Plasma lidocaine levels and PaO2 with endobronchial administration: dilution with normal saline or distilled water?

abstract：:In experimental animal studies, opiate receptor antagonists (such as naloxone) and physiological opiate antagonists (thyrotropin-releasing hormone [TRH] have been used with some success to improve outcome and physiological variables following traumatic shock associated with hypovolemia, spinal cord trauma, and head in...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McIntosh TK,Faden AI

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:We conducted a study to assess the efficacy of the dipstick leukocyte esterase test (LET) in the detection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocytosis as a quick screen for bacterial meningitis. Nine hundred forty-two CSF samples were collected from 800 patients. The LET was compared in a double-blinded fashion with rou...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： DeLozier JS,Auerbach PS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Studies of travel-related mortality and morbidity have been limited to nonfatal events. Causes of travel-related mortality may differ significantly from morbidity and thus have different prevention strategies. DESIGN:We examined the overseas fatalities of US citizen travelers for the years 1975 and 198...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hargarten SW,Baker TD,Guptill K

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Many patients with community-acquired pneumonia are treated empirically without an aggressive search for causative pathogens, an approach adopted largely because of the costs and difficulties encountered during efforts to identify the causative organisms. Blood and sputum cultures are not sensitive, an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rodriguez RM,Fancher ML,Phelps M,Hawkins K,Johnson J,Stacks K,Rossini T,Way M,Holland D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The foraging of wild mushrooms can be complicated by toxicity from several mushroom types. Amatoxin, a peptide contained in several mushroom species, accounts for the majority of severe mushroom poisonings by binding to RNA polymerase II irreversibly, leading to severe hepatonecrosis. There is no effect...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Tong TC,Hernandez M,Richardson WH 3rd,Betten DP,Favata M,Riffenburgh RH,Clark RF,Tanen DA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the influence of home visiting on the risk for medically attended unintentional injury during home visiting (0 to 3 years) and subsequent to home visiting (3 to 5 years). METHODS:A retrospective, quasi-experimental study was conducted in a cohort of mother-child pairs in Hamilton County, O...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Folger AT,Bowers KA,Dexheimer JW,Sa T,Hall ES,Van Ginkel JB,Ammerman RT

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old white man with a core temperature of 60.8 F (16 C) and ventricular fibrillation was successfullly resuscitated using active core and external rewarming techniques. Rectal temperature at the time of reestablished electromechanical cardiac activity was 68 F (20 C), a temperature previously thought to be in...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： DaVee TS,Reineberg EJ

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique of direct mechanical ventricular assistance (DMVA) has been available since 1966. Ventricular assistance is provided by a glass cup lined with a Silastic diaphragm. It is held on the cardiac ventricles by suction. Alternating positive and negative pressure in the space between the cup and the diaphragm pro...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McCabe JB,Ventriglia WJ,Anstadt GL,Nolan DJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We compare 3 methods of hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) education, using performance scores. A paucity of research exists on the comparative effectiveness of different types of hands-only CPR education. This study also includes a novel kiosk approach that has not previously been studied, ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Heard DG,Andresen KH,Guthmiller KM,Lucas R,Heard KJ,Blewer AL,Abella BS,Gent LM,Sasson C

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：: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：:Experimental data have suggested that pneumatic external counterpressure improves outcome in intra-abdominal hemorrhage by either a tamponade effect and/or elevation in central systemic blood pressure. As a result, the empiric use of the pneumatic antishock garment (PASG) has become a standard of care, even to the poi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bickell WH,Pepe PE,Bailey ML,Wyatt CH,Mattox KL

更新日期：1987-06-01 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:Atrial flutter is a common arrhythmia seen in the emergency department (ED), yet there is little research describing its management and outcomes. We analyze the success and safety of treatment of ED patients with atrial flutter. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study obtained by searching the ED...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Scheuermeyer FX,Grafstein E,Heilbron B,Innes G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The study was designed to determine if open peritoneal lavage is superior to closed peritoneal lavage. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Patients who were admitted to a trauma center and needed peritoneal lavage were assigned to alternate trauma teams. Team 1 performed only open lavages one month and then switch...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Troop B,Fabian T,Alsup B,Kudsk K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early reports of "reperfusion arrhythmia" after experimental temporary coronary occlusion raised concern that these arrhythmias, particularly ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, might occur in association with reperfusion of an occluded coronary vessel during thrombolysis. Such an occurrence could in...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Burney RE,Walsh D,Kaplan LR,Fraser S,Tung B,Overmyer J

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the speed of IV access and the rate of infusion for saphenous venous cutdown and percutaneous femoral catheterization. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, multicentered trial. Patient enrollment occurred from September 1990 through September 1991. SETTING:Patients were enrolled at three urban L...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Westfall MD,Price KR,Lambert M,Himmelman R,Kacey D,Dorevitch S,Mathews J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive-pressure bag-valve-mask ventilation during emergency airway management often results in significant gastric insufflation, which may impede adequate ventilation and oxygenation. Current-generation supraglottic airways have beneficial features, such as channels for gastric decompression while ventilation is ong...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dodd KW,Strobel AM,Driver BE,Reardon RF

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive statistics include measures of central tendency and variability. Measures of central tendency include mean, median, and mode. The mean is the arithmetic average of data from interval or ratio scales. The median reflects the 50th percentile score. The mode is the most frequently occurring value of a data di...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gaddis GM,Gaddis ML

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a systematic evaluation and triage strategy including immediate resting myocardial perfusion imaging in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain of possible ischemic origin. METHODS:We conducted an observational study of 1,187 consecutive pa...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Tatum JL,Jesse RL,Kontos MC,Nicholson CS,Schmidt KL,Roberts CS,Ornato JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We present our experience with a novel technique for the reduction of acute hip dislocation in the emergency department (ED). METHODS:We searched the medical records of all patients with a hip dislocation treated in our ED during a 4-year period. We recorded patient demographics, reduction technique, o...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hendey GW,Avila A

更新日期：2011-12-01 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

authors： Miller CD,Lindsell CJ,Khandelwal S,Chandra A,Pollack CV,Tiffany BR,Hollander JE,Gibler WB,Hoekstra JW

更新日期：2004-12-01 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 evaluate the effectiveness and safety of an outpatient clinical care pathway for the initial treatment of acute proximal lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) managed by the emergency department of 2 affiliated community hospitals. METHODS:This observa...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Vinson DR,Berman DA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We sought to characterize the clinical manifestations, outcome, and etiology of inadvertent ketamine overdose in the emergency department. METHODS:We investigated cases of inadvertent ketamine overdose in children seen in the ED solicited through electronic mail subscription lists or reported to the In...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Green SM,Clark R,Hostetler MA,Cohen M,Carlson D,Rothrock SG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of several maneuvers that are believed to increase vagal tone was made by measuring the carotid sinus with an ultrasound device. For 20 healthy volunteers the mean carotid sinus diameter was 5.7 mm supine, 6.1 mm in the Trendelenberg position, 6.5 mm after supine medical antishock trousers (MAST) inflatio...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hauswald M,Tandberg D

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The optimal ratio of chest compressions to ventilations during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is unknown. We determine 24-hour survival and neurologic outcome, comparing 4 different chest compression-ventilation CPR ratios in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest and bystander CPR. METHODS:F...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sanders AB,Kern KB,Berg RA,Hilwig RW,Heidenrich J,Ewy GA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency clinicians often care for patients with terminal illness who are receiving hospice care and many more patients who may be in need of such care. Hospice care has been shown to successfully address the multidimensional aspects of the end-of-life concerns of terminally ill patients: dying with dignity, dying wi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lamba S,Quest TE

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00