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• • ·Masthead

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Contents

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• Original Contributions

  • ·The impact of an ED-only full-capacity protocol

    Página :1329-1335

    Taketo Watase, Rongwei Fu, Denise Foster, Denise Langley, Daniel A. Handel

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  • ·Small-volume resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock with polymerized human serum albumin

    Página :1336-1346

    Catalina Messmer, Ozlem Yalcin, Andre F. Palmer, Pedro Cabrales

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  • ·The effect of bedside ultrasound on diagnosis and management of soft tissue infections in a pediatric ED

    Página :1347-1351

    Katrina Iverson, Demetris Haritos, Ronald Thomas, Nirupama Kannikeswaran

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·Propofol for sedation can shorten the duration of ED stay in joint reductions

    Página :1352-1356

    Yi-Kung Lee, Chien-Chih Chen, Hsin-Yi Lin, Chen-Yang Hsu, Yung-Cheng Su

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·Optic nerve ultrasound for the detection of elevated intracranial pressure in the hypertensive patient

    Página :1357-1363

    Pedro J. Roque, Teresa S. Wu, Laura Barth, Dave Drachman, Kai-Ning Khor, Frank LoVecchio, Stephan Stapczynski

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  • ·Emergency department visits: we are not prepared

    Página :1364-1370

    Charles P. Davis

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  • ·Prospective correlation of arterial vs venous blood gas measurements in trauma patients

    Página :1371-1377

    Scott E. Rudkin, Christopher A. Kahn, Jennifer A. Oman, Matthew O. Dolich, Shahram Lotfipour, Stephanie Lush, Marla Gain, Charmaine Firme, Craig L. Anderson, Mark I. Langdorf

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  • ·Heart-type fatty acid binding protein and the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome in the ED

    Página :1378-1384

    Yonathan Freund, Camille Chenevier-Gobeaux, François Leumani, Yann-Erick Claessens, Jean-Christophe Allo, Benoit Doumenc, Claudine Cosson, Pascale Bonnet, Bruno Riou, Patrick Ray

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·A simple method of maintaining chilled saline in the prehospital setting

    Página :1385-1388

    Derek L. Isenberg, Michael J. Pasirstein

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  • ·Continuous chest compressions improve survival and neurologic outcome in a swine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation

    Página :1389-1394

    Theodoros Xanthos, Theodoros Karatzas, Konstantinos Stroumpoulis, Pavlos Lelovas, Panagiotis Simitsis, Ioannis Vlachos, Grigorios Kouraklis, Evangelia Kouskouni, Ismene Dontas

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·Blood ammonia is a predictive biomarker of neurologic outcome in cardiac arrest patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia

    Página :1395-1401

    Young Mo Cho, Yong Su Lim, Hyuk Jun Yang, Won Bin Park, Jin Seong Cho, Jin Joo Kim, Sung Youl Hyun, Mi Jin Lee, Young Joon Kang, Gun Lee

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema
  • ·Prospective evaluation of an ED observation unit protocol for trauma activation patients

    Página :1402-1406

    Jessica Holly, Joseph Bledsoe, Kathryn Black, Riann Robbins, Virgil Davis, Philip Bossart, Erik Barton, Troy Madsen

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  • ·Small-bore catheter versus chest tube drainage for pneumothorax

    Página :1407-1413

    Damien Contou, Keyvan Razazi, Sandrine Katsahian, Bernard Maitre, Armand Mekontso-Dessap, Christian Brun-Buisson, Arnaud W. Thille

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  • ·Role of inferior vena cava diameter in assessment of volume status: a meta-analysis

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    Agarwal Dipti, Zachary Soucy, Alok Surana, Subhash Chandra

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  • ·Cerebrospinal fluid biochemistry reflects effects of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest in a porcine model

    Página :1420-1428

    Rong Hua, Chunsheng Li, Ping Gong, Ziren Tang, Xue Mei, Hong Zhao

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·Emergent cricothyroidotomies for trauma: training considerations

