The use of mixed venous blood gas determinations in traumatic shock.

abstract：:As the only medical specialists who routinely provide continuous 24-hour daily coverage, emergency physicians are all too familiar with the demands of shift work. Although shift work has a pervasive effect on the practice of emergency medicine and is regarded as a major stressor, it has received little attention per s...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Whitehead DC,Thomas H Jr,Slapper DR

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY HYPOTHESIS:Risk factors associated with unintentional gunshot fatalities among children include gender and race of the decedent, type of firearm used, and whether loaded guns are stored within the home. STUDY POPULATION:All New Mexico children 0 to 14 years old unintentionally killed by a firearm between 1984 an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Martin JR,Sklar DP,McFeeley P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway compromise is the most common cause of death and severe morbidity in acutely ill and injured children. Rapid-sequence intubation (RSI) is a technique for emergency airway control designed to maximize successful endotracheal intubation while minimizing the adverse physiologic effects of this procedure. RSI requi...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gerardi MJ,Sacchetti AD,Cantor RM,Santamaria JP,Gausche M,Lucid W,Foltin GL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual presentation of solvent abuse. A 17-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department after he inhaled fumes from a rag soaked with a carburetor cleaner containing toluene, methylene chloride, and methanol. Considered to be intoxicated from the acute effects of sniffing toluene or methylene chl...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McCormick MJ,Mogabgab E,Adams SL

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique of direct mechanical ventricular assistance (DMVA) has been available since 1966. Ventricular assistance is provided by a glass cup lined with a Silastic diaphragm. It is held on the cardiac ventricles by suction. Alternating positive and negative pressure in the space between the cup and the diaphragm pro...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McCabe JB,Ventriglia WJ,Anstadt GL,Nolan DJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published emergency department (ED) timeliness measures. These data show substantial variation in hospital performance and suggest the need for process improvement initiatives. However, the CMS measures are not risk adjusted and may provide mis...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sun BC,Laurie A,Prewitt L,Fu R,Chang AM,Augustine J,Reese C 4th,McConnell KJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Emergency Physicians algorithm project was a pilot study designed to identify a method for evaluating algorithms by peer review and field test. The intent of the pilot project was to make recommendations which would permit a more extensive evaluation of the logic, usefulness, and safety of vari...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Podgorny G

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We assessed the independent relationship between age and the quality of medical care provided to patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS:We conducted a 2-year retrospective cohort study of 2,216 acute myocardial infarction patients presenting urgen...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Magid DJ,Masoudi FA,Vinson DR,van der Vlugt TM,Padgett TG,Tricomi AJ,Lyons EE,Crounse L,Brand DW,Go AS,Ho PM,Rumsfeld JS

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Presented is the case of a man who had localized depigmentation after local injection of triamcinolone diacetate. Search of the literature indicates that this is a rare complication of such therapy. Localized depigmentation may have important cultural implications for dark-skinned patients. There is some experimental ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stapczynski JS

