Acute drug overdose: one hospital's experience.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:In 2001, less than 20% of emergency medicine residents had more than $150,000 of educational debt. Our emergency medicine residents anecdotally reported much larger debt loads. Surveys have reported that debt affects career and life choices. Qualitative approaches are well suited to explore how and why ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Young TP,Brown MM,Reibling ET,Ghassemzadeh S,Gordon DM,Phan TH,Thomas TL,Brown L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To characterize the attendance at and presenters of conferences given to emergency medicine residents and to determine the ability of emergency medicine residents to attend conferences while working in the emergency department and on off-service rotations. DESIGN:Descriptive study of an anonymous mail...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Austin PE,Brown CK,Dunn KA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Disposition decision for patients with possible acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department (ED) is driven primarily by perception of short-term risks. We sought to evaluate communication between patient and physician about these risks by ascertaining the content of discussions surrounding dispo...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Newman DH,Ackerman B,Kraushar ML,Lederhandler MH,Masri A,Starikov A,Tsao DT,Meyers HP,Shah KH

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Controversy surrounds the linkage of prevention counseling with emergency department (ED)-based HIV testing. Further, the effectiveness and feasibility of prevention counseling in the ED setting is unknown. We investigate these issues by conducting a preliminarily exploration of several related aspects of our...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sitlinger AP,Lindsell CJ,Ruffner AH,Wayne DB,Hart KW,Trott AT,Fichtenbaum CJ,Lyons MS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical policy focuses on critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients with seizures. The medical literature was reviewed for articles that pertained to the critical questions posed. Subcommittee members and expert peer reviewers also supplied articles with direct bearing on this policy. Th...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： ACEP Clinical Policies Committee.,Clinical Policies Subcommittee on Seizures.

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latex allergy, an IgE-mediated reaction to proteins retained in finished natural rubber latex products, has become one of the most pervasive problems in medicine. Latex allergy has resulted in death, progressive asthma, severe food allergy from cross-reactivity, and disability of health care professionals with the acc...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kelly KJ,Walsh-Kelly CM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We assess the effectiveness of patient-controlled analgesia in the emergency department (ED). We hypothesized that decline in pain intensity from 30 to 120 minutes after initial intravenous opioid administration is greater in patients receiving morphine by patient-controlled analgesia compared with usua...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bijur PE,Mills AM,Chang AK,White D,Restivo A,Persaud S,Schechter CB,Gallagher EJ,Birnbaum AJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Lumbar puncture is a commonly performed procedure, although previous studies have documented low rates of successful completion in infants. Ultrasonography can visualize the anatomic landmarks for lumbar puncture and has been shown in some studies to reduce the failure rate of lumbar puncture in adults....

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Neal JT,Kaplan SL,Woodford AL,Desai K,Zorc JJ,Chen AE

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:We developed a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) message that can be given via telephone by emergency dispatchers directly to an individual reporting a cardiac arrest. The message was developed and evaluated on the basis of empirical observation of CPR performance of 203 community volunteers during simulated cardiac...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Carter WB,Eisenberg MS,Hallstrom AP,Schaeffer S

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether emergency medical services (EMS) run reports adequately document vehicle damage when compared with vehicle photographs by using a traffic accident scoring system. DESIGN:A prospective study consisting of three phases: photographing motor vehicle collisions and collecting their resp...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hunt RC,Brown RL,Cline KA,Krohmer JR,McCabe JB,Whitley TW

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:It is unclear whether laryngoscopy using a standard-geometry blade shape, able to obtain both direct and indirect views, is associated with different first-attempt success or adverse events during emergency intubation compared with using a hyperangulated blade capable of indirect laryngoscopy only. We s...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Driver BE,Prekker ME,Reardon RF,Fantegrossi A,Walls RM,Brown CA 3rd