    Página :1429-1432

    David R. King, Michael P. Ogilvie, George Velmahos, Hasan B. Alam, Marc A. deMoya, Susan R. Wilcox, Ali Y. Mejaddam, Gwendolyn M. Van Der Wilden, Oscar A. Birkhan, Karim Fikry

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  • ·A before- and after-intervention trial for reducing unexpected events during the intrahospital transport of emergency patients

    Página :1433-1440

    Hee Kang Choi, Sang Do Shin, Young Sun Ro, Do Kyun Kim, Sun Hwa Shin, Young Ho Kwak

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  • ·Hospital-level variation in the percentage of admissions originating in the emergency department

    Página :1441-1446

    James Studnicki, Elena A. Platonova, John W. Fisher

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  • ·Impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on outcome of bacteremic adults visiting the ED

    Página :1447-1456

    Ching-Chi Lee, Chung-Hsun Lee, Ming-Che Chuang, Ming-Yuan Hong, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Wen-Chien Ko

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  • ·Age variability in pediatric injuries from falls

    Página :1457-1460

    Purnima Unni, Matthew Ryan Locklair, Stephen E. Morrow, Cristina Estrada

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  • ·Circadian variation of acute myocardial infarction in young people

    Página :1461-1465

    Chia-Meng Chan, Wei-Lung Chen, Hung-Yi Kuo, Chien-Cheng Huang, Ying-Sheng Shen, Cheuk-Sing Choy, Jiann-Hwa Chen

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·Is inadequate human immunodeficiency virus care associated with increased ED and hospital utilization? A prospective study in human immunodeficiency virus–positive ED patients

    Página :1466-1473

    T. Rinda Soong, Julianna J. Jung, Gabor D. Kelen, Richard E. Rothman, Avanthi Burah, Judy B. Shahan, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh

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  • ·ED crowding and the use of nontraditional beds

    Página :1474-1480

    Candace McNaughton, Wesley H. Self, Ian D. Jones, Patrick G. Arbogast, Ning Chen, Robert S. Dittus, Stephan Russ

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  • ·Electrocardiographic manifestations of tramadol toxicity with special reference to their ability for prediction of seizures

    Página :1481-1485

    Mohammadali Emamhadi, Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh, Masoumeh Nikniya, Nasim Zamani, Richard C. Dart

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  • ·Comparing the efficacy of intravenous tenoxicam, lornoxicam, and dexketoprofen trometamol for the treatment of renal colic

    Página :1486-1490

    Erdem Cevik, Orhan Cinar, Necati Salman, Aytekin Bayir, Ibrahim Arziman, Sukru Ardic, Scott Travis Youngquist

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  • ·Development and validation of the excess mortality ratio–based Emergency Severity Index

    Página :1491-1500

    Ki Jeong Hong, Sang Do Shin, Young Sun Ro, Kyoung Jun Song, Adam J. Singer

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  • ·Gastrostomy tube replacement in a pediatric ED: frequency of complications and impact of confirmatory imaging

    Página :1501-1506

    Cory D. Showalter, Benjamin Kerrey, Stephanie Spellman-Kennebeck, Nathan Timm

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  • ·Neurologic complaints in young children in the ED: when is cranial computed tomography helpful?

    Página :1507-1514

    Tarannum M. Lateef, Rebecca Kriss, Karen Carpenter, Karin B. Nelson

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  • ·Inequalities in the early treatment of women and men with acute chest pain?

    Página :1515-1521

    Annica Ravn-Fischer, Thomas Karlsson, Marco Santos, Bo Bergman, Johan Herlitz, Per Johanson

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  • ·The validity of 9 physical tests for full-thickness rotator cuff tears after primary anterior shoulder dislocation in ED patients

    Página :1522-1529

    Chi Kit Yuen, Ka Leung Mok, Pui Gay Kan

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  • ·National representation in the emergency medicine literature: a bibliometric analysis of highly cited journals

    Página :1530-1534

    Qiang Li, Yuan Jiang, Mao Zhang

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  • ·Potential synergy between advanced primary stroke centers and level I or II trauma centers in the United States

