Stroke mimics and intravenous thrombolysis.

abstract：:We reviewed the patterns of injuries sustained by 12 consecutive fallers and jumpers in whom primary impact was onto the feet. The fall heights ranged from 20 to 100 ft. The 12 patients sustained 49 significant injuries. Skeletal injuries were most frequent and included 15 lower extremity fractures, four pelvic fractu...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lowenstein SR,Yaron M,Carrero R,Devereux D,Jacobs LM

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curricula in pediatric resuscitation must be based on adult learning principles. The Pediatric Basic and Advanced Life Support Courses (PBLS, PALS) should use educational strategies fostering positive interactions between the instructor and learners and should take into consideration the learner's motivation for takin...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Seidel JS,Henderson DP,Spencer PE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum are rare complications of athletic activity. Spontaneous pneumothorax has been reported in association with several sports, but reports of pneumothorax associated with blunt trauma sustained during sporting activity are rare. We present a case series of patients in whom pneumothorax ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Partridge RA,Coley A,Bowie R,Woolard RH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a patient who presented with persistent hiccups induced by a hair irritating the tympanic membrane and activating the vagally mediated hiccup neural reflex arc. Commonly identified etiologies and treatments of this condition are then reviewed. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wagner MS,Stapczynski JS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous bolus adenosine was given to four pediatric patients aged 1 month to 8 years who had paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia that had not responded to conventional medical therapy. Adenosine (one to three doses) was successful in converting the arrhythmia to normal sinus rhythm in all four cases, and no si...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Reyes G,Stanton R,Galvis AG

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal obstruction is a rare complication of multiple-dose administration of activated charcoal. Previous reports deal only with obstruction after ingestion of drugs that impair gastrointestinal motility. This patient developed a small-bowel obstruction associated with the administration of multiple doses of...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Goulbourne KB,Cisek JE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To develop clinical rules for the safe and effective use of flumazenil in suspected benzodiazepine overdose. METHODS:We assembled a retrospective series of 35 consecutive comatose patients admitted between October 1992 and July 1993 to a toxicologic ICU with the presumptive diagnosis of drug overdose. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gueye PN,Hoffman JR,Taboulet P,Vicaut E,Baud FJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Assembly 2007 Resolution 60.22 tasked the global health community to address the lack of emergency care in low- and middle-income countries. Little progress has yet been made in integrating emergency care into most low- and middle-income-country health systems. At a rural Ugandan district hospital, ho...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hammerstedt H,Maling S,Kasyaba R,Dreifuss B,Chamberlain S,Nelson S,Bisanzo M,Ezati I

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The benefit of epinephrine in cardiac arrest is controversial and has not been conclusively shown in any human clinical study. We seek to assess the effect of introducing intravenous epinephrine on the survival outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in an emergency medical services (EMS) sy...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ong ME,Tan EH,Ng FS,Panchalingham A,Lim SH,Manning PG,Ong VY,Lim SH,Yap S,Tham LP,Ng KS,Venkataraman A,Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Epidemiology Study Group.

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We study the incremental value of the ABCD2 score in predicting short-term risk of ischemic stroke after thorough emergency department (ED) evaluation of transient ischemic attack. METHODS:This was a prospective observational study of consecutive patients presenting to the ED with a transient ischemic ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stead LG,Suravaram S,Bellolio MF,Enduri S,Rabinstein A,Gilmore RM,Bhagra A,Manivannan V,Decker WW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, many emergency departments have been using passive protective enclosures ("intubation boxes") during intubation. The effectiveness of these enclosures remains uncertain. We sought to quantify their ability to contain aerosols using industry standard test...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Turer DM,Good CH,Schilling BK,Turer RW,Karlowsky NR,Dvoracek LA,Ban H,Chang JS,Rubin JP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old woman presented in severe respiratory distress 30 minutes after ingesting hydrochlorothiazide. Pulmonary edema was evident clinically and radiographically. A noncardiogenic etiology was suggested by the lack of jugular venous distention, S3 gallop, or pedal edema, and the presence of a normal cardiac sil...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Klein MD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The effect of urgent cares on local emergency department (ED) patient volumes is presently unknown. In this paper, we aimed to assess the change in low-acuity ED utilization at 2 academic medical centers in relation to patient proximity to an affiliated urgent care. METHODS:We created a geospatial data...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Carlson LC,Raja AS,Dworkis DA,Lee J,Brown DFM,Samuels-Kalow M,Wilson M,Shapiro M,Kim J,Yun BJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The presence of leukocyte esterase by urine dipstick and microscopic pyuria are both indicators of possible urinary tract infection. The effect of urine concentration on the diagnostic performance of the urinalysis for pediatric urinary tract infection has not been studied. Our objective is to determine...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chaudhari PP,Monuteaux MC,Shah P,Bachur RG

