Delayed treatment of serious decompression sickness.

abstract：:[Salomon B: Emergency department fugue. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:412-413]. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Salomon B

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Peripheral intravenous cannulation is procedurally challenging and painful. We perform a systematic review to evaluate ultrasonographic guidance as an aid to peripheral intravenous cannulation. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nurs...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Heinrichs J,Fritze Z,Vandermeer B,Klassen T,Curtis S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the efficacy of CPR in the setting of hypothermia-induced cardiac arrest. We measured organ blood flow produced by conventional closed-chest CPR in eight swine following normothermic KCl-induced cardiac arrest and in seven swine surface-cooled until cardiac arrest occurred. Radiomicrospheres were...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Maningas PA,DeGuzman LR,Hollenbach SJ,Volk KA,Bellamy RF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To test the feasibility of using handheld, battery-operated chemical analyzers by EMS personnel in a wilderness environment to aid in the diagnosis and management of heat illness. METHODS:During the summer of 1996, 3 portable clinical analyzers (i-STAT Corp, Princeton, NJ) were kept at different locat...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Backer HD,Collins S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risperidone is an investigational antipsychotic agent currently being tested in an international multicenter drug trial. We report the first case of a risperidone overdose in an apparent suicide attempt. This was without serious clinical side effects and manifested mainly as ECG abnormalities. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brown K,Levy H,Brenner C,Leffler S,Hamburg EL

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Peripheral intravenous catheters are the most common invasive device in health care yet have very high failure rates. We investigate whether the failure rate could be reduced by the addition of skin glue to standard peripheral intravenous catheter care. METHODS:We conducted a single-site, 2-arm, nonbli...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bugden S,Shean K,Scott M,Mihala G,Clark S,Johnstone C,Fraser JF,Rickard CM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We sought to describe the effects of continuous intravenous midazolam infusion as therapy for severe bark scorpion (Centruroides exilicauda) envenomation. METHODS:A retrospective chart review from July 1, 1993, through January 1, 1998, identified all patients treated at a university hospital with Inter...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gibly R,Williams M,Walter FG,McNally J,Conroy C,Berg RA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fentanyl is an attractive agent for analgesia in the emergency department. Its use in this setting has been limited to IV bolus administration. We report successful sedation, muscle relaxation, and analgesia of a multiple trauma patient with fentanyl IV bolus and continuous infusion in the ED. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Walsh M,Smith GA,Yount RA,Ferlic FJ,Wieschhaus MF

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is the case of a motor vehicle accident (MVA) victim with hypotension and evisceration of small intestine. Vigorous resuscitation in the emergency department was required, after which a portion of small bowel was resected at laparotomy. Evisceration secondary to trauma in an MVA is a rare injury. Significant...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Majernick TG,West JC,Snover W,Brotman S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right ventricular infarction due to ischemic heart disease can be diagnosed by a right precordial electrogram or by first-pass radionuclide angiography (FPRNA). Prior FPRNA studies have shown that cardiac dysfunction after blunt chest trauma (myocardial contusion) is most often due to right ventricular dysfunction. We...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Mooney R,Niemann JT,Bessen HA,Mena I,French S,Laks MM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breath alcohol analyzers are used to detect ethanol in motorists and others suspected of public intoxication. One concern is their ability to detect interfering substances that may falsely increase the ethanol reading. A 47-year-old-man was found in a public park, acting intoxicated. A breath analyzer test (Intoxilyze...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Caravati EM,Anderson KT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We identify factors that define frequent and highly frequent emergency department (ED) users. METHODS:Administrative health care records were used to define less frequent (1 to 6 visits), frequent (7 to 17 visits), and highly frequent (≥18 visits) ED users. Analyses were conducted to determine the most...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Doupe MB,Palatnick W,Day S,Chateau D,Soodeen RA,Burchill C,Derksen S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 30 years, emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States have experienced explosive growth. The American health care system is now transforming, providing an opportune time to examine what we have learned over the past three decades in order to create a vision for the future of EMS. Over the cou...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Delbridge TR,Bailey B,Chew JL Jr,Conn AK,Krakeel JJ,Manz D,Miller DR,O'Malley PJ,Ryan SD,Spaite DW,Stewart RD,Suter RE,Wilson EM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A profoundly hypothermic 5-hour-old infant in cardiac arrest was brought to the emergency department by paramedics. The infant was found wrapped in a garbage bag inside a freezer. She had been in the freezer for approximately four hours. Her initial rectal temperature was 16.2 degrees C. Active external and core warmi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Thompson DA,Anderson N

