Methodology reporting in three acute care journals: replication and reliability.

abstract：:Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum are rare complications of athletic activity. Spontaneous pneumothorax has been reported in association with several sports, but reports of pneumothorax associated with blunt trauma sustained during sporting activity are rare. We present a case series of patients in whom pneumothorax ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Partridge RA,Coley A,Bowie R,Woolard RH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old pedestrian who was the victim of a motor vehicle accident had a left pneumothorax with a large air leak. Despite a well-placed chest tube, a chest radiograph showed that the left lung had fallen down and away from the mediastinum and that no hilar structures were visible. This "fallen lung with an absent...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Endress C,Guyot DR,Engels JA

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the abdomen is compressed manually in counterpoint to the rhythm of chest compression, in the performance of interposed abdominal compression-CPR, artificial circulation is approximately doubled in animal experiments and in electronic models of the circulatory system. These studies suggest that external manual co...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Babbs CF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although health care rapidly adopts technologic advances from other fields, it has been slow to incorporate well-established principles from human factors engineering into the health care workplace. This article demonstrates some of those principles by analyzing an all too routine clinical event from a human factors p...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wears RL,Perry SJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:We have developed a new method of implementing a transcribed emergency record at minimum cost. Dictated emergency records are typed immediately by a transcriber located in the emergency department. This member of the medical record transcriber pool is given other non-urgent medical record material to type when there a...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Klimt CR,Becker S,Fox BS,Ensminger F

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：: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 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：:Methemoglobinemia must be considered in the differential diagnosis of the cyanotic patient. Methemoglobin cannot carry oxygen or carbon dioxide. Methemoglobinemia can result from exposure to a wide variety of chemicals, including many commonly prescribed drugs, usually in an overdose situation. Most cases require only...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Curry S

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-base changes occurring during cardiac arrest and subsequent CPR are related to a complex low-perfusion state characterized clinically by venous and tissue hypercarbic and metabolic (lactic) acidosis. This low-flow state is a dynamic process dependent on the time intervals between onset of arrest, initiation of CP...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： von Planta M,Bar-Joseph G,Wiklund L,Bircher NG,Falk JL,Abramson NS

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We examine whether using public National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) data with masked design variables produces different estimates, standard errors, and confidence intervals (CIs) for the temporal trend of overall and injury-related emergency department (ED) visits compared with us...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Zhu M,Chu H,Rice TM,Carter MW

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old man developed extreme shortness of breath after injecting "freebase" cocaine intravenously. Clinical and radiographic evaluation confirmed acute pulmonary edema, and blood gas studies substantiated acute respiratory failure. Despite vigorous therapy, the patient died three hours after admission. When coc...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Allred RJ,Ewer S

更新日期：1981-08-01 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：:[American College of Emergency Physicians. Hospital, medical staff, and payer responsibility for emergency department patients. Ann Emerg Med. February 2000;35:210-211.]. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors：

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：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：: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：: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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have demonstrated that a sex disparity exists in the editorial boards of select specialties. However, there are limited data with respect to emergency medicine. We seek to determine the sex distribution of editors in chief and editorial board members among emergency medicine journals. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gottlieb M,Krzyzaniak SM,Mannix A,Parsons M,Mody S,Kalantari A,Ashraf H,Chan TM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A treatment protocol for patients with acute bronchospasm was introduced to an adult emergency department in an attempt to decrease treatment time and potentially decrease need for admission. The charts of all patients seen in a control year (before any protocol was in place) and the first three years of the protocol ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Schneider SM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The emergency department is a problem-focused environment in which routine screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) is difficult. We hypothesized that screening for IPV during computer-based health-risk assessment would be acceptable to patients and improve detection. METHODS:We performed a descri...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rhodes KV,Lauderdale DS,He T,Howes DS,Levinson W

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides information supporting the need for new outcome measures in emergency care. It also addresses the use of outcome measures in emergency care, the impact of emergency care, identification of at-risk groups, new approaches to measuring patient satisfaction, quality of life and cost-effectiveness, an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cairns CB,Garrison HG,Hedges JR,Schriger DL,Valenzuela TD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have suggested that serum markers of smooth muscle destruction have utility in predicting ectopic pregnancy. Our goal was to determine whether a novel marker of muscle destruction, smooth muscle heavy-chain myosin (SMHC), is elevated in the serum of patients with ectopic pregnancy. MET...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Birkhahn RH,Gaeta TJ,Suzuki T,Katoh H,Nagai R,Bove J

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Physicians often prescribe antibiotics to patients even when there is no clear indication for their use. Previous studies examining antibiotic use in acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections have been conducted in primary care settings. We evaluate the factors that physicians in the emergency d...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ong S,Nakase J,Moran GJ,Karras DJ,Kuehnert MJ,Talan DA,EMERGEncy ID NET Study Group.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine produces rapid and consistent pediatric sedation with a predictable onset and recovery time. A wide margin of safety is afforded without the respiratory and cardiovascular depression commonly seen with alternative agents. The efficacy of ketamine is well established in anesthesia and dentistry and has extensi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Green SM,Johnson NE

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Assembly 2007 Resolution 60.22 tasked the global health community to address the lack of emergency care in low- and middle-income countries. Little progress has yet been made in integrating emergency care into most low- and middle-income-country health systems. At a rural Ugandan district hospital, ho...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hammerstedt H,Maling S,Kasyaba R,Dreifuss B,Chamberlain S,Nelson S,Bisanzo M,Ezati I

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We hypothesize that emergency department (ED) volume and increased patient complexity are associated with lower quality of care, as measured by time to antibiotics for patients being admitted with community-acquired pneumonia. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study at a university tertiary care hospi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Fee C,Weber EJ,Maak CA,Bacchetti P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the performance of a hospital-based mobile coronary care unit staffed by emergency physicians, coronary care nurses, and ambulance personnel in a metropolitan setting (Brisbane, Australia). Our unit attended 2,260 calls during 18 months of operation. Standard dispatched ambulances arrived first to 78% of t...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bett JH

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with primary axillary vein thrombosis was treated successfully in the emergency department with a single IV bolus of anistrepalase followed by continuous IV heparin. The patient's symptoms resolved quickly, and a repeat venogram 16 hours later showed near-complete resolution of the venous obstruction. We dis...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Pires LA,Jay G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00