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

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:We measure the rate of emergency department (ED) specimen processing error reduction after implementation of an electronic physician order entry system paired with a bar-coded specimen labeling process. METHODS:A cohort pre- and postintervention study was conducted in the ED during a 61-month period en...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hill PM,Mareiniss D,Murphy P,Gardner H,Hsieh YH,Levy F,Kelen GD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the hypothesis that all victims of severe blunt trauma require a pelvic radiograph, we prospectively studied all such patients admitted to the Southern New Jersey Regional Trauma Center during a seven-month period. All patients were classified as unconscious; impaired; awake, alert, and symptomatic; or ale...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Civil ID,Ross SE,Botehlo G,Schwab CW

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：:Previously reported cases of botulism in infants have been diagnosed as infant botulism; that is, botulism caused by intestinal colonization by Clostridium botulinum with intraluminal production and absorption of toxin. Foodborne botulism is caused by ingestion of preformed toxin. We describe an unusual case of foodbo...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Armada M,Love S,Barrett E,Monroe J,Peery D,Sobel J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study explored how a variety of demographic and illness-related factors were associated with telephone follow-up among patients visiting the emergency department for acute asthma. METHODS:We performed a prospective cohort study as part of the Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration (MARC). The s...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Boudreaux ED,Clark S,Camargo CA Jr,MARC Investigators.

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is a case of syncope as the initial sign of a painless aortic dissection. The patient was stabilized by percutaneous drainage of a hemopericardium, and then underwent angiography and successful operative repair. Although uncommon, painless aortic dissection should be included in the differential diagnosis of...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kuhlmann TP,Powers RD

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of three patients with spinal cord compression who presented with acute urinary retention are discussed. Two patients had previously diagnosed carcinoma; in one, acute urinary retention was the first sign of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Two patients had a history compatible with prostatic hypertrophy. Al...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Tintinalli JE

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We assess the utility of the peripheral blood WBC count as a screen for lumbar puncture among young infants evaluated for serious bacterial infections. METHODS:We performed logistic regression modeling and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of peripheral blood WBC count and cerebrospinal ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bonsu BK,Harper MB

更新日期：2003-02-01 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

authors： Marco CA,Baren JM,Beeson MS,Carius ML,Counselman FL,Gausche-Hill M,Goyal DG,Kowalenko T,Muelleman RL,Nelson LS,Wahl RP,Joldersma KB,Research Committee, American Board of Emergency Medicine.

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a patient with apparent cocaine toxicity and drug-mediated hypertension and tachycardia is presented. IV propranolol was used as the initial treatment for his hyperadrenergic state, resulting in a decrease in heart rate but a paroxsymal increase in blood pressure. The patient required nitroprusside for con...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ramoska E,Sacchetti AD

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Scorpion envenomation is a common life-threatening hazard in tropical and subtropical countries. Standard treatment is not clearly defined. Many therapies, such as steroids, are prescribed without experimental justification. We sought to assess the efficacy of systematic administration of intravenous hy...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Abroug F,Nouira S,Haguiga H,Elatrous S,Belghith M,Boujdaria R,Touzi N,Bouchoucha S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the ability of laypeople to apply basic CPR techniques after recent training. DESIGN:Cross-sectional assessment of practical CPR skills. TYPE OF PARTICIPANTS:151 laypeople who were trained twice in the preceding 20 to 24 months. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:Practical skills were teste...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Berden HJ,Bierens JJ,Willems FF,Hendrick JM,Pijls NH,Knape JT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Women and students underrepresented in medicine are less likely to apply for residency in emergency medicine. The latter are from racial or ethnic populations that are underrepresented as physicians relative to the general population. The factors that result in lower application rates from women and gro...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Burkhardt J,DesJardins S,Gruppen L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since September 11, 2001, concern about potential terrorist attacks has increased in the United States. To reduce morbidity and mortality from outbreaks of illness from the intentional release of chemical agents, we examine data from the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (TESS). TESS, a national system for timely col...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wolkin AF,Patel M,Watson W,Belson M,Rubin C,Schier J,Kilbourne EM,Crawford CG,Wattigney W,Litovitz T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00