    Página :1535-1539

    Asif A. Khan, Saqib A. Chaudhry, Ameer E. Hassan, Gustavo J. Rodriguez, M. Fareed K. Suri, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, Adnan I. Qureshi

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  • ·The difference in myocardial injuries and mitochondrial damages between asphyxial and ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrests

    Página :1540-1548

    Min-Shan Tsai, Chien-Hua Huang, Shang-Ho Tsai, Chia-Ying Tsai, Huei-Wen Chen, Hsaio-Ju Cheng, Chiung-Yuan Hsu, Tzung-Dau Wang, Wei-Tien Chang, Wen-Jone Chen

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·Epinephrine, vasopressin, and nitroglycerin improve neurologic outcome in porcine asphyxial cardiac arrest

    Página :1549-1554

    Giolanda Varvarousi, Sotirios Goulas, Georgios Agrogiannis, Nikolaos Valsamakis, Dimitrios Iliopoulos, Despina Perrea, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Lila Papadimitriou, Theodoros Xanthos

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  • ·The influence of physician seniority on disparities of admit/discharge decision making for ED patients

    Página :1555-1560

    Kuan-Han Wu, I-Chuan Chen, Chao-Jui Li, Wen-Cheng Li, Wen-Huei Lee

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·ED identification of patients with severe sepsis/septic shock decreases mortality in a community hospital

    Página :1561-1566

    Aveh Bastani, Stephen Galens, Albert Rocchini, Rosemarie Walch, Blerina Shaqiri, Kristen Palomba, Anne Marie Milewski, Angela Falzarano, Denise Loch, William Anderson

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• Editorial

  • ·Assessing prognosis of sepsis in the ED: do we have a magic ball?

    Página :1567-1568

    Ilse M. Espina, Joseph Varon

    

• Brief Reports

  • ·Bedside ultrasound performed by novices for the detection of abscess in ED patients with soft tissue infections

    Página :1569-1573

    Tony Berger, Francisco Garrido, Jeffrey Green, Penelope Chun Lema, Jay Gupta

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  • ·Should creatine kinase-MB index be eliminated in patients with indeterminate troponins in the ED?

    Página :1574-1576

    Kathryn A. Volz, Gary L. Horowitz, Daniel C. McGillicuddy, Shamai A. Grossman, Leon D. Sanchez

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  • ·M-mode ultrasound for the detection of pneumothorax during helicopter transport

    Página :1577-1580

    Matthew Lyon, Stephen A. Shiver, Perry Walton

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  • ·Prevalence of validated risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation—can we identify high-risk ED patients?

    Página :1581-1587

    Tyler W. Barrett, Stephanie A. Couch, Cathy A. Jenkins, Alan B. Storrow

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  • ·Empiric treatment of sexually transmitted infections in a pediatric Emergency Department: are we making the right decisions?

    Página :1588-1590

    Amy E. Pattishall, Shahnaz Y. Rahman, Shabnam Jain, Harold K. Simon

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  • ·An example of extreme cardiology: chest pain on the high seas and helicoptered medical evacuations : The French Navy experience

    Página :1591-1596

    Ulric Vinsonneau, Christiane Cavel, Christophe Bombert, Laurent Lely, Nicolas Paleiron, Claude Vergez-Larrouget, Jean-Christophe Cornily, Philippe Castellant, Martine Gilard, Paule Paule, Jean-Ariel Bronstein

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·Prospective study of computed tomography in patients with suspected acute appendicitis and low Alvarado score

    Página :1597-1601

    Shang-Yu Wang, Jen-Feng Fang, Chien-Hung Liao, I-Ming Kuo, Chun-Hsiang Ou Yang, Chun-Nan Yeh, Yu-Pao Hsu, Yon-Choeng Wong, Te-Fa Chiu, Shang-Ju Yang

    Resumen Resumen Esquema Esquema  
  • ·EZ-IO in the ED: an observational, prospective study comparing flow rates with proximal and distal tibia intraosseous access in adults

