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• • ·Contents

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• Original Contributions

  • ·Effect of advanced age and vital signs on admission from an ED observation unit

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    Jeffrey M. Caterino, Emily M. Hoover, Mark G. Moseley

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  • ·Prognostic values of blood ammonia and partial pressure of ammonia on hospital arrival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests

    Página :8-15

    Chih-Hao Lin, Chih-Hsien Chi, Shyu-Yu Wu, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Ying-Hsin Chang, Yao-Yi Huang, Chih-Jan Chang, Ming-Yuan Hong, Tsung-Yu Chan, Hsin-I Shih

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  • ·The most frequent ED patients carry insurance and a significant burden of disease

    Página :16-19

    Joseph B. Miller, Emily Brauer, Hima Rao, Kevin Wickenheiser, Sharmistha Dev, Ronald Omino, Stephanie Stokes-Buzzelli

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  • ·A randomized, controlled trial to evaluate topical anesthetic for 15 minutes before venipuncture in pediatrics

    Página :20-25

    Scott M. Brenner, Valerie Rupp, Jenny Boucher, Kevin Weaver, Stephen W. Dusza, Joanna Bokovoy

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  • ·Tramadol-induced apnea

    Página :26-31

    Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam, Hoorvash Farajidana, Saeedeh Sarjami, Hamid Owliaey

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  • ·Optimal external laryngeal manipulation: modified bimanual laryngoscopy

    Página :32-36

    Jinyoung Hwang, Sanghyon Park, Jin Huh, Jinhee Kim, Kyuseok Kim, Ahyoung Oh, Sunghee Han

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  • ·Minor head injury in the elderly at very low risk: a retrospective study of 6 years in an Emergency Department (ED)

    Página :37-41

    Alessandro Riccardi, Flavio Frumento, Grazia Guiddo, Maria Beatrice Spinola, Luca Corti, Pierangela Minuto, Roberto Lerza

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  • ·Anterior-posterior compression pelvic fracture increases the probability of requirement of bilateral embolization

    Página :42-49

    Chih-Yuan Fu, Chi-Hsun Hsieh, Shih-Chi Wu, Ray-Jade Chen, Yu-Chun Wang, Chun-Han Shih, Hung-Chang Huang, Jui-Chien Huang, Hsun-Chung Tsuo, Hsiu-Jung Tung

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  • ·Brain computed tomographic scan findings in acute opium overdose patients

    Página :50-53

    Farkhondeh Jamshidi, Babak Sadighi, Kamran Aghakhani, Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh, Mohammadali Emamhadi, Nasim Zamani

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  • ·Improving cardiac function with new-generation plasma volume expanders

    Página :54-63

    Surapong Chatpun, Parimala Nacharaju, Pedro Cabrales

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  • ·End-tidal carbon dioxide is associated with mortality and lactate in patients with suspected sepsis

    Página :64-71

    Christopher L. Hunter, Salvatore Silvestri, Matthew Dean, Jay L. Falk, Linda Papa

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  • ·Red cell distribution width as a prognostic marker in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

    Página :72-79

    Jae Hyuk Lee, Hea Jin Chung, Kyuseok Kim, You Hwan Jo, Joong Eui Rhee, Yu Jin Kim, Kyeong Won Kang

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  • ·Head position angles to open the upper airway differ less with the head positioned on a support

    Página :80-85

    Thomas Mitterlechner, Peter Paal, Lukas Kuehnelt-Leddhin, Alexander M. Strasak, Günther Putz, Nikolaus Gravenstein, Achim von Goedecke, Volker Wenzel

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  • ·Effects of hypothermia on brain injury assessed by magnetic resonance imaging after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model of cardiac arrest

    Página :86-93

    Zi-Ren Tang, Chun-Sheng Li, Hong Zhao, Ping Gong, Ming-Yue Zhang, Zhi-Yu Su, Shuo Wang

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  • ·Comparison of risk scoring systems in predicting clinical outcome at upper gastrointestinal bleeding patients in an emergency unit

    Página :94-99

    Daniela Dicu, Felicia Pop, Daniela Ionescu, Tiberius Dicu

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  • ·The effects of 3 different compression methods on intrathoracic pressure in a swine model of ventricular fibrillation

    Página :100-107

    Wei Yuan, Shuo Wang, Chun-Sheng Li

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  • ·Comparison of ketamine–low-dose midozolam with midazolam-fentanyl for orthopedic emergencies: a double-blind randomized trial

