期：1982-07-01 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：: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：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：: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：:Presented is a rationale for use of a new class of drugs, the iron chelating agents, in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) to prevent late deaths and brain damage following successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The relevant biochemical hypothesis states that free iron ions, liberated from bound intracellular sto...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Babbs CF

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness and incidence of adverse reactions with three treatment regimens for asthma in adults in the prehospital setting. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized clinical study. SETTING:Inner-city emergency medical service system providing basic and advanced life support and transport to 1...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Quadrel M,Lavery RF,Jaker M,Atkin S,Tortella BJ,Cody RP

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella (Chicken pox) is a contagious disease common in childhood but uncommon in adulthood. Pneumonia, however, is a relatively common complication of the disease in adults. Recognition of the potential for this complication in adult patients with varicella is essential for the emergency physician. Three cases of v...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hockberger RS,Rothstein RJ

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older patients account for up to a quarter of all emergency department (ED) visits. Atypical clinical presentation of illness, a high prevalence of cognitive disorders, and the presence of multiple comorbidities complicate their evaluation and management. Increased frailty, delayed diagnosis, and greater illness sever...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Samaras N,Chevalley T,Samaras D,Gold G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a traditional clinical trial, a fixed number of patients are evaluated before the data are analyzed. This has the disadvantage that more patients may be enrolled than are necessary to achieve a statistically significant result. Sequential statistical techniques provide a method for the analysis of clinical trials s...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lewis RJ,Bessen HA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous (IV) fibrinolytic therapy, a recent area of research, has a great deal of applicability in emergency medicine. We report our experience with 30 patients treated with this method. Thirty consecutive patients in the early stages of acute evolving myocardial infarction (AMI) were assigned to receive high-dose...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Mayer G,Story WE,Seco JE,Nocero MA Jr,Shaskey DJ,Black MA

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is the case of a motor vehicle accident (MVA) victim with hypotension and evisceration of small intestine. Vigorous resuscitation in the emergency department was required, after which a portion of small bowel was resected at laparotomy. Evisceration secondary to trauma in an MVA is a rare injury. Significant...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Majernick TG,West JC,Snover W,Brotman S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a set of published triage guidelines identifies patients who can safely be refused emergency department care. DESIGN:Historical cohort study. SETTING:A public hospital ED. TYPE OF PARTICIPANTS:All patients triaged during a one-week period who were not in the most acute triage cat...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lowe RA,Bindman AB,Ulrich SK,Norman G,Scaletta TA,Keane D,Washington D,Grumbach K

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of molecular biology to microbiology has led to a surge of new information about most infectious microorganisms, the pathogenesis of the infections they cause, and the specific microbial antigens involved in the immune response to these infections. The simultaneous application of the same techniques to...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Engleberg NC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to public pressure for greater accountability from the medical profession, a transformation is occurring in the approach to medical education and assessment of physician competency. Over the past 5 years, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has implemented the Outcomes and Gene...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chapman DM,Hayden S,Sanders AB,Binder LS,Chinnis A,Corrigan K,LaDuca T,Dyne P,Perina DG,Smith-Coggins R,Sulton L,Swing S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate the methods and accuracy of mortality data collection and summarize the injury mortality rate in one sector of the State of Olancho, Honduras, with the intent to establish a baseline of injury mortality that will identify potential areas of intervention and serve as a comparison af...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Richman M,Shayne P,Heron S,Lowery D,Todd KH

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial pregnancy is a rare and dangerous form of ectopic pregnancy that can be mistaken for a normal intrauterine pregnancy on ultrasonography, leading to catastrophic results. Increasingly, emergency physicians are using ultrasonography to diagnose intrauterine pregnancy. Emergency physicians should be aware of...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： DeWitt C,Abbott J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 21-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with an episode of profound weakness due to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, a syndrome of muscular weakness occurring in patients with hyperthyroidism. Prior to the diagnosis, the patient was treated with a parenteral tranquilizer. When ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bergeron L,Sternbach GL

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To test the feasibility of using handheld, battery-operated chemical analyzers by EMS personnel in a wilderness environment to aid in the diagnosis and management of heat illness. METHODS:During the summer of 1996, 3 portable clinical analyzers (i-STAT Corp, Princeton, NJ) were kept at different locat...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Backer HD,Collins S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess more rationally the requirement for anticoagulation during intraoperative autotransfusion, the clotting competence of blood collected from the body cavities of 31 trauma victims entering our emergency department with indications for intraoperative transfusion was assessed. Blood was collected at tho...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Broadie TA,Glover JL,Bang N,Bendick PJ,Lowe DK,Yaw PB,Kafoure D

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Computed tomography (CT) is frequently used in evaluating children with blunt head trauma. Routine use of CT, however, has disadvantages. Therefore, we sought to derive a decision rule for identifying children at low risk for traumatic brain injuries. METHODS:We enrolled children with blunt head trauma...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Palchak MJ,Holmes JF,Vance CW,Gelber RE,Schauer BA,Harrison MJ,Willis-Shore J,Wootton-Gorges SL,Derlet RW,Kuppermann N

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We compare the ability of 5 established risk scores to identify patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes who are suitable for discharge after a modified single-presentation high-sensitivity troponin result. METHODS:This was a prospective observational study conducted in a UK district general ho...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Carlton EW,Khattab A,Greaves K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00