Cricoarytenoid arthritis presenting as cardiopulmonary arrest.

abstract：:A characteristic case of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection in a previously healthy, 25-year-old man is presented. The patient progressed from influenza-like symptoms to irreversible septic shock and death within 24 hours. His spleen had been removed nine years earlier because of abdominal trauma. Aggressive thera...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stryker RM,Orton DW

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging in detecting early myocardial infarction in vivo after coronary artery occlusion. DESIGN:A prospective, controlled canine study using a left anterior descending coronary artery ligation model. INTERVENTIONS:After thiopental anesthesia, nine ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Angelos MG,Katz-Stein A,Leasure JE

更新日期：1993-09-01 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:To determine the presence of cocaethylene, an active metabolite of the combination of cocaine and ethanol, among trauma patients who test positive for cocaine. METHODS:We assembled a case series of 416 consecutive urban trauma center patients with major trauma. Urine was tested for the presence of the ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brookoff D,Rotondo MF,Shaw LM,Campbell EA,Fields L

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Radiology-performed transabdominal pelvic ultrasound, used to evaluate female patients with suspected pelvic pathology in the pediatric emergency department (ED), is often delayed by the need to fill the bladder. We seek to determine whether point-of-care ultrasound assessment of bladder fullness can pr...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dessie A,Steele D,Liu AR,Amanullah S,Constantine E

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine trends in legal handgun purchases from federally licensed dealers and specifically to describe recent changes in age and gender of purchaser and caliber of handguns purchased. METHODS:A cohort study was performed of the adult population of Washington state from 1950 through 1992 using a sta...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dowd MD,Grossman DC,Cummings P,Britt J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 27-year-old man who sustained a minor head injury and presented with complaints of headache and vomiting. The diagnosis of vertex epidural hematoma is discussed. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Plotkin FR,Burke TF

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with a fluphenazine decanoate-induced dystonia. He was treated with 125 mg diphenhydramine IV in four doses and 2 mg benztropine IM. A fluctuating response was observed before continued remission of the dystonia. Possible reasons for variable patient responses...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bailie GR,Nelson MV,Krenzelok EP,Lesar T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The potential of infectious disease spread in diseases such as tuberculosis, infectious disease epidemic such as avian flu and the threat of terrorism with agents capable of airborne transmission have focused attention on the need for increased surge capacity for patient isolation. Total negative pressu...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Davis MA,Landesman R,Tadmor B,Hopmeier M,Shenhar G,Barker T,Pozner CN,Binstadt ES,Nelson S,Look R,Shubina M,Walls RM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help establish a rational approach to the initial management of Clinitest tablet ingestion, we investigated the effect of number of tablets, volume of diluent, and type of diluent on dissolution time (TD), temperature generation (delta T), and pH. Dissolution time was independent of the number of tablets and the vo...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lacouture PG,Gaudreault P,Lovejoy FH Jr

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed all patients admitted to nine community hospital coronary care units to determine what proportion could be candidates for thrombolytic therapy. During the 12-month study period, there were 4,115 admissions for possible acute myocardial infarction, and 1,076 (26%) had a discharge diagnosis of myocardial inf...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Eisenberg MS,Ho MT,Schaeffer S,Litwin P,Larsen MP,Hallstrom AP,Weaver DW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten healthy male volunteers were studied to compare the effects of simultaneous versus sequential inflation of antishock trousers (AST) and simultaneous inflation pressures of 20, 40, and 100 mm Hg on blood volume displacement centrally. Radioisotope scans were used to determine the change in blood volume distribution...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hanke BK,Bivins HG,Knopp R,dos Santos PA

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ischemic stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of adult disability. The direct and indirect costs of stroke care exceed $51 billion annually. In 1996, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for acute ischemic stroke, intravenous tissue pla...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lewandowski C,Barsan W

