Upper-extremity deep-vein thrombosis: thrombolytic therapy with anistrepalase.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Postoverdose interventions that deploy peer recovery support specialists to emergency departments (EDs) are a promising response to opioid overdoses among patients presenting in EDs. The objective of this study was to elicit patients' perspectives regarding the feasibility and acceptability of such an i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wagner KD,Mittal ML,Harding RW,Smith KP,Dawkins AD,Wei X,Woodard S,Roget NA,Oman RF

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY PURPOSE:To determine the ability of clinicians to predict the results of emergency head computed tomography (CT) scans. METHODS:Clinicians requesting cranial CT scans from the emergency department prospectively filled out a form detailing their patients' complaints, possible diagnoses, and the likelihood of find...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Reinus WR,Zwemer FL Jr

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Prediction rules for pulmonary embolism use variables explicitly shown to estimate the probability of pulmonary embolism. However, clinicians often use variables that have not been similarly validated, yet are implicitly believed to modify probability of pulmonary embolism. The objective of this study i...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Courtney DM,Kline JA,Kabrhel C,Moore CL,Smithline HA,Nordenholz KE,Richman PB,Plewa MC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical and cellular changes of bone through the rapid growth phase of development after intraosseous infusion of hypertonic or isotonic solutions at slow or fast infusion rates in a pig model. METHODS:This was a prospective, randomized, partially blinded, comparative study using a porcine...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brickman KR,Rega P,Schoolfield L,Harkins K,Weisbrode SE,Reynolds G

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of acute alcohol intoxication on serum amylase and isoamylase levels, 58 clinically intoxicated patients with blood alcohol levels greater than 100 mg/dL were studied. Comparisons were made to normal control and a sober chronic alcoholic group. Admitting serum isoamylase levels were determined ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bloch RS,Weaver DW,Bouwman DL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III (ECASS III) showed that recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) administered 3 to 4.5 hours after acute ischemic stroke led to improvement in patient disability versus placebo. We evaluate the long-term incremental cost-effectiveness of rtPA admini...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Boudreau DM,Guzauskas G,Villa KF,Fagan SC,Veenstra DL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Influenza has been linked to emergency department (ED) crowding, yet few studies have examined this association. We describe the relationship between ED crowding and influenza outbreaks. METHODS:A retrospective time series analysis was conducted in Toronto from January 1996 to April 1999 (n=170 weeks)....

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Schull MJ,Mamdani MM,Fang J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The situational crisis is a period of acute disorganization of affective cognitive and behavioral function precipitated by a traumatic life experience. We review the clinical features of a situational crisis and the four phases of the crisis sequence. Special emphasis is placed on the practical principles of treatment...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rabin PL,Hussain G

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To gather preliminary data on the safety and efficacy of IV magnesium in a rat model of hydrofluoric acid burns. MODEL:Forty-seven anesthetized male rats (200 to 300 g) received a standardized burn with 52% hydrofluoric acid. INTERVENTIONS:Animals were anesthetized with 30 to 50 mg/kg ketamine IM and ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Williams JM,Hammad A,Cottington EC,Harchelroad FC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prothrombin complex concentrates are frequently used to rapidly reverse anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists associated with life-threatening bleeding. We report a patient receiving warfarin who presented to the emergency department with an international normalization ratio greater than 12.8 in cardiac tamponade...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Warren O,Simon B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Frequent emergency department (ED) users have been the targets of health care reform proposals and hospital crowding interventions, but it is not clear that common assumptions about this group are supported by data. We review the literature pertaining to frequent ED users, their demographics, acuity of ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： LaCalle E,Rabin E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paliperidone, or 9-hydroxy risperidone, is the newest atypical antipsychotic agent to be approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration. Despite being the primary active metabolite of risperidone, paliperidone differs in several ways from risperidone. The most notable difference is that paliperidone is formulate...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Levine M,Lovecchio F,Tafoya P,Graham R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of patients with diagnosed HIV infection are presenting to inner-city emergency departments. Unfortunately, there is little information available on the characteristics and emergency clinical problems of HIV-infected patients to guide physicians in patient care and strategies for resource use. Preli...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kelen GD,Johnson G,DiGiovanna TA,Loring K,Sivertson KT

