Traumatic hip dislocation in a child.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence of needlestick injury among paramedics working in Florida during 1987, to describe the circumstances surrounding such injuries, and to assess the hepatitis B vaccination status of this group. DESIGN:Survey of a systematic random sample of paramedics using a self-administered...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Klontz KC,Gunn RA,Caldwell JS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether water or 0.9% saline should be used as diluent for endobronchial drug administration. PARTICIPANTS:Twelve adult patients. INTERVENTIONS:Patients were endobronchially administered 2 mg/kg lidocaine as marker substance in either 10 mL 0.9% saline or 10 mL distilled water during gene...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hähnel JH,Lindner KH,Schürmann C,Prengel A,Ahnefeld FW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The use of nonprescription cough and cold medicines is widespread, but their use has been sporadically associated with severe toxicity and death. We evaluate the role of these medications in pediatric fatalities and identified factors that contributed to the death. METHODS:Fatalities that involved a ch...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dart RC,Paul IM,Bond GR,Winston DC,Manoguerra AS,Palmer RB,Kauffman RE,Banner W,Green JL,Rumack BH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Newer combination HIV antigen-antibody tests allow detection of HIV sooner after infection than previous antibody-only immunoassays because, in addition to HIV-1 and -2 antibodies, they detect the HIV-1 p24 antigen, which appears before antibodies develop. We determine the yield of screening with HIV an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： White DAE,Giordano TP,Pasalar S,Jacobson KR,Glick NR,Sha BE,Mammen PE,Hunt BR,Todorovic T,Moreno-Walton L,Adomolga V,Feaster DJ,Branson BM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism is diagnosed 120,000 times yearly in the United States and contributes to 30,000 deaths. This probably represents an underestimate of incidence because massive acute pulmonary embolism may often result in rapid and therefore unexplained death in the absence of autopsy confirmation. The innovative an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kessler CM,Druy E,Goldhaber SZ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course is sponsored by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. This course was developed to provide a consistent method of care for the resuscitation and evaluation of the injured patient. The ATLS course provides an easily remembered method for evaluating and trea...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bell RM,Krantz BE,Weigelt JA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of near-fatal intoxication following accidental exposure to 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane in a child. This solvent, generally safe, is widely used to 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane in a child. This solvent, generally safe, is widely used in industrial and domestic preparations. Exposure to high levels ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gerace RV

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：: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：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：:The treatment of dyspepsia in the emergency department often consists of antacid in combination with viscous lidocaine, even though the specific etiology of the pain is frequently unknown. The efficacy of lidocaine as a component of symptomatic therapy was evaluated in a randomized, patient-blinded protocol. Patients ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Welling LR,Watson WA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strokes in the vertebrobasilar arterial distribution may result in a variety of physical findings and can be challenging to diagnose. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman with infarction of the left midbrain, right pons, and bilateral thalami with physical findings resembling transtentorial herniation. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lipinski CA,Swanson ER

更新日期：1998-05-01 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

abstract：:As the AIDS epidemic progresses, the number of ED patients with HIV-related illness will continue to increase. As reviewed in this article, much of the existing clinical research in HIV-related illness has an impact on the diagnostic and management issues that arise in the ED. Many of the patterns of disease, subtleti...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Talan DA,Kennedy CA

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study factors that cause or prevent injuries, it can be efficient to use a case-control study design and select both cases and controls from patients seen in the ED. Bias in case ascertainment can be reduced by studying exposures that, aside from their influence on the risk of injury, are unrelated to the use of em...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cummings P,Koepsell TD,Weiss NS

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Cardiac ultrasound quickly provides both anatomic and physiologic assessment of the heart at the bedside, permitting rapid diagnosis and triage of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain, hypotension, or dyspnea. The identification and quantification of left ventricular dysfunction by ultrasoun...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hauser AM

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Researchers from low- and middle-income countries have limited access to publishing and editing resources. This study describes a journal-initiated platform to improve publication quantity and quality in Sub-Saharan Africa emergency care research: Author Assist. METHODS:This is a descriptive report of ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bruijns SR,Banner M,Jacquet GA

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:While remaining prominent in paramedic care and beneficial to some patients, out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation has not clearly improved survival or reduced morbidity from critical illness or injury when studied more broadly. Recent studies identify equivocal or unfavorable clinical effects, adverse events and er...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wang HE,Yealy DM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model for tissue thermodilution was developed to study cerebral cortical perfusion before and after controlled perfusion arrest. Cerebral cortical perfusion rates are readily determined by this method. A thermistor was introduced into the subdural space and secured in direct contact with the frontal cor...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hoehner PJ,Krause GS,White BC,Gadzinski DS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of all patients admitted to an urban teaching hospital emergency department with the complaint of overdose, poisoning, or ingestion during a 10-month period was conducted. Analysis of these 82 episodes involving 69 individuals revealed: 1) a preponderance of women in the 20- to 40-year old range...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Soslow AR

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of an organized filing system for referencing articles pertinent to emergency medicine is presented. This simple and flexible system allows for modification for the individual needs of the emergency physician. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McMicken D

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maprotiline, a new tetracyclic antidepressant, has a pattern of toxicity that is different from that of tricyclics. Maprotiline overdosage appears more likely to cause seizures but less likely to cause the peripheral autonomic and cardiac manifestations seen with tricyclics. Two cases of maprotiline overdose resulting...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Northup L,Reed G,McAnalley B,Anderson RJ

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In December 2002, the federal government began a program to immunize approximately 500000 civilian public health and health care workers with smallpox (vaccinia) vaccine as a part of our pre-event defense against bioterrorism. First responders will likely follow, and the general US population might be offered vaccinat...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Thorne CD,Hirshon JM,Himes CD,McDiarmid MA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory and gustatory hallucinations are not often encountered in the acute care setting but may represent the subtle presenting features of a significant underlying disease process. We describe a patient whose most striking presenting symptoms were of olfactory and gustatory hallucinations and in whom the diagnosis...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Capampangan DJ,Hoerth MT,Drazkowski JF,Lipinski CA

更新日期：2010-10-01 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:Machine-learning algorithms allow improved prediction of sepsis syndromes in the emergency department (ED), using data from electronic medical records. Transfer learning, a new subfield of machine learning, allows generalizability of an algorithm across clinical sites. We aim to validate the Artificial ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wardi G,Carlile M,Holder A,Shashikumar S,Hayden SR,Nemati S

更新日期：2021-01-15 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Prediction rules for pulmonary embolism use variables explicitly shown to estimate the probability of pulmonary embolism. However, clinicians often use variables that have not been similarly validated, yet are implicitly believed to modify probability of pulmonary embolism. The objective of this study i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Courtney DM,Kline JA,Kabrhel C,Moore CL,Smithline HA,Nordenholz KE,Richman PB,Plewa MC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00