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a systematic evaluation and triage strategy including immediate resting myocardial perfusion imaging in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain of possible ischemic origin. METHODS:We conducted an observational study of 1,187 consecutive pa...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Tatum JL,Jesse RL,Kontos MC,Nicholson CS,Schmidt KL,Roberts CS,Ornato JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We characterize the quantity and quality of data tables and figures in reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) submitted to the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and published in peer-reviewed journals. We investigate how the peer review process affected table and figure quality. METHODS:We reviewed...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Schriger DL,Sinha R,Schroter S,Liu PY,Altman DG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Epinephrine autoinjector use for anaphylaxis is increasing. There are reports of digit injections because of incorrect autoinjector use, but no previous reports of lacerations, to our knowledge. We report complications of epinephrine autoinjector use in children and discuss features of these devices, an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brown JC,Tuuri RE,Akhter S,Guerra LD,Goodman IS,Myers SR,Nozicka C,Manzi S,Long K,Turner T,Conners GP,Thompson RW,Park E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One vital aspect of emergency medicine management is communication after episodes of care to improve future performance through group reflection on the shared experience. This reflective activity in teams is known as debriefing, and despite supportive evidence highlighting its benefits, many practitioners experience b...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kessler DO,Cheng A,Mullan PC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in the development of the specialty of emergency medicine and of emergency health care systems has greatly increased worldwide in the last few years. The guidelines in this article were developed in an effort to assist others in design and evaluation of all types of emergency medicine projects. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Holliman CJ,Kirsch TD,Green GB,Wolfson AB,Tom PA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Training physicians in new skills through classroom-based teaching has inherent cost and time constraints. We seek to evaluate whether Web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of basic ultrasonographic principles and the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Tr...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Platz E,Goldflam K,Mennicke M,Parisini E,Christ M,Hohenstein C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Nearly 3 million patients present to US emergency departments (EDs) annually with undifferentiated musculoskeletal low back pain. Little is known about short- and longer-term outcomes in this group. We seek to describe the pain and functional outcomes 1 week and 3 months after discharge in a sample of E...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Friedman BW,O'Mahony S,Mulvey L,Davitt M,Choi H,Xia S,Esses D,Bijur PE,Gallagher EJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether an advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) course in a rural hospital will improve resuscitation success from cardiac arrest. DESIGN:A retrospective case review of all patients in cardiac arrest during a 13-month period before and after the institution of an ACLS training program. SE...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sanders AB,Berg RA,Burress M,Genova RT,Kern KB,Ewy GA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annals' 25th anniversary is a cause for celebration, but the future imposes a new set of ethical questions and moral dilemmas for emergency physicians. Each physician will need to make personal choices consistent with the courage, judgment, integrity, and dedication of past leaders when dealing with the moral dilemmas...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Waeckerle JF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determine the feasibility and yield of universal opt-out HIV screening among adolescents and adults in a southeastern emergency department (ED) serving a semiurban-semirural population. METHODS:Individuals aged 13 to 64 years who visited the ED during specified hours received the OraQuick rapid HIV test (...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sattin RW,Wilde JA,Freeman AE,Miller KM,Dias JK

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The esophageal obturator airway (EOA) is in common use throughout the country. This report outlines an unexpected and serious complication: gastric rupture due to overinsufflation. A survey of the literature revealed that most of the known complications involve direct trauma to the esophagus or trachea. In our case, t...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Crippen D,Olvey S,Graffis R

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We examine whether a specific educational effort reduces emergency department violence in the short term and quantify the amount of violence in the ED. METHODS:Cross-sectional prospective surveys were conducted at a tertiary referral center at baseline (1998) and at 3 and 6 months (1999) after the Prev...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Fernandes CM,Raboud JM,Christenson JM,Bouthillette F,Bullock L,Ouellet L,Moore C,Violoence in the Emergency Department Study (VITES) Group.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Cancer immunotherapy is evolving rapidly and is transforming cancer care. During the last decade, immune checkpoint therapies have been developed to enhance the immune response; however, specific adverse effects related to autoimmunity are increasingly apparent. This study aims to fill the knowledge gap...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： El Majzoub I,Qdaisat A,Thein KZ,Win MA,Han MM,Jacobson K,Chaftari PS,Prejean M,Reyes-Gibby C,Yeung SJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of four methods of endotracheal tube size selection in the pediatric population. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, blinded comparison. SETTING:The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. PARTICIPANTS:Two hundred thirty-seven children aged 1 month to 9 years old undergoing elective surg...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： King BR,Baker MD,Braitman LE,Seidl-Friedman J,Schreiner MS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented is a rationale for use of a new class of drugs, the iron chelating agents, in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) to prevent late deaths and brain damage following successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The relevant biochemical hypothesis states that free iron ions, liberated from bound intracellular sto...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Babbs CF

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrolytes, BUN, and creatinine are some of the most frequently ordered laboratory tests. The use of these tests in emergency practice has not been studied critically, and few investigations of their use in other disciplines have been performed. A review of the available literature and an analysis of medical problem...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Checchio LM,Como AJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to compare warm gastric (Group 1) and closed thoracic cavity (Group 2) lavage for rewarming severely hypothermic dogs. Adult mongrel dogs were monitored by intra-arterial catheter, central venous catheter, and ECG, and by central venous, esophageal, and rectal temperature probes. Animals were ex...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brunette DD,Sterner S,Robinson EP,Ruiz E

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00