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical policy focuses on critical issues concerning the management of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acetaminophen overdose. The subcommittee reviewed the medical literature relevant to the questions posed. The critical questions are: 1. What are the indications for N-acetylcysteine (...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wolf SJ,Heard K,Sloan EP,Jagoda AS,American College of Emergency Physicians.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The study was designed to determine if open peritoneal lavage is superior to closed peritoneal lavage. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Patients who were admitted to a trauma center and needed peritoneal lavage were assigned to alternate trauma teams. Team 1 performed only open lavages one month and then switch...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Troop B,Fabian T,Alsup B,Kudsk K

更新日期：1991-12-01 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

authors： Cummings P,Koepsell TD,Weiss NS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who suffer an in-hospital cardiac arrest represent a neglected and underutilized resource for resuscitation research. There exists an unwritten, but widely held, belief among resuscitation researchers that the in-hospital arrest population is unsuitable for resuscitation research because it is composed mostly...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Jastremski MS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive statistics include measures of central tendency and variability. Measures of central tendency include mean, median, and mode. The mean is the arithmetic average of data from interval or ratio scales. The median reflects the 50th percentile score. The mode is the most frequently occurring value of a data di...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gaddis GM,Gaddis ML

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have suggested that the initial emergency department (ED) lactate concentration may be an important prognostic indicator for inhospital mortality from acute drug poisoning. We conduct this cohort study to formally validate the prognostic utility of the initial lactate concentration in a...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cheung R,Hoffman RS,Vlahov D,Manini AF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breath alcohol analyzers are used to detect ethanol in motorists and others suspected of public intoxication. One concern is their ability to detect interfering substances that may falsely increase the ethanol reading. A 47-year-old-man was found in a public park, acting intoxicated. A breath analyzer test (Intoxilyze...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Caravati EM,Anderson KT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides information supporting the need for new outcome measures in emergency care. It also addresses the use of outcome measures in emergency care, the impact of emergency care, identification of at-risk groups, new approaches to measuring patient satisfaction, quality of life and cost-effectiveness, an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Cairns CB,Garrison HG,Hedges JR,Schriger DL,Valenzuela TD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-dose antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infections in which no underlying structural or neurologic lesions are present holds the promise of greater patient compliance and convenience. We present the results of a study comparing a single intramuscular dose of a long-acting, third-generation cephalosporin, ceft...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rosenberg JM,Levy RC,Cicmanec JF,Hedges JR,Burke BM

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute asthma exacerbations are common complaints in patients who present to the emergency department. A prospective, double-blinded study was designed to evaluate how frequency of dosing of an inhaled beta-agonist, metaproterenol (Alupent inhalation solution) would affect patient response, length of stay in the ED, an...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Nelson MS,Hofstadter A,Parker J,Hargis C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study seeks to examine whether the finding of an abnormal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in the emergency department (ED) was associated with acute coronary syndrome in the population of patients presenting for investigation of chest pain. METHODS:We used prospectively collected data ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Greenslade JH,Cullen L,Kalinowski L,Parsonage W,Palmer S,Aldous S,Richards M,Chu K,Brown AF,Troughton R,Pemberton C,Than M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of the charts of all critically ill patients visiting our pediatric emergency department over an 18-month period was conducted to determine age, diagnosis, time of presentation to the pediatric ED, Physiologic Stability Index (PSI) and Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) score, and eve...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kissoon N,Walia MS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous bolus adenosine was given to four pediatric patients aged 1 month to 8 years who had paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia that had not responded to conventional medical therapy. Adenosine (one to three doses) was successful in converting the arrhythmia to normal sinus rhythm in all four cases, and no si...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Reyes G,Stanton R,Galvis AG

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:There is general agreement that physical examination alone is inadequate for abdominal evaluation in the multiply injured blunt trauma patient; but controversy exists regarding the preferred method of detecting intraabdominal injuries requiring celiotomy. Both peritoneal lavage and the newer computed tomography imagin...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kearney PA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physician assistant (PA) has become an integral part of urban health care. The roles chosen are diverse and often meet the particular needs of physicians or hospitals. We have developed a unique program in emergency services that allows for training and development of PAs in two distinctly different hospital setti...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Goldfrank L,Corso T,Squillacote D

更新日期：1980-02-01 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