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    Erdem Cevik, Serkan Bilgic, Erden Kilic, Orhan Cinar, Hakan Hasman, Ayhan Yahya Acar, Murat Eroglu

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  • ·Quick diagnosis units: avoiding referrals from primary care to the ED and hospitalizations

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    Xavier Bosch, Anna Jordán, Alfonso López-Soto

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  • ·Bradykinin-mediated angioedema: factors prompting ED visits

    Página :124-129

    Nicolas Javaud, Ahmed Karami, Jérôme Stirnemann, Florence Pilot, Albanne Branellec, Marouane Boubaya, Cécile Chassaignon, Frédéric Adnet, Olivier Fain,

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  • ·Hemoperitoneum semiquantitative analysis on admission of blunt trauma patients improves the prediction of massive transfusion

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    Jonathan Charbit, Martin Mahul, Jean-Paul Roustan, Pascal Latry, Ingrid Millet, Patrice Taourel, Xavier Capdevila

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  • ·C-reactive protein as predictor of bacterial infection among patients with an influenza-like illness

    Página :137-144

    John Patrick Haran, Francesca Lynn Beaudoin, Selim Suner, Shan Lu

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  • ·Decision support system in prehospital care: a randomized controlled simulation study

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    Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Bengt Arne Sjöqvist, Lars Lundberg, Björn-Ove Suserud, Maria Henricson, Anders Jonsson

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  • ·Combination treatment with 17?-estradiol and therapeutic hypothermia for transient global cerebral ischemia in rats

    Página :154-160

    Joo Suk Oh, Sung Wook Kim, Hang Joo Cho, Yeon Young Kyong, Young Min Oh, Se Min Choi, Kyoung Ho Choi, Kyu Nam Park

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  • ·Relation of serum cortisol to delirium occurring after acute coronary syndromes

    Página :161-165

    Yucel Colkesen, Semih Giray, Yark?n Ozenli, Nurzen Sezgin, Isa Coskun

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  • ·The use of ondansetron for nausea and vomiting after head injury and its effect on return rates from the pediatric ED

    Página :166-172

    Jesse J. Sturm, Harold K. Simon, Naghma S. Khan, Daniel A. Hirsh

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  • ·Ultrasonography of jugular vein as a marker of hypovolemia in healthy volunteers

    Página :173-177

    Erden Erol Unluer, Pinar Hanife Kara

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  • ·Gender differences in emergency stroke care and hospital outcome in acute ischemic stroke: a multicenter observational study

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    Se Jin Park, Sang Do Shin, Young Sun Ro, Kyoung Jun Song, Juhwan Oh

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  • ·Prospective evaluation of the use of the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction score as a risk stratification tool for chest pain patients admitted to an ED observation unit

    Página :185-189

    Jessica Holly, Matthew Fuller, David Hamilton, Michael Mallin, Kathryn Black, Riann Robbins, Virgil Davis, Troy Madsen

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  • ·Emergency airway management in geriatric and younger patients: analysis of a multicenter prospective observational study

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    Taichi Imamura, Calvin A. Brown, Hisashi Ofuchi, Hiroshi Yamagami, Joel Branch, Yusuke Hagiwara, David F.M. Brown, Kohei Hasegawa, on behalf of the Japanese Emergency Medicine Research Alliance Investigators

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  • ·Prospective study of violence against ED workers

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    Terry Kowalenko, Donna Gates, Gordon Lee Gillespie, Paul Succop, Tammy K. Mentzel

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  • ·A community-based comparison of trauma patient outcomes between d- and l-lactate fluids

    Página :206-214

    Kazuaki Kuwabara, Akihito Hagiwara, Shinya Matsuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Koichi B. Ishikawa, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kenji Fujimori

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  • ·Proadrenomedullin, a useful tool for risk stratification in high Pneumonia Severity Index score community acquired pneumonia

    Página :215-221

    Caroline Courtais, Nils Kuster, Anne-Marie Dupuy, Margit Folschveiller, Riad Jreige, Anne-Sophie Bargnoux, Julie Guiot, Sophie Lefebvre, Jean-Paul Cristol, Mustapha Sebbane

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Estimates of sedation in patients undergoing endotracheal intubation in US EDs

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    Gregory S. Weingart, Jestin N. Carlson, Clifton W. Callaway, Robert Frank, Henry E. Wang

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  • ·Isolated sternal fractures treated on an outpatient basis

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    Vasileios K. Kouritas, Charalambos Zisis, Konstantinos Vahlas, Antonios G. Roussakis, Ion Bellenis

