National survey of emergency department alcohol screening and intervention practices.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Patient-centered medical homes are primary care practices that focus on coordinating acute and preventive care. Such practices can obtain patient-centered medical home recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. We compare growth rates for emergency department (ED) use and costs of ED...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Pines JM,Keyes V,van Hasselt M,McCall N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombolytic therapy offers the promise of major therapeutic intervention in many areas as well as in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction who present to the emergency department. Infusion of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) during field transport has been proven safe, but optimal methods ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bresler MJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：: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：:[Salomon B: Emergency department fugue. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:412-413]. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Salomon B

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:Sodium dichloroacetate (DCA) has been shown to lower elevated serum lactate levels produced by hypoxia, exercise, and phenformin. We conducted a study to investigate the effect of DCA treatment on lactic acidosis following resuscitation from asphyxial cardiac arrest. Conditioned dogs were anesthetized with pentobarbit...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gin-Shaw SL,Barsan WG,Eymer V,Hedges J

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse (July 17, 1981) provided the emergency medical services system of Kansas City, Missouri, with its greatest challenge ever. Utilizing an EMS-based, centralized, city-wide disaster plan, the rescue operation encountered 113 dead and 188 multiply traumatized patients. The rescue operati...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Orr SM,Robinson WA

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：:Autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome is characterized by sudden and spontaneous painful bruising and swelling occurring in young female patients with psychiatric disorders. This syndrome may present with such severe swelling of involved areas that aspiration or excision may be needed to relieve pressure. The present...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Tomec RJ,Walsh M,Garcia JC,Jordan PK

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The potential of infectious disease spread in diseases such as tuberculosis, infectious disease epidemic such as avian flu and the threat of terrorism with agents capable of airborne transmission have focused attention on the need for increased surge capacity for patient isolation. Total negative pressu...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Davis MA,Landesman R,Tadmor B,Hopmeier M,Shenhar G,Barker T,Pozner CN,Binstadt ES,Nelson S,Look R,Shubina M,Walls RM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epiglottitis in adults, while uncommon, is certainly not rare. Despite the increasing reports of the disorder in the literature, it continues to be misdiagnosed in emergency departments. The first step in the diagnosis of acute epiglottitis is for the emergency physician to think of it. The literature concerning the e...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sarant G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stellate ganglion blockade has been previously suggested as a treatment option for intractable ventricular arrhythmia; however, its use in emergency department management of pulseless arrest with shockable rhythm has not been described. We report the case of a 65-year-old man brought in by ambulance who complained of ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Margus C,Correa A,Cheung W,Blaikie E,Kuo K,Hockensmith A,Kinas D,She T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Nearly 3 million patients present to US emergency departments (EDs) annually with undifferentiated musculoskeletal low back pain. Little is known about short- and longer-term outcomes in this group. We seek to describe the pain and functional outcomes 1 week and 3 months after discharge in a sample of E...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Friedman BW,O'Mahony S,Mulvey L,Davitt M,Choi H,Xia S,Esses D,Bijur PE,Gallagher EJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1993, the appearance of critically ill patients with unexplained respiratory distress was noted in the Four Corners area formed by New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. This epidemic was ultimately linked to a hantavirus, an emerging pathogen. The impact on the emergency department of a new infectious disease with...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brillman JC,Sklar DP,Davis KD,Beamsely A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) level less than 5 ng/L or less than or equal to 14 ng/L at emergency department (ED) presentation, combined with the emergency physician's assessment of history and ECG, for ruling out major adverse cardiac events wit...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Mokhtari A,Lindahl B,Smith JG,Holzmann MJ,Khoshnood A,Ekelund U

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical interventions in acute ischemic stroke promise to provide emergency physicians with tools to treat patients in whom conventional thrombolysis might be ineffective or contraindicated, including most patients with stroke who arrive at the emergency department beyond the 3-hour time window for intravenous tiss...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Leary MC,Saver JL,Gobin YP,Jahan R,Duckwiler GR,Vinuela F,Kidwell CS,Frazee J,Starkman S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients seeking care in the modern emergency center are capable of participating in treatment decision making. In the traditional emergency center consent process, the patient or a surrogate is asked to sign a general consent form purporting to authorize any treatment the emergency physician deems necessary. We ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Boisaubin EV,Dresser R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common practice to soak acute traumatic wounds in dilute povidone-iodine solution before definitive wound cleaning and debridement. The effectiveness of soaking wounds is unknown. Using quantitative wound bacterial counts as a measure of efficacy, we compared wounds soaked in 1% povidone-iodine solution or in no...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lammers RL,Fourré M,Callaham ML,Boone T

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of a 4-day "burst" course of prednisone added to standard treatment with H1 antihistamines for the management of acute urticaria in outpatients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, double-blinded, clinical trial. SETTING:Emergency department of an urban tertiary care teaching hosp...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Pollack CV Jr,Romano TJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We seek to describe the medical history and clinical findings of patients attending the emergency department (ED) with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and estimate the diagnostic accuracy of patients' characteristics for predicting COVID-19. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled all patients ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Peyrony O,Marbeuf-Gueye C,Truong V,Giroud M,Rivière C,Khenissi K,Legay L,Simonetta M,Elezi A,Principe A,Taboulet P,Ogereau C,Tourdjman M,Ellouze S,Fontaine JP

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We explore what emergency physicians with access to health information exchange have to say about it and strive to better understand the factors affecting their use of it. METHODS:A qualitative study using grounded theory principles was conducted in 4 urban emergency departments that had health informa...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Thorn SA,Carter MA,Bailey JE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypotension and myocardial depression that result from calcium channel blocker ingestion often are refractory to standard therapeutic modalities. Anecdotal reports on the use of glucagon have failed to show significant hemodynamic improvement. We report the first case of calcium channel blocker overdose that respo...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Doyon S,Roberts JR

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontraumatic gas gangrene is extremely rare. It usually occurs following ulceration or perforation of an abdominal or pelvic viscus in persons having impaired host immune defenses. A fatal case of nontraumatic Clostridium septicum septicemia and myonecrosis in an elderly diabetic man with a perforated colon carcinoma ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kizer KW,Ogle LC

更新日期：1981-06-01 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：:This multiorganizational literature review was undertaken to provide an evidence base for determining whether or not recommendations for out-of-hospital termination of resuscitation could be made for children who are victims of traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. Although there is increasing acceptance of out-of-hospita...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.,American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee.,National Association of EMS Physicians.,American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine.,

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 28-year-old multiparous woman with an incarcerated gravid uterus is presented. This largely unknown entity invariably results in spontaneous abortion if untreated. Patients present with a characteristic and readily recognizable sign and symptom complex and ultrasonographic findings. Early diagnosis is em...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Edminster SC,Raabe RD,Kates RB

更新日期：1987-08-01 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