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:As we mark the 25th anniversary of the clinical application of closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (SCPR), it is time to look back and analyze the progress we have made in the resuscitation of sudden death syndrome. Recent studies of SCPR's effectiveness have yielded mixed results, in comparison to early studie...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Thompson BM,Stueven HA,Mateer JR,Aprahamian CC,Tucker JF,Darin JC

更新日期：1985-08-01 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:Dabigatran is a reversible direct thrombin inhibitor recently approved for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. An increasing number of patients receiving dabigatran present to the emergency department (ED) with bleeding complications. Unlike vitamin K antagonists, there are no accept...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Berger R,Salhanick SD,Chase M,Ganetsky M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamically unstable patients will benefit from therapy to control their blood pressure only if this pressure can be determined with accuracy. We compared the accuracy of arterial blood pressure measurements taken aboard helicopters by palpation with a Doppler device and with an oscillometric device. Twenty critic...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Low RB,Martin D

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Salicylate poisoning is a challenging clinical entity associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. The indications for extracorporeal treatments such as hemodialysis are poorly defined. We present a systematic review of the literature along with evidence- and consensus-based recommendations on t...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Juurlink DN,Gosselin S,Kielstein JT,Ghannoum M,Lavergne V,Nolin TD,Hoffman RS,EXTRIP Workgroup.

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:A 19-year-old man who attempted suicide by ingesting approximately 600 mg fluoxetine (Prozac) and 140 mg loxapine (Loxitane) had two episodes of atrial flutter shortly thereafter. Admission serum fluoxetine, norfluoxetine, and loxapine levels were 1,053 ng/mL, 702 ng/mL, and 40 ng/mL, respectively. This case of atrial...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Roberge RJ,Martin TG

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of flumazenil, a benzodiazepine antagonist, was studied in two patients with coma of unknown etiology. One patient ingested 20.5 mg alprazolam before crashing his truck into parked automobiles. The patient was awakened by flumazenil administration, and the severity of his injuries was evaluated reliably. A sec...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Burkhart KK,Kulig KW

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe sepsis and septic shock are as common and lethal as other acute life-threatening conditions that emergency physicians routinely confront such as acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and trauma. Recent studies have led to a better understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms and the development of new or newly app...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Nguyen HB,Rivers EP,Abrahamian FM,Moran GJ,Abraham E,Trzeciak S,Huang DT,Osborn T,Stevens D,Talan DA,Emergency Department Sepsis Education Program and Strategies to Improve Survival (ED-SEPSIS) Working Group.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many infectious causes of fatigue, sore throat, and fever, including mononucleosis and toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasma antibody testing is rarely performed in most emergency departments; as a result, toxoplasmosis is diagnosed infrequently. We obtained Toxoplasma IgG IFA titers on ED patients who had mononucleosis...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sayre MR,Jehle D

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published emergency department (ED) timeliness measures. These data show substantial variation in hospital performance and suggest the need for process improvement initiatives. However, the CMS measures are not risk adjusted and may provide mis...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sun BC,Laurie A,Prewitt L,Fu R,Chang AM,Augustine J,Reese C 4th,McConnell KJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the ability of 64 emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to ventilate a resuscitation manikin with a bag valve mask and with a pocket face mask to determine if their skill levels met the American Heart Association standard of 12 ventilations per minute, each with a tidal volume of 800 mL or more. All ventila...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cummins RO,Austin D,Graves JR,Litwin PE,Pierce J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of right-sided rupture of the diaphragm are reviewed. Orthopedic injury, head injury, and shock were the most common associated findings. Apparent elevation of the right hemidiaphragm was seen initially in all cases, but two were misdiagnosed. An algorithm that includes modified peritoneal lavage, CT scan w...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Leaman PL

更新日期：1983-06-01 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