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  • ·Randomized trials in emergency medicine journals, 2008 to 2011

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    Christopher W. Jones, Katherine M. Hunold, Cameron G. Isaacs, Timothy F. Platts-Mills

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  • ·Use of the sonographic diameter of optic nerve sheath to estimate intracranial pressure

    Página :236-239

    Afshin Amini, Hamid Kariman, Ali Arhami Dolatabadi, Hamid Reza Hatamabadi, Hojjat Derakhshanfar, Behnam Mansouri, Saeed Safari, Razie Eqtesadi

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  • ·Estimation of central venous pressure using inferior vena caval pressure from a femoral endovascular cooling catheter

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    Byung Kook Lee, Hyoung Youn Lee, Kyung Woon Jeung, Yong Hun Jung, Geo Sung Lee

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• Correspondence

  • ·Manual vacuum aspiration in the emergency department for management of early pregnancy failure

    Página :244-247

    Mira Kinariwala, Kelly E. Quinley, Elizabeth M. Datner, Courtney A. Schreiber

     
  • ·The cause of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: hyperbaric oxygen therapy or carbon monoxide poisoning?

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    Nasim Zamani

    
  • ·Confirmation of endotracheal tube position during resuscitation by bedside ultrasonography

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    Caner Sa?lam, Erden Erol Ünlüer, Arif Karagöz

     
  • ·Molecular and cellular effects of cardiac mechanotransduction during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and postresuscitation period: another piece in the puzzle

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    Athanasios Chalkias, Elizabeth O. Johnson, Theodoros Xanthos

     
  • ·Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous placement with standard-length catheters and long catheters

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    Fu-Shan Xue, Rui-Ping Li, Yi Cheng, Xu Liao

    
  • ·The authors respond

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    Fabrizio Elia, Giovanni Ferrari, Paola Molino, Marcella Converso, Giovanna De Filippi, Alberto Milan, Franco Aprà

    
  • ·A case of childhood vasculitis presenting in adulthood

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    Narat Srivali, Patompong Ungprasert, Saeed Ahmed, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Edward F. Bischof

     
  • ·Proper performance of chest compressions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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    Jaehoon Oh, Youngsuk Cho, Hyunggoo Kang

    
  • ·The impact of a mass gathering events with an on-site medical management team on municipal 911 emergency medical services

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    Michael J. Heiby, William Barnhardt, Thomas Berry, Melanie Welcher, William J. Brady

    
  • ·Can cardiopulmonary resuscitation using only abdominal compressions provide greater oxygenation and perfusion of vital organs than only chest compressions?

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    Eric M. Rottenberg

    
  • ·Artificial neural networks in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: should imaging be a part of it?

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    Jyotindu Debnath, Samar Chatterjee, Vivek Sharma

    
  • ·What is the problem? Imaging or something else

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    Mesut Tez

    

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

  • ·Secondary chordae rupture due to low-tension electricity trauma

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    Hakan Akilli, Alpay Aribas, Nazire Belgin Akilli, Mehmet Kayrak, Hasan Gok

     
  • ·X-ray–negative posterior sternoclavicular dislocation after minor trauma

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    Mary Jacob, Jonathan Snashall, Annette Dorfman, Robert Shesser

     
  • ·Susceptibility-weighted imaging in patient with consciousness disturbance after traffic accident

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    Ling-Chun Huang, Meng-Ni Wu, Chun-Hung Chen, Poyin Huang

     
  • ·Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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    Gokhan Celbek, Behic Volkan Boz, Sabri Onur Caglar, Leyla Yilmaz Aydin, Hayati Kandis, Ayhan Saritas

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  • ·Traumatic mediastinal hematoma: a potentially fatal condition that may be overlooked by traditional Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

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    Li-wen Hsu, Chee-Fah Chong, Tzong-Luen Wang, Bor-hen Wu

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  • ·Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a hidden enemy of the hypovolemic patient?

