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_name
Ann Emerg Medjournal_title
Annals of emergency medicineauthors
Brown K,Levy H,Brenner C,Leffler S,Hamburg ELdoi
10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80421-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-12-01 00:00:00pages
1908-10issue
12eissn
0196-0644issn
1097-6760pii
S0196-0644(05)80421-4journal_volume
22pub_type
杂志文章abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential for cardiovascular toxicity from severe oral phenytoin overdose. STUDY POPULATION:Fifty-seven patients admitted during a two-year period to an inner-city hospital for severe oral phenytoin overdose, which is defined as a peak level of 40 micrograms/mL or more. METHODS:Case re...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81604-x
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We assess the prognostic role of initial glucose levels in patients with a first acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department (ED). METHODS:We conducted a 3-year retrospective cohort study. Patients with a first acute myocardial infarction were recruited from the ED of a tertiary hospital fr...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.023
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare diagnostic strategies for the emergency assessment of patients with suspected acute thoracic aortic dissection and to measure the effect of delays related to the availability of these tests on the selection of the most appropriate one. METHODS:We carried out a decision analysis representing...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(96)70026-4
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sexually transmitted bowel and rectal diseases are common in gay men and are caused by a wide variety of infectious agents. Each of the entities implicated in the gay bowel syndrome is considered separately and epidemiologic considerations responsible for the appearance of such a syndrome are examined. The emergency p...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(80)80310-6
更新日期:1980-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We study the incremental value of the ABCD2 score in predicting short-term risk of ischemic stroke after thorough emergency department (ED) evaluation of transient ischemic attack. METHODS:This was a prospective observational study of consecutive patients presenting to the ED with a transient ischemic ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.07.001
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We assess the prevalences of bacterial meningitis and herpes simplex virus meningoencephalitis (HSV-ME) in children with a complex febrile seizure and determine these prevalences in the subgroup of children with a clinical examination result not suggestive of meningitis or encephalitis. METHODS:This mu...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.11.024
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether topographic analysis of EEG mapping and technetium-99m (99mTc) hexamethylpropylenamine oxide (HMPAO) brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can detect cerebral anomalies in the acute phase of carbon monoxide poisoning. DESIGN:Twelve patients aged 18 to 55 years ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70212-8
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To study the efficacy of intravenous ketorolac, morphine, and both drugs in combination in reducing pain in acute renal colic. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial in an urban, teaching emergency department. Patients aged 18 to 55 years and with a clinical dia...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.013
更新日期:2006-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.03.011
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:Pleuritic chest pain is a common presenting complaint in the emergency department (ED) and a symptom of pulmonary embolism. Patients with pleuritic chest pain would benefit from a simple and rapid way of screening for pulmonary embolism. The aim of this study is to assess the utility of Simplify D-dimer...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.03.018
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if there is a significant prevalence of drug or alcohol use among adolescents evaluated for significant acute trauma. DESIGN:A prospective, age-matched controlled study over a 20-month period. SETTING:Urban pediatric emergency department in a Level I pediatric trauma center. PARTICIPANTS...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81253-3
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Reported are two cases of metallic constricting devices presenting to our emergency department. A 40-year-old man was unable to remove a steel ring from his engorged penile shaft after autostimulation, and a 22-year-old man riveted a metallic nut onto his right index finger proximal to his distal interphalangeal joint...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80368-5
更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Injury severity determination serves multiple purposes in trauma care systems by aiding prehospital triage, assisting clinical management, and facilitating outcome evaluation. Numerous authors have described methods for quantifying injury severity, most of which use physiologic status or anatomic injury. For prehospit...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(86)80936-2
更新日期:1986-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::To study factors that cause or prevent injuries, it can be efficient to use a case-control study design and select both cases and controls from patients seen in the ED. Bias in case ascertainment can be reduced by studying exposures that, aside from their influence on the risk of injury, are unrelated to the use of em...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(98)70289-6
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:Antithrombins are among standard treatment agents for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. We aimed to determine the association between time from emergency department (ED) presentation to treatment with an antithrombin and adverse cardiac events. METHODS:The study cohort wa...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.567
