Sommario

• • ·Informed consent and general surgeons' attitudes toward the use of pain medication in the acute abdomen

    Pagina :113-116

    Mark A Graber, John W Ely, Sarah Clarke, Sheldon Kurtz, Robert Weir

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• • ·Ultrasound for the detection of intraperitoneal fluid: The role of Trendelenburg positioning

    Pagina :117-120

    Barbara J Abrams, Paniti Sukumvanich, Roger Seibel, Ronald Moscati, Dietrich Jehle

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• • ·Low- versus high-pressure irrigation techniques in Staphylococcus aureus-inoculated wounds

    Pagina :121-124

    David Pronchik, Chandler Barber, Stephen Rittenhouse

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• • ·Cervical spine injury in low-impact blunt trauma

    Pagina :125-129

    Raymond J Roberge, John R Samuels

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• • ·Helicopter transport of patients to tertiary care centers after cardiac arrest

    Pagina :130-134

    Howard A Werman, Robert A Falcone, Steven Shaner, Holly Herron, Rita Johnson, Patti Lacey, Susan Childress, Gwen Kampman

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• • ·Cervical collar-induced changes in intracranial pressure

    Pagina :135-137

    James C Kolb, Richard L Summers, Robert L Galli

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• • ·Toxicology training of paramedic students in the United States

    Pagina :138-140

    Colleen O Davis, Daniel J Cobaugh, Neil F Leahey, Paul M Wax

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• • ·Complications of emergency intubation with and without paralysis

    Pagina :141-143

    James Li, Heather Murphy-Lavoie, Chris Bugas, Jorge Martinez, Charles Preston

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• • ·Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma: Are ED visits a missed opportunity for prevention?

    Pagina :144-147

    Anita K Singh, Prescott G Woodruff, Ray H Ritz, Diane Mitchell, Carlos A Camargo

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• • ·Prehospital triage and communication performance in small mass casualty incidents: A gauge for disaster preparedness

    Pagina :148-150

    Gary A Johnson, Anne Calkins

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• • ·Patient ED turnaround times: A comparative review

    Pagina :151-153

    Anthony C Southall, Victoria V Harris

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• • ·Outcomes of anticoagulated trauma patients

    Pagina :154-156

    Peter C Ferrera, Joel M Bartfield

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• • ·Pediatric scalp laceration repair complicated by skin staple migration

    Pagina :157-159

    John T Kanegaye, R.Ian McCaslin

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• • ·Transient peroneal nerve palsies from injuries placed in traction splints

    Pagina :160-162

    William M Mihalko, Bernard Rohrbacher, Brian McGrath

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• • ·Emergency department presentations of cerebrovascular disease in children

    Pagina :163-171

    Loren G Yamamoto, Gregory K Yim, Robert D Bart

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• • ·Asymptomatic dissection of the ascending aorta: Diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography

    Pagina :172-173

    Ijaz A Khan, Balendu C Vasavada, Terrence J Sacchi

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• • ·Small ruptured abdominal aneurysm diagnosed by emergency physician ultrasound

    Pagina :174-175

    Jeff Miller, Julie Miller

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• • ·Hypothyroidism presenting as acute cardiac tamponade with viral pericarditis

    Pagina :176-178

    Rajesh Gupta, John Munyak, Timothy Haydock, Joel Gernsheimer

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• • ·Expeditious diagnosis of primary prosthetic valve failure

    Pagina :179-181

    Lisa Chan, Timothy Duncan

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• • ·The electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with ventricular paced rhythms

    Pagina :182-185

    Mitchell H Rosner, William J Brady

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• • ·Morbidity and mortality of hospitalized patients after the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake

    Pagina :186-191

    Hiroshi Tanaka, Jun Oda, Atsushi Iwai, Yasuyuki Kuwagata, Tetsuya Matsuoka, Makoto Takaoka, Masashi Kishi, Fumio Morimoto, Kazuo Ishikawa, Yasuaki Mizushima, Yasuki Nakata, Hitoshi Yamamura, Atsushi Hiraide, Takeshi Shimazu, Toshiharu Yoshioka

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• • ·Renal abscess: Early diagnosis and treatment

    Pagina :192-197

    David Hung-Tsang Yen, Sheng-Chuan Hu, Jeffrey Tsai, Wei-Fong Kao, Chii-Hwa Chern, Lee-Min Wang, Chen-Hsen Lee

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• • ·ED overcrowding in Taiwan: Facts and strategies

    Pagina :198-202

    Fuh-Yuan Shih, Matthew Huel-Ming, Shyr-Chyr Chen, Hsio-Po Wang, Cheng-Chung Fang, Ren-Shi Shyu, Guan-Tarn Huang, Shih-Ming Wang

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• • ·Utility of colorimetric end-tidal carbon dioxide detector for monitoring during prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    Pagina :203-206

    Keiji Nakatani, Hidekazu Yukioka, Mitsugu Fujimori, Chouhei Maeda, Hiroshi Noguchi, Shin Ishihara, Ikuo Yamanaka, Choichiro Tase

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• • ·Withholding pain medication in the ED because of legal fears—Bad practice for a bad reason

    Pagina :207

    Marshall B Kapp

    
• • ·Overcrowding in the ED