Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for investigation of a cluster of invasive group a streptococcal illness-Spokane, Washington, 1999.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Allergic reactions are common presentations to the emergency department (ED). An unknown proportion of patients will develop biphasic reactions, and patients are often monitored for prolonged periods to manage potential reactions. We seek to determine the incidence of clinically important biphasic react...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Grunau BE,Li J,Yi TW,Stenstrom R,Grafstein E,Wiens MO,Schellenberg RR,Scheuermeyer FX

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the need for cranial computed tomography (CT) in the emergency department evaluation of children with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 after mild head injury with loss of consciousness. DESIGN:Retrospective case series of children aged 2 to 17 years with documented loss of consciousness a...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Davis RL,Mullen N,Makela M,Taylor JA,Cohen W,Rivara FP

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life-threatening hypothermia can be treated by active and passive rewarming techniques, the treatment of choice being partial cardiopulmonary bypass. The use of closed thoracic cavity lavage has been evaluated in animals, but no formal presentations in human beings have been reported. We report two cases in which rapi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hall KN,Syverud SA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate the degree to which pulse oximetry overestimates actual oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb) saturation in patients with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. This phenomenon has been reported in fewer than 20 humans in the English medical literature. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of 191 patients eval...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bozeman WP,Myers RA,Barish RA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:This study measures the effect of meeting emergency department (ED) patients' expectations for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions on patient satisfaction. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study of consecutive patients during block enrollment periods surveyed at the beginning and end of their E...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Toma G,Triner W,McNutt LA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We examine the availability of follow-up appointments for emergency department (ED) patients without established primary care by insurance and clinical condition. METHODS:We used "secret shopper" methodology, employing 2 black men to telephone all 53 primary care practices in greater New Haven, posing ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chou SC,Deng Y,Smart J,Parwani V,Bernstein SL,Venkatesh AK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential for cardiovascular toxicity from severe oral phenytoin overdose. STUDY POPULATION:Fifty-seven patients admitted during a two-year period to an inner-city hospital for severe oral phenytoin overdose, which is defined as a peak level of 40 micrograms/mL or more. METHODS:Case re...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wyte CD,Berk WA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium metabisulfite (MBS) is a commonly used food and drug preservative. We report the case of a 32-year-old man with a documented history of allergy to MBS who developed an anaphylactic reaction after ingestion of MBS-treated foods. The patient had a prolonged clinical course requiring two emergency department visit...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Riggs BS,Harchelroad FP Jr,Poole C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the timeliness of response of consultants called to evaluate patients in the emergency department of a community hospital. METHODS:Consultation requests from an ED located in a medium-sized community hospital were studied for a 1-month period. Data collected included name and specialty of ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Vosk A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leeches have been used as a medicinal remedy for years untold. Recently, there appears to have been a resurgence in the use of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Presented is the case of a patient who called the emergency department for advice concerning the management of a bleeding leech bite. We discuss briefl...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Adams SL

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prothrombin complex concentrates are frequently used to rapidly reverse anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists associated with life-threatening bleeding. We report a patient receiving warfarin who presented to the emergency department with an international normalization ratio greater than 12.8 in cardiac tamponade...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Warren O,Simon B

更新日期：2009-06-01 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 OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have demonstrated that a single episode of acute kidney injury from a number of causes can increase the risk of severe long-term outcomes, including major cardiovascular events and death. We tested the hypothesis that patients who develop acute kidney injury consistent with contrast-induc...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Mitchell AM,Kline JA,Jones AE,Tumlin JA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is a case of idiopathic priapism that was successfully treated with inhalation of amyl nitrite. Routine treatment measures had failed. The same patient presented on several other occasions in a similar fashion. Each time amyl nitrite was successful. An investigation for diseases known to be associated with p...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Parrillo SJ,Manfrey S

更新日期：1983-04-01 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：:A prospective study of emergency physician whole body and extremity exposure to ionizing radiation during trauma resuscitation over a three-month period was conducted. Radiation film badges and thermoluminescent dosimeter finger rings were permanently attached to leaded aprons worn by emergency medicine residents duri...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Weiss EL,Singer CM,Benedict SH,Baraff LJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Transgender, transsexual, or transitioned (trans) people have reported avoiding medical care because of negative experiences or fear of such experiences. The extent of trans-specific negative emergency department (ED) experiences, and of ED avoidance, has not been documented. METHODS:The Trans PULSE Pr...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bauer GR,Scheim AI,Deutsch MB,Massarella C

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Few tools exist that are sufficiently robust to allow manipulation of key input variables to produce casualty estimates resulting from high-consequence events reflecting local or specific regions of concern. This article describes the design and utility of a computerized modeling simulation tool, Electronic Mass Casua...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Scheulen JJ,Thanner MH,Hsu EB,Latimer CK,Brown J,Kelen GD

更新日期：2009-02-01 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

authors： Hovanessian HC

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Emergency departments (EDs) frequently refer patients for needed outpatient specialty care, but little is known about the dynamics of these referrals when patients are publicly insured. Hence, we explored factors, including the role of ED referrals, associated with specialists' willingness to accept pat...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rhodes KV,Bisgaier J,Lawson CC,Soglin D,Krug S,Van Haitsma M

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The Utstein guidelines recommend that emergency medical services (EMS)-witnessed cardiac arrests be considered separately from other out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases. The objective of this study was to assess EMS-witnessed cardiac arrest and to determine predictors of survival in this group. METHOD...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： De Maio VJ,Stiell IG,Wells GA,Spaite DW,OPALS Study Group.

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axial (in-line) traction is recommended as a stabilizing maneuver during orotracheal intubation of a trauma victim with a potential cervical spine injury. There are no published data demonstrating the safety of this technique in trauma patients with an unstable cervical spine. In our study, 17 victims of blunt traumat...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bivins HG,Ford S,Bezmalinovic Z,Price HM,Williams JL

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old man ate the liver of the toxic pufferfish (Diodron hystrix) and developed mild tetrodotoxication consisting of hyperemesis, bradycardia, hypotension, generalized numbness, and a generalized paresis. He was treated with atropine, normal saline IV infusions, nasogastric suction, and oxygen, and he recovere...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sims JK,Ostman DC

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of discontinuation of base hospital participation, paramedics in a large urban zone of a California emergency medical services (EMS) system serving 1.1 million persons went on emergency standing orders for nearly all calls requiring advanced life support. Subsequently, the base hospital resumed medical control...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Pointer JE,Osur MA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The STONE score is a clinical decision rule that classifies patients with suspected nephrolithiasis into low-, moderate-, and high-score groups, with corresponding probabilities of ureteral stone. We evaluate the STONE score in a multi-institutional cohort compared with physician gestalt and hypothesize...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wang RC,Rodriguez RM,Moghadassi M,Noble V,Bailitz J,Mallin M,Corbo J,Kang TL,Chu P,Shiboski S,Smith-Bindman R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although we commonly assume that because residents spend a given number of months in the emergency department they achieve adequate exposure to all necessary clinical entities, this has never been shown. We suspect, rather, that great variability exists among residents in the number and variety of patients they see; a...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Langdorf MI,Strange G,Macneil P

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

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