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Emergency medical services (EMS) is an important part of the health care system. The effect of EMS on morbidity, mortality, and costs of illness is difficult to evaluate because hospital information is not available in out-of-hospital databases. We used probabilistic linkage to create such a database f...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dean JM,Vernon DD,Cook L,Nechodom P,Reading J,Suruda A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium dichloroacetate (DCA) has been shown to lower elevated serum lactate levels produced by hypoxia, exercise, and phenformin. We conducted a study to investigate the effect of DCA treatment on lactic acidosis following resuscitation from asphyxial cardiac arrest. Conditioned dogs were anesthetized with pentobarbit...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gin-Shaw SL,Barsan WG,Eymer V,Hedges J

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Intravenous metoclopramide is effective as primary therapy for acute migraine, but the optimal dose of this medication is not yet known. The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of 3 different doses of intravenous metoclopramide for the treatment of acute migraine. METHODS:This...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Friedman BW,Mulvey L,Esses D,Solorzano C,Paternoster J,Lipton RB,Gallagher EJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe the operators, techniques, success, and adverse event rates of adult emergency department (ED) intubation through multicenter prospective surveillance. METHODS:Eighteen EDs in the United States, Canada, and Australia recorded intubation data onto a Web-based data collection tool, with a gre...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brown CA 3rd,Bair AE,Pallin DJ,Walls RM,NEAR III Investigators.

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was conducted to test the reliability of at-home observation of head trauma victims in the rural South among a population of low educational level. During a four-month period, 99 patients entered and 90 patients finished the study. In all cases, an individual was identified as willing to accept the...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cline DM,Whitley TW

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and advanced trauma life support (ATLS) courses have become accepted standards for physicians who care for the critically ill and injured patient, only recently have pediatric advanced life support (PALS) courses been developed. The American Academy of Pediatrics has shown re...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Thompson BM,Rice T,Jaffe J,Aprahamian C,Horwitz L,Torphy D

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to observe, measure, and describe the changes in central venous oxygen saturation during CPR and immediately after return of spontaneous circulation. It also was to examine the clinical utility of continuous central venous oxygen saturation monitoring as a indicator of retu...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rivers EP,Martin GB,Smithline H,Rady MY,Schultz CH,Goetting MG,Appleton TJ,Nowak RM

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the height of back elevation required to place the cervical spine of children less than 8 years old in neutral position and whether agreement on the height required for neutral position could be reached by two independent observers. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective. SETTING:Pediatric emergency d...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Nypaver M,Treloar D

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonography in the emergency department is being used for many purposes, including the evaluation of patients with cardiac arrest. Ultrasound testing has been shown to be useful in such patients in determining the presence of true electromechanical dissociation and pericardial effusions. We report a case of ventri...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Amaya SC,Langsam A

更新日期：1999-03-01 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 describe and analyze a recent rapid deployment of disaster medical assistance teams and other government agencies to provide medical screening and anthrax prophylaxis to New York City US Postal Service employees potentially exposed to letters contaminated with anthrax spores. METHODS:A description o...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Partridge R,Alexander J,Lawrence T,Suner S

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:We report 2 deaths and 1 injury that resulted from 2 separate unintentional discharges of the same Ruger Blackhawk revolver. One discharge was a consequence of careless firearm handling combined with a slip during a decocking procedure unique to certain hammer-action firearms. The second discharge occurred when the fi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Lee C,Nolte KB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Increasingly, hospitals are using utilization review software to reduce hospital admissions in an effort to contain costs. Such practices have the potential to increase the number of unsafe discharges, particularly in public safety-net hospitals. Utilization review software tools are not well studied wi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Desai S,Gruber PF,Eiting E,Seabury SA,Mack WJ,Voyageur C,Vasquez V,Kim HT,Terp S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:First-aid guidelines recommend the administration of cool running water in the early management of thermal injury. Our objective is to analyze the associations between first aid and skin-grafting requirements in children with burns. METHODS:This cohort study used a prospectively collected registry of p...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Griffin BR,Frear CC,Babl F,Oakley E,Kimble RM

更新日期：2020-01-01 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