Evaluation of Early Childhood Home Visiting to Prevent Medically Attended Unintentional Injury.

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:We compare laryngoscopy performance and overall intubation success in trauma airways when primary airway management alternated between emergency medicine and anesthesia residents on an every-other-day basis. METHODS:Data on all trauma intubations during approximately 3 years were prospectively collecte...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Levitan RM,Rosenblatt B,Meiner EM,Reilly PM,Hollander JE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A research project was developed to study the process of professional socialization in graduate medical education by describing and analyzing the development of emergency medicine residencies in comparison to those of surgery and internal medicine. Based on the assumption that residency programs have a profound impact...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Anwar RA

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrest caused by massive pulmonary embolism is highly refractory to conventional resuscitation. Emergency surgical embolectomy has been considered the only effective intervention. We present the case of a 33-year-old woman who suffered a massive pulmonary embolism with circulatory arrest refractory to one half...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Langdon RW,Swicegood WR,Schwartz DA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the cases of three patients with skin blisters following carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Their blisters appeared to be related to the severity of the poisoning (HbCO levels of more than 40%). Two of the three patients died despite aggressive initial 100% surface oxygen followed by hyperbaric oxygen therapy....

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Myers RA,Snyder SK,Majerus TC

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annals' 25th anniversary is a cause for celebration, but the future imposes a new set of ethical questions and moral dilemmas for emergency physicians. Each physician will need to make personal choices consistent with the courage, judgment, integrity, and dedication of past leaders when dealing with the moral dilemmas...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Waeckerle JF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical and cellular changes of bone through the rapid growth phase of development after intraosseous infusion of hypertonic or isotonic solutions at slow or fast infusion rates in a pig model. METHODS:This was a prospective, randomized, partially blinded, comparative study using a porcine...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brickman KR,Rega P,Schoolfield L,Harkins K,Weisbrode SE,Reynolds G

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important aspect in the effective management of an emergency medical services system is the ability to monitor system performance. To provide this information on a timely basis, a comprehensive data collection system is required. We describe the design, implementation, use, and effect of a comprehensive, computeriz...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Valenzuela TD,Keeley KT,Criss EA,Spaite DW,Meislin HW

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We compare utilization, price per visit, and the types of care delivered across freestanding emergency departments (EDs), hospital-based EDs, and urgent care centers in Texas. METHODS:We analyzed insurance claims processed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas from 2012 to 2015 for patient visits to frees...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ho V,Metcalfe L,Dark C,Vu L,Weber E,Shelton G Jr,Underwood HR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the effect of midazolam and haloperidol premedication for reducing ketamine-induced recovery agitation in adult patients undergoing procedural sedation. We also compare physician satisfaction and recovery time. METHODS:We randomized emergency department patients older than 18 years who need...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Akhlaghi N,Payandemehr P,Yaseri M,Akhlaghi AA,Abdolrazaghnejad A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We determine the validity of self-reported prescription filling among emergency department (ED) patients. METHODS:We analyzed a subgroup of 1,026 patients enrolled in a randomized controlled trial who were prescribed at least 1 medication at ED discharge, were covered by Medicaid insurance, and complet...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ding R,Zeger SL,Steinwachs DM,Ortmann MJ,McCarthy ML

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Activated charcoal is a safe, effective, inexpensive adjunct in the management of most toxic ingestions. It has the ability to adsorb a wide variety of drugs and chemicals, one of which is acetaminophen. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is the specific antidote available for serious overdoses of acetaminophen. Current managemen...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Renzi FP,Donovan JW,Martin TG,Morgan L,Harrison EF

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the importance of hospital bed occupancy for 30-day mortality, inhospital mortality, readmission for inpatient care within 30 days, and revisits to the emergency department (ED) within 7 days among all adult patients visiting the ED. METHODS:This was an observational cohort study including ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Af Ugglas B,Djärv T,Ljungman PLS,Holzmann MJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted bowel and rectal diseases are common in gay men and are caused by a wide variety of infectious agents. Each of the entities implicated in the gay bowel syndrome is considered separately and epidemiologic considerations responsible for the appearance of such a syndrome are examined. The emergency p...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Heller M