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pancreatic injury after blunt abdominal trauma can be subtle and delayed in its onset. We present a 24-year-old man who became jaundiced 16 days after he experienced blunt trauma. He was found to have an isolated pancreatic contusion. We discuss the initial evaluation for blunt pancreatic injury, the differential diag...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(96)70171-3
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A study was undertaken to assess the efficacy and safety of femoral venous catheterization for resuscitation of critically ill patients in the emergency department setting. From May 1982 to April 1983, 100 attempts were made at percutaneous insertion of a large-bore catheter into the femoral veins of patients presenti...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(84)80471-0
更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:We explore what emergency physicians with access to health information exchange have to say about it and strive to better understand the factors affecting their use of it. METHODS:A qualitative study using grounded theory principles was conducted in 4 urban emergency departments that had health informa...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.09.024
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:Urinary catheters are often placed in the emergency department (ED) and are associated with an increased safety risk for hospitalized patients. We evaluate the effect of an intervention to reduce unnecessary placement of urinary catheters in the ED. METHODS:Eighteen EDs from 1 health system underwent t...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.02.013
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Excitatory behavior, xerostomia, chest pain, severe dyspnea, tachycardia (150 beats/min), and mild hypertension (160/80 mm Hg) without ECG abnormalities were observed in a 20-year-old subject 6 hours after nasal insufflation (snorting) of a "legally" obtained white powdered substance sold as Synthacaine. A serum sampl...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.007
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:Recent data suggest that emergency airway preoxygenation with a bag-valve-mask (BVM) device (held with a tight mask seal but without squeezing the bag) is superior to a nonrebreather (NRB) mask at standard oxygen flow rates. We seek to determine whether preoxygenation with an NRB mask with flush rate ox...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.06.018
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is an X-linked inherited disease and the most common inborn error in urea synthesis in human patients. In adult heterozygous patients, OTCD can be responsible for life-threatening hyperammonemic coma. We report the case of a 32-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with s...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mem.2003.6
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In response to public pressure for greater accountability from the medical profession, a transformation is occurring in the approach to medical education and assessment of physician competency. Over the past 5 years, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has implemented the Outcomes and Gene...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0196064403013532
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The medical antishock trouser (MAST) has been advocated as potentially beneficial in the resuscitation of patients in cardiac arrest. Currently available data indicate that the MAST will increase the blood pressure generated by external cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In addition, there may be an increased survival of ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(84)80453-9
更新日期:1984-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although a number of studies have described endotracheal intubation of adult patients in the prehospital setting, there are few studies on prehospital endotracheal intubation of pediatric patients. The purposes of our study were to determine how frequently prehospital endotracheal intubation was used in pediatric card...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(89)80830-3
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several clinical studies have yielded conflicting results in examining the effectiveness of bystander CPR (BCPR). The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effectiveness of BCPR in an animal model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Ten swine were instrumented for hemodynamic and regional blood flow measur...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81561-6
更新日期:1990-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(89)80310-5
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::There are currently 20 autonomous departments of emergency medicine in United States medical schools. EDs seeking autonomous status should institute a faculty development program to channel faculty energy into worthwhile research projects; establish protected time for clinical faculty to increase research productivity...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)82395-9
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility of Pap screening and follow-up of urban emergency department patients and the prevalence of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma in this group. DESIGN:During a four-month period, Pap smears were added to pelvic examinations performed in the ED. Follow-up, including repeat Pap ...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(05)82931-2
更新日期:1992-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We followed serial plasma baclofen concentrations in a woman who ingested more than 2 g of baclofen in a suicide attempt, the largest ingestion of baclofen reported to date. The plasma clearance of baclofen was characterized by first-order elimination kinetics with a half-life of 8.6 hours. The persistent central nerv...
journal_title:Annals of emergency medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(86)80388-2
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00