Near-fatal intoxication by 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to characterize hospital and patient characteristics associated with administration of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke patients in the United States. METHODS:This retrospective, observational, cohort study used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, an administrative ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Schumacher HC,Bateman BT,Boden-Albala B,Berman MF,Mohr JP,Sacco RL,Pile-Spellman J

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To derive a highly sensitive decision rule for the selective use of radiography in acute knee injuries. DESIGN:Prospectively administered survey. SETTING:Emergency departments of two university hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:Convenience sample of 1,047 adults with acute knee injuries. RESULTS:Attending eme...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stiell IG,Greenberg GH,Wells GA,McKnight RD,Cwinn AA,Cacciotti T,McDowell I,Smith NA

更新日期：1995-10-01 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: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:This study was conducted to compare the clinical and spirometric effects of continuous and intermittent nebulization of salbutamol in acute severe asthma. METHODS:Forty-two consecutive patients presenting to the emergency department for acute severe asthma (peak expiratory flow [PEF] mean+/-SD, 24%+/-1...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Besbes-Ouanes L,Nouira S,Elatrous S,Knani J,Boussarsar M,Abroug F

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of a 4-day "burst" course of prednisone added to standard treatment with H1 antihistamines for the management of acute urticaria in outpatients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, double-blinded, clinical trial. SETTING:Emergency department of an urban tertiary care teaching hosp...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Pollack CV Jr,Romano TJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the emergency IV contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) scanning was evaluated in 90 pediatric patients sustaining blunt abdominal trauma. Medical records, CT scans, and operative and postmortem reports, when applicable, were reviewed retrospectively. By identifying the organs of injury, CT sc...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Haftel AJ,Lev R,Mahour GH,Senac M,Akhtar Shah SI

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluate the importance of hospital bed occupancy for 30-day mortality, inhospital mortality, readmission for inpatient care within 30 days, and revisits to the emergency department (ED) within 7 days among all adult patients visiting the ED. METHODS:This was an observational cohort study including ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Af Ugglas B,Djärv T,Ljungman PLS,Holzmann MJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 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:Video capsule endoscopy has been used to diagnose gastrointestinal hemorrhage and other small bowel diseases but has not been tested in an emergency department (ED) setting. The objectives in this pilot study are to demonstrate the ability of emergency physicians to detect blood in the upper gastrointes...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Meltzer AC,Ali MA,Kresiberg RB,Patel G,Smith JP,Pines JM,Fleischer DE

更新日期：2013-04-01 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 OBJECTIVES:For many foodborne outbreaks, the pathogen and food vehicle never are identified. Delayed collection of epidemiologic and microbiologic information may contribute to this. We postulated that collection of this information from ill persons as they presented to the emergency department during a recent ou...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Goodman LJ,Lisowski JM,Harris AA,Kerns EA,Weaver DC,Pannaralla K,Langkop CW,Biek RW

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Apnea is a known complication of pediatric seizures, but patient factors that predispose children are unclear. We seek to quantify the risk of apnea attributable to midazolam and identify additional risk factors for apnea in children transported by paramedics for out-of-hospital seizure. METHODS:This i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bosson N,Santillanes G,Kaji AH,Fang A,Fernando T,Huang M,Lee J,Gausche-Hill M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether nonemergency patients can be prospectively identified by triage nurses and safely triaged out of the emergency department without treatment. METHODS:All adult patients (16 years or older) who presented to a university ED were provided an evaluation by a triage nurse. For a patient'...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Derlet RW,Kinser D,Ray L,Hamilton B,McKenzie J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 10 seriously injured patients requiring resuscitation and definitive operative control of hemorrhage was studied. Simultaneous arterial and mixed venous blood gases were measured sequentially throughout the resuscitative and operative periods. Improvement of the mixed venous oxygen saturation was associate...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kazarian KK,Del Guercio LR