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-dural-puncture headache is a common complication after both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Prompt recognition of the clinical syndrome, followed by supportive and corrective actions, can decrease the morbidity in those afflicted. The most useful preventive measure during dural puncture in adult patients i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Leibold RA,Yealy DM,Coppola M,Cantees KK

更新日期：1993-12-01 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: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：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 American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine-sponsored residency and fellowship programs, as well as the residents and fellows training in those programs. We present the 2018 annual report on the status of US emergency medicine training programs. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Nelson LS,Keim SM,Baren JM,Beeson MS,Carius ML,Chudnofsky CR,Gausche-Hill M,Goyal DG,Kowalenko T,Marco CA,Muelleman RL,Research Committee, American Board of Emergency Medicine.,Johnston MM,Joldersma KB,American Board of Emerg

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To gather preliminary data on the safety and efficacy of IV magnesium in a rat model of hydrofluoric acid burns. MODEL:Forty-seven anesthetized male rats (200 to 300 g) received a standardized burn with 52% hydrofluoric acid. INTERVENTIONS:Animals were anesthetized with 30 to 50 mg/kg ketamine IM and ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Williams JM,Hammad A,Cottington EC,Harchelroad FC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The esophageal obturator airway (EOA) is in common use throughout the country. This report outlines an unexpected and serious complication: gastric rupture due to overinsufflation. A survey of the literature revealed that most of the known complications involve direct trauma to the esophagus or trachea. In our case, t...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Crippen D,Olvey S,Graffis R

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine emergency department patients' behaviors during informed consent for an intimate partner violence survey. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study during administration of informed consent. Research assistants recorded whether informed consent was read, time spent reading it, whether q...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Baren J,Campbell CF,Schears RM,Shofer FS,Datner EM,Hollander JE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic dislocation of the hip joint is relatively uncommon in children. The trauma required to produce a dislocation can vary from minimal to severe, high-energy force. We report a case of posterior hip dislocation in a 9-year-old boy who received relatively minor trauma to his leg but who did not seek medical atte...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McGoff JP,Ramoska EA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One vital aspect of emergency medicine management is communication after episodes of care to improve future performance through group reflection on the shared experience. This reflective activity in teams is known as debriefing, and despite supportive evidence highlighting its benefits, many practitioners experience b...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kessler DO,Cheng A,Mullan PC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of a decongestant-antihistamine preparation in combination with antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media. The effectiveness of a new Dimetapp (DIM) preparation was assessed in comparison with each of its components (brompheniramine maleate [BPM] and phenylephrine h...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bhambhani K,Foulds DM,Swamy KN,Eldis FE,Fischel JE

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profound hypothermia is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Optimal outcomes have been reported with invasive extracorporeal warming techniques not readily available in most hospitals. Endovascular warming devices may provide a less invasive alternative. A 68-year-old woman developed profound hypothermia aft...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Laniewicz M,Lyn-Kew K,Silbergleit R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of military anti-shock trousers (MAST) to increase central venous pressure and improve cardiac filling pressure suggests that they might be useful in the prehospital treatment of pericardial tamponade. This study utilizes a canine model to examine the hemodynamic effects of MAST inflation on experimentally...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Davis JW,McKone TK,Cram AE

更新日期：1981-04-01 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

abstract：:The foundation of safe care for patients with confirmed or suspected Ebola virus disease is effective infection control practice, which requires implementation of appropriate administrative policies, work practices, and environmental controls, accompanied by focused education, training, and supervision. In 2002, Emory...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Isakov A,Miles W,Gibbs S,Lowe J,Jamison A,Swansiger R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00