更新日期：2001-02-01 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 OBJECTIVE:We estimate the test characteristics of nasogastric aspiration to diagnose upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage in patients without hematemesis. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, medical records from patients admitted to 2 urban hospitals between 1997 and 2002 for gastrointestinal tract bl...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Witting MD,Magder L,Heins AE,Mattu A,Granja CA,Baumgarten M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the abilities of the Trauma Score (TS), the Revised Trauma Score (RTS), and the Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS) to retrospectively identify severely injured children. TS, RTS, and PTS were computed on admission for 1,334 consecutive blunt and penetrating trauma victims 0 to 14 years old. Injury Severity Score...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Eichelberger MR,Gotschall CS,Sacco WJ,Bowman LM,Mangubat EA,Lowenstein AD

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:There is little information about sexual violence cases treated in emergency departments (EDs). This study describes ED visits associated with sexual violence and considers the associated health care burden. METHODS:A descriptive analysis was conducted using nationally representative data on nonfatal i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Saltzman LE,Basile KC,Mahendra RR,Steenkamp M,Ingram E,Ikeda R

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate selective aortic arch perfusion (SAAP) with an oxygenated fluorocarbon emulsion, with and without aortic arch epinephrine during cardiac arrest. METHODS:This randomized, controlled study, undertaken at a university research laboratory, involved 15 mixed-breed dogs. After 10 minutes of ventr...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Manning JE,Batson DN,Payne FB,Adam N,Murphy CA,Perretta SG,Norfleet EA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the feasibility of managing patients with acute pyelonephritis as outpatients after initial treatment with IV antibiotics in an emergency department observation unit. DESIGN:Prospective and uncontrolled. SETTING:ED observation unit. TYPE OF PARTICIPANTS:Nonpregnant female patients 14 yea...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ward G,Jorden RC,Severance HW

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A team of missionary doctors from Ecuador recently described striking success in the treatment of venomous snakebites with a series of brief, high-voltage, low-current electric shocks applied to the bit site. We designed a randomized, controlled, blinded test of their methods in laboratory rats. Venom of the fer-de-la...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Howe NR,Meisenheimer JL Jr

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irukandji syndrome is a constellation of delayed severe local and systemic symptoms occurring after a Carukia barnesi box jellyfish sting involving any exposed skin. These cases are limited to Australia, the habitat of that animal. Numerous other cases of an Irukandji-like syndrome after other small Carybdeid genus en...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Grady JD,Burnett JW

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:This article summarizes the current requirements for a waiver of informed consent for emergency research and analyzes ethical issues that are involved. Researchers who intend to apply for a waiver of informed consent for emergency research must understand that they are asking for the major protector of human subjects,...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Adams JG,Wegener J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barium is a divalent alkaline earth metal used as the insoluble sulfate salt in contrast radiography and soluble acid salts in industry. Barium poisoning results from ingestion or inhalation of the acid salts; the most common poisoning occurs after ingestion of the rodenticide barium carbonate (BaCO3). We report seven...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Johnson CH,VanTassell VJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, many emergency departments have been using passive protective enclosures ("intubation boxes") during intubation. The effectiveness of these enclosures remains uncertain. We sought to quantify their ability to contain aerosols using industry standard test...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Turer DM,Good CH,Schilling BK,Turer RW,Karlowsky NR,Dvoracek LA,Ban H,Chang JS,Rubin JP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We identify the incidence and predictors of missed fracture and characterize patterns of radiography performance in children with a diagnosis of radial head subluxation in the emergency department (ED) setting. METHODS:We queried the Pediatric Health Information System database for visits by children y...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Genadry KC,Monuteaux MC,Neuman MI,Lipsett SC

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define a subset of injured children for whom emergency cervical spine radiography may be unnecessary, we performed a retrospective chart and radiologic review. Two entry methods were used: All injured children, from birth through 16 years, who had received cervical spine radiographs at The Children's Memorial Hospi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Jaffe DM,Binns H,Radkowski MA,Barthel MJ,Engelhard HH 3rd

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ability of emergency health care providers and patients to demonstrate the proper use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs). DESIGN:Prospective cross-sectional survey. SETTING:Five Midwestern community teaching hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred eighty-five health care providers, comprisin...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Jones JS,Holstege CP,Riekse R,White L,Bergquist T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00