    Página :1602-1606

    Boon Kiat Kenneth Tan, Stephanie Chong, Zhi Xiong Koh, Marcus Eng Hock Ong

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  • ·Unnecessary surgery for acute abdomen secondary to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use

    Página :1607-1612

    Laura C.G. de Graaff, Martijn van Essen, Eleonora M. Schipper, Henk Boom, Erik J.J. Duschek

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  • ·Prospective evaluation of the treatment of pain in the ED using computerized physician order entry

    Página :1613-1616

    Jay F. Blankenship, LeGrand Rogers, Jessica White, Adrienne Carey, David Fosnocht, Christy Hopkins, Troy Madsen

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  • ·Bedside ultrasound evaluation of tendon injuries

    Página :1617-1621

    Teresa S. Wu, Pedro J. Roque, Jared Green, Dave Drachman, Kai-Ning Khor, Marcy Rosenberg, Claire Simpson

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  • ·Acute aortic dissection in the ED: risk factors and predictors for missed diagnosis

    Página :1622-1626

    Muiteng Chua, Irwani Ibrahim, Xinyi Neo, Vitaly Sorokin, Liang Shen, Shirley B.S. Ooi

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  • ·Accuracy of emergency physicians using ultrasound measurement of crown-rump length to estimate gestational age in pregnant females

    Página :1627-1629

    Caitlin Bailey, Jennifer Carnell, Farnaz Vahidnia, Sachita Shah, Michael Stone, Mickeye Adams, Arun Nagdev

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• Reviews

  • ·Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest: the importance of uninterrupted chest compressions in cardiac arrest resuscitation

    Página :1630-1638

    Lee M. Cunningham, Amal Mattu, Robert E. O'Connor, William J. Brady

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  • ·Cardiac troponin: a critical review of the case for point-of-care testing in the ED

    Página :1639-1649

    Roland Bingisser, Charles Cairns, Michael Christ, Pierre Hausfater, Bertil Lindahl, Johannes Mair, Mauro Panteghini, Christopher Price, Per Venge

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• Correspondence

  • ·A new technique for evaluating jugular venous distension in congestive heart failure using ultrasound

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    Michael D. Zwank, Catherine G. Carlson, Christopher P. Anderson

     
  • ·Comparison of pulse carbon monoxide oximetry with laboratory carbon monoxide oximetry regarding the time to diagnosis and treatment of patients with carbon monoxide poisoning: is it a reasonable and necessary comparison?

    Página :1652-1653

    Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh

    
  • ·Comparison of pulse CO-oximetry and laboratory CO-oximetry with regard to time to diagnosis and treatment of carbon monoxide–poisoned patients

    Página :1653

    Neil B. Hampson

    

• American Journal of Emergency Medicine Electronic-Extra Pages (Full text articles available online at www.ajemjournal.com)

  • ·Ultrasound assessment of optic disc edema in patients with headache

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    Siri Daulaire, Lauren Fine, Margaret Salmon, Catherine Cummings, Otto Liebmann, Sachita Shah, Nathan Teismann

     
  • ·Treating baclofen overdose by hemodialysis

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    Ming-Ju Hsieh, Shyr-Chyr Chen, Te-I Weng, Cheng-Chung Fang, Tun-Jun Tsai

     
  • ·Laryngopyocoele: an unusual cause of a sore throat

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    Siu Fai Li, Bianca Siegel, Idaly Hidalgo, Danielle Weinman, Donald Yoo, David Gitler

     
  • ·Buprenorphine/naloxone inhibition of remifentanil procedural sedation

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    Thomas Gilmore, Al Saccheti, Teena Cortese

    
  • ·Impending cardiac tamponade caused by salt supplement in a hyponatremic patient with chronic kidney disease

    Página :1656.e1

    Hui-Teng Cheng, Yen-Ting Lai, Kuei-Chin Tsai

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  • ·Recurrent vasodilator-refractory acute coronary syndrome as the exclusive manifestation of Graves disease

    Página :1656.e5

    Chi-Pin Lee, Wen-Lieng Lee, Hui-Chin Lai, Chih-Tai Ting, Kuo-Yang Wang, Tsun-Jui Liu

