Intestinal evisceration resulting from a motor vehicle accident.

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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We determine the association between use of specific cephalosporins and macrolides and hospital length of stay in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who are admitted with acute chest syndrome, and determine treatment risk factors for acute chest syndrome-related 30-day readmission. METHODS:Patient...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Badaki-Makun O,Casella JF,Tackett S,Tao X,Chamberlain JM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We compare 3 methods of hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) education, using performance scores. A paucity of research exists on the comparative effectiveness of different types of hands-only CPR education. This study also includes a novel kiosk approach that has not previously been studied, ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Heard DG,Andresen KH,Guthmiller KM,Lucas R,Heard KJ,Blewer AL,Abella BS,Gent LM,Sasson C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The optimal ratio of chest compressions to ventilations during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is unknown. We determine 24-hour survival and neurologic outcome, comparing 4 different chest compression-ventilation CPR ratios in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest and bystander CPR. METHODS:F...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sanders AB,Kern KB,Berg RA,Hilwig RW,Heidenrich J,Ewy GA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Emergency department records are an important source of injury surveillance data. However, documentation regarding intentional assault has not been studied and may be suboptimal. The purpose of this study was to analyze physician documentation of assailant, site, and object used in intentional assault. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Houry D,Feldhaus KM,Nyquist SR,Abbott J,Pons PT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Intraosseous access is widely used in pediatric and adult resuscitations when vascular access cannot be promptly established. Confirmation of intraosseous needle placement has traditionally relied on the ability to aspirate blood or marrow or infuse crystalloid easily. This study's aim is to determine t...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stone MB,Teismann NA,Wang R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized clinical trials, which aim to determine the efficacy and safety of drugs and medical devices, are a complex enterprise with myriad challenges, stakeholders, and traditions. Although the primary goal is scientific discovery, clinical trials must also fulfill regulatory, clinical, and ethical requirements. In...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Meurer WJ,Lewis RJ,Tagle D,Fetters MD,Legocki L,Berry S,Connor J,Durkalski V,Elm J,Zhao W,Frederiksen S,Silbergleit R,Palesch Y,Berry DA,Barsan WG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To study early microcirculatory perfusion indices in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock, compare early microcirculatory indices in sepsis survivors versus nonsurvivors, and identify systemic hemodynamic/oxygen transport variables that correlate with early microcirculatory perfusion indices. METHO...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Trzeciak S,Dellinger RP,Parrillo JE,Guglielmi M,Bajaj J,Abate NL,Arnold RC,Colilla S,Zanotti S,Hollenberg SM,Microcirculatory Alterations in Resuscitation and Shock Investigators.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this systematic review and meta-analysis are to appraise the evidence in regard to the diagnostic accuracy of a low-risk History, ECG, Age, Risk Factors, and Troponin (HEART) score for prediction of major adverse cardiac events in emergency department (ED) patients. These included 4 su...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Laureano-Phillips J,Robinson RD,Aryal S,Blair S,Wilson D,Boyd K,Schrader CD,Zenarosa NR,Wang H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Managed care organizations (MCOs) have proliferated throughout the United States. Interaction by patients, physicians, and emergency medical services systems with MCOs is evolving. Although MCOs have had some notable successes in reducing health care expenditures, the way in which MCO enrollees gain access to emergenc...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dickinson E,Verdile VP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Experts advocate the use of a standard nasal cannula to provide oxygen at flow rates of up to 15 L/minute during emergency intubation. However, because of concerns about potential patient discomfort, some providers avoid providing nasal cannula oxygen at flow rates greater than 6 L/minute. This trial is...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brainard A,Chuang D,Zeng I,Larkin GL

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Institute of Medicine and other national organizations have asserted that current payment policies strongly discourage emergency medical services (EMS) providers from transporting selected patients who call 911 to non-ED settings (eg, primary care clinics, mental health centers, dialysis centers) or from treating ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Morganti KG,Alpert A,Margolis G,Wasserman J,Kellermann AL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether working 5 serial night shifts in the emergency department results in a decline in physician performance as measured with an intelligence test. METHODS:This study compared the cognitive functioning of emergency physicians who worked the day shift (7 AM to 5 pm) with those ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dula DJ,Dula NL,Hamrick C,Wood GC

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：: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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Crisis resource management skills are integral to leading the resuscitation of a critically ill patient. Despite their importance, crisis resource management skills (and their associated cognitive processes) have traditionally been difficult to study in the real world. The objective of this study was to...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： White MR,Braund H,Howes D,Egan R,Gegenfurtner A,van Merrienboer JJG,Szulewski A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Traumatic eye injuries are common emergency department presentations worldwide, and diagnosis may be delayed because of concurrent injuries and lack of guidelines in regard to the utility of clinical examination, computed tomography (CT), and point-of-care ultrasonography. In this study, we compare poin...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ojaghihaghighi S,Lombardi KM,Davis S,Vahdati SS,Sorkhabi R,Pourmand A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important aspect in the effective management of an emergency medical services system is the ability to monitor system performance. To provide this information on a timely basis, a comprehensive data collection system is required. We describe the design, implementation, use, and effect of a comprehensive, computeriz...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Valenzuela TD,Keeley KT,Criss EA,Spaite DW,Meislin HW

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse (July 17, 1981) provided the emergency medical services system of Kansas City, Missouri, with its greatest challenge ever. Utilizing an EMS-based, centralized, city-wide disaster plan, the rescue operation encountered 113 dead and 188 multiply traumatized patients. The rescue operati...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Orr SM,Robinson WA

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Stress is an emergent occupational problem in modern societies. Among workers, medical practitioners are particularly exposed. However, data objectifying stress levels during work time are scarce. The aim of this study was to establish diurnal salivary cortisol levels in a highly stressful work environm...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Weibel L,Gabrion I,Aussedat M,Kreutz G

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two case reports of patients with anion gap metabolic lactic acidosis and hypoglycemia are presented. Both patients subsequently died of acute liver failure secondary to acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. The development of type B lactic acidosis with hypoglycemia might have been caused by a deficit in gluconeogenesis seco...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Zabrodski RM,Schnurr LP

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for investigation of a cluster of invasive group A streptococcal illness-Spokane, Washington, 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999;48:681-683.]. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors：

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:In an effort to assess the reliability of patient history in excluding pregnancy, we studied the correlation between specific historical factors and the presence of a positive qualitative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin assay. Two hundred eight patients were studied, and information was collected prospectively...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ramoska EA,Sacchetti AD,Nepp M

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The case of a 28-year-old multiparous woman with an incarcerated gravid uterus is presented. This largely unknown entity invariably results in spontaneous abortion if untreated. Patients present with a characteristic and readily recognizable sign and symptom complex and ultrasonographic findings. Early diagnosis is em...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Edminster SC,Raabe RD,Kates RB

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments, such as the bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, the sarin attacks in Tokyo and Matsumoto, Japan, and US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, have heightened fears of terrorist attacks. Future terrorist activities...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Richards CF,Burstein JL,Waeckerle JF,Hutson HR

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:A prospective study of emergency physician whole body and extremity exposure to ionizing radiation during trauma resuscitation over a three-month period was conducted. Radiation film badges and thermoluminescent dosimeter finger rings were permanently attached to leaded aprons worn by emergency medicine residents duri...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Weiss EL,Singer CM,Benedict SH,Baraff LJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrest caused by massive pulmonary embolism is highly refractory to conventional resuscitation. Emergency surgical embolectomy has been considered the only effective intervention. We present the case of a 33-year-old woman who suffered a massive pulmonary embolism with circulatory arrest refractory to one half...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Langdon RW,Swicegood WR,Schwartz DA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00