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe the demographics, characteristics, treatment, and clinical course of methamphetamine body stuffers. We also determine the clinical characteristics of methamphetamine body stuffers who have severe outcomes. METHODS:A 6.5-year descriptive nonconcurrent observational case series evaluated meth...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： West PL,McKeown NJ,Hendrickson RG

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe current alcohol screening and brief intervention practices in emergency departments (EDs) at Level I and Level II trauma centers and characterize ED directors' attitudes and perceived barriers associated with these practices among injured patients in the ED. METHODS:ED directors at Level I ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cunningham RM,Harrison SR,McKay MP,Mello MJ,Sochor M,Shandro JR,Walton MA,D'Onofrio G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To reappraise Boehler's angle and evaluate factors, including centering of the central beam, sex of subjects, and side of the body, that may affect angle measurement. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical review. SETTING:Emergency department, Level I trauma center. TYPE OF PARTICIPANTS:120 consecutive patie...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chen MY,Bohrer SP,Kelley TF

更新日期：1991-02-01 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 utilization, price per visit, and the types of care delivered across freestanding emergency departments (EDs), hospital-based EDs, and urgent care centers in Texas. METHODS:We analyzed insurance claims processed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas from 2012 to 2015 for patient visits to frees...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ho V,Metcalfe L,Dark C,Vu L,Weber E,Shelton G Jr,Underwood HR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-responding emergency medical technicians (EMTs) trained to defibrillate have been shown to increase survival from prehospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) almost fourfold in Washington's King County. Using Nebraska ambulance rescue run data from 1982 and published information relating ambulance response time to...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Ornato JP,McNeill SE,Craren EJ,Nelson NM

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was conducted to determine the usefulness of clinical findings and 25-degree pronation and supination radiologic views to diagnose carpal navicular fractures. All patients presenting to the emergency department during a two-year period who fell on their outstretched hand and had pain and/or swellin...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Mehta M,Brautigan MW

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Efficient management and allocation of scarce medical resources can improve outcomes for victims of mass casualty events. However, the effectiveness of specific strategies has never been systematically reviewed. We analyze published evidence on strategies to optimize the management and allocation of sca...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Timbie JW,Ringel JS,Fox DS,Pillemer F,Waxman DA,Moore M,Hansen CK,Knebel AR,Ricciardi R,Kellermann AL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the influence of home visiting on the risk for medically attended unintentional injury during home visiting (0 to 3 years) and subsequent to home visiting (3 to 5 years). METHODS:A retrospective, quasi-experimental study was conducted in a cohort of mother-child pairs in Hamilton County, O...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Folger AT,Bowers KA,Dexheimer JW,Sa T,Hall ES,Van Ginkel JB,Ammerman RT

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We identify measures of emergency department (ED) and hospital workflow that would be of value in understanding, monitoring, and managing crowding. METHODS:A national group of 74 experts developed 113 potential measures using a conceptual model of ED crowding that segmented the measures into input, thr...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Solberg LI,Asplin BR,Weinick RM,Magid DJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Experimental ischemia by the classic frostbite rabbit ear model clearly defined the role of thromboxane as a mediator of progressive dermal ischemia in frostbite injuries. The therapeutic groups consisted of the antiprostanoids, methylprednisolone, and aspirin combined with anti-thromboxane agents Aloe vera and methim...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Heggers JP,Robson MC,Manavalen K,Weingarten MD,Carethers JM,Boertman JA,Smith DJ Jr,Sachs RJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of acquired eventration of a hemidiaphragm after insertion of a chest tube for treatment of an iatrogenic pneumothorax. Partial withdrawal of the chest tube resulted in immediate return of the hemidiaphragm to its original position. This is believed to be the first report of the resolution...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Salon JE

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After recent terrorist attacks, new attention has been focused on health care facility decontamination practices. This article reviews core issues related to the selection of appropriate personal protective equipment for health care facility decontamination personnel, with an emphasis on respiratory protection. Existi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Hick JL,Hanfling D,Burstein JL,Markham J,Macintyre AG,Barbera JA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00