     
  • ·Masked subdural empyema secondary to frontal sinusitis

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    Mustafa Calik, Akin Iscan, Mahmut Abuhandan, Ilhan Yetkin, Ferhat Bozku?, M. Fuat Torun

     
  • ·ST elevation in inferior derivation, coronary ectasia, and slow coronary flow following ceftriaxone use

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    T. Fikret ?lgenli, Ayça Aç?kal?n, Serdar Türkmen, Ahmet Avc?, Onur Akp?nar

     
  • ·Acute right and left heart failure caused by an intrathoracic stomach

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    Guillaume Buss, Pascal J.R. Mosimann, Paul-André Moix, Olivier Hugli

     
  • ·Lemierre's syndrome and rapidly deteriorating respiratory failure in the emergency department

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    Annette Dorfman, Hamid Shokoohi, M. Reza Taheri

     
  • ·Air in the heart: what should one do?

    Página :1659.e1

    Arjun Dutt Law, Ajay Gulati, Ashish Bhalla

     
  • ·Caution of overdependence on formulas while treating hyponatremia

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    Gagangeet Sandhu, Eduardo Zouain, Germaine Chan

     
  • ·Treatment for ST-elevation myocardial infarction—bronchoscopy!

    Página :1660.e1

    Ajay K. Sharma, E. Kevin Heist, Margaret Ferrell

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  • ·Aortic intramural hematoma with rupture and concomitant acute myocardial infarction: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas

    Página :1660.e5

    Mamatha Punjee Raja Rao, Prashanth Panduranga, Mohammed Al-Mukhaini, Lakshmi Ratnam, Mahmood Al-Jufaili

     
  • ·Hyperacute rejection from a donor who died of carbamate intoxication—a case report

    Página :1661.e1

    Yi-Hsin Chan, Kuo-Ping Liew, Charles Chien-Feng Sun, Chuen Hsueh, Bing-Chin Li, Feng-Chun Tsai, Ja-Liang Lin, Pao-Hsien Chu

     
  • ·Surviving a crisis of HIV-associated immune reconstitution syndrome

    Página :1661.e5

    Yu-Tzu Tsao, Shih-Wei Lee, Jin-Chyr Hsu, Feng-Ming Ho, Wei-Jie Wang

     
  • ·Pulmonary cavitation in a patient presenting with nonspecific complaints

    Página :1662.e1

    Anna Sarah Messmer, Katharina M. Kubera, Paul J. Buser, Michael Tamm, Simone Muenst, Christian H. Nickel, Roland Bingisser

     
  • ·A novel approach to confirming nasogastric tube placement in the ED

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    Linda Nguyen, Resa E. Lewiss, Jonathan Drew, Turandot Saul

     
  • ·Heart blockage in a patient with cavitary lung lesions

    Página :1663.e1

    Ching-Hsiang Lin, Shih-Hung Tsai, Hsiang-Cheng Chen, Sy-Jou Chen

     
  • ·An unusual presentation of bee sting: subarachnoid hemorrhagia

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    Suber Dikici, Leyla Yilmaz Aydin, Ayhan Saritas, Ozlem Kudas, Hayati Kandis

     
  • ·Icatibant: a novel approach to the treatment of angioedema related to the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

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    Mauro Gallitelli, Michele Alzetta

     
  • ·Spontaneous tension pneumothorax and CO₂ narcosis in a near fatal episode of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

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    Walter Spindelboeck, Adrian Moser

     
  • ·Usefulness of chest ultrasonography in detecting pulmonary embolism in patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic renal failure: a case report

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    Maurizio Zanobetti, Sofia Bigiarini, Alessandro Coppa, Alberto Conti, Francesca Innocenti, Riccardo Pini

     
  • ·Severe hypercalcemia in nonobstructive pyelonephritis with acute renal failure: hit or miss?

    Página :1665.e5

    Yu-Tzu Tsao, Shih-Wei Lee, Jin-Chyr Hsu, Feng-Ming Ho, Wei-Jie Wang