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    George Gemenetzis, Stavros Gourgiotis, Paraskevi Aravosita, Christina Mystakelli, Stavros Aloizos

     
  • ·Empty toe: a unique type of closed degloving injury with dismal outcome

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    Chen-Ling Tang, Su-Shin Lee, Tsung-Ying Lin, Yen-Ko Lin, Yung-Sung Yeh, Hsing-Lin Lin, Wei-Che Lee, Chao-Wen Chen

     
  • ·Algid malaria treated with early goal-directed therapy

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    David F. Gaieski, Jason D. Goldman, David L. Holtzman, William H. Shoff, Suzanne M. Shepherd, Nehal Mehta, Munish Goyal

     
  • ·Cardiac arrest with refractory ventricular fibrillation: a successful resuscitation using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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    Chun-Chieh Chiu, Chun-wen Chiu, Ying-Cheng Chen, Fu-Yuan Siao

    
  • ·Methylene blue for the treatment of refractory anaphylaxis without hypotension

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    Cindy S. Bauer, Peter Vadas, Kevin J. Kelly

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  • ·Irreducible dislocation of the fourth metatarsophalangeal joint—a case report

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    Hwee Weng Hey, Guohao Chang, Choon Chiet Hong, Win Sen Kuan

     
  • ·Purple urine bag: think of urinary tract infection

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    Zulkhairi Mohamad, Vui Heng Chong

     
  • ·Therapeutic hypothermia complicated by spontaneous brain stem hemorrhage

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    Hang Joo Cho, Yeon Young Kyong, Young Min Oh, Se Min Choi, Kyoung Ho Choi, Joo Suk Oh

     
  • ·A case of reactive arthritis: a great masquerader

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    Christine M. Ngaruiya, Ian B.K. Martin

    
  • ·Identification of peritonsillar abscess by transcutaneous cervical ultrasound

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    Matthew Rehrer, Daniel Mantuani, Arun Nagdev

     
  • ·Pulseless electrical activity after myocardial infarction: not always a left ventricular free wall rupture

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    Didier Bresson, Nicolas Girerd, Anissa Bouali, Jean Turc, Eric Bonnefoy

     
  • ·Two patients presenting with lower extremity paralysis and abnormal electrocardiogram

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    Michael D. Morgan, Adam Ligler, Michael D. Boswell, Laszlo Littmann

     
  • ·Lemierre's syndrome presenting to the ED: rapidly fatal sepsis caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus protein A type t044

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    Georgia Pitsiou, Melina Kachrimanidou, Anna Papa, Ioannis Kioumis, Asimina Paspala,, Afroditi Boutou, Stamatina Vlachou, Eleni Tsorlini, Paraskevi Argyropoulou-Pataka

     
  • ·Aortic dissection presenting as gait disturbance: a case report

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    Michael Estreicher, Joseph Portale, Bernard Lopez

     
  • ·A patient with demyelination, laminar cortical necrosis, and rhabdomyolysis associated with hypernatremia

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    Youichi Yanagawa, Takayuki Jo, Tomoyuki Yoshihara, Hiroshi Kato

     
  • ·Disulfiram ethanol reaction mimicking anaphylactic, cardiogenic, and septic shock

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    Simon Bourcier, Nicolas Mongardon, Fabrice Daviaud, Laurence Moachon, Marc-Antoine Arnould, Franck Perruche, Frédéric Pène, Alain Cariou

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  • ·Is it Acute Coronary Syndrome or Churg-Strauss Syndrome?

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    Patompong Ungprasert, Narat Srivali, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Charles S. Schaeffer

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  • ·Loeffler's endomyocarditis: from cardiac arrest to complete recovery

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    Marcin Sadowski, Marcin Pasiarski, Agnieszka Janion-Sadowska

     
  • ·Intracranial hemorrhage with electrocardiographic abnormalities and troponin elevation

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    Murat Saritemur, Ayhan Akoz, Kamuran Kalkan, Mucahit Emet

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  • ·Endometriosis presenting with hemorrhagic ascites, severe anemia, and shock

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    Trent L. Morgan, Eric B. Tomich, Jason D. Heiner

     
  • ·An unusual cause of headache and hypertension

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    Hsiang-Ju Hsiao, Ju-Li Lin, Chang-Teng Wu, Jainn-Jim Lin, Shao-Hsuan Hsia

    
  • ·An unusual cause of postcolonoscopy abdominal pain

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    Michael D. April, Joshua R. Simmons, Adam S. Nielson

     
  • ·Therapeutic use of omega-3 fatty acids in severe head trauma

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    Michael Lewis, Parviz Ghassemi, Joseph Hibbeln

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  • ·Do energy drinks cause epileptic seizure and ischemic stroke?

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    Suber Dikici, Ayhan Saritas, Fahri Halit Besir, Ahmet Hakan Tasci, Hayati Kandis

     
  • ·A 10-month-old with Lemierre syndrome complicated by purulent pericarditis

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    Rachel W. Root, Tyler W. Barrett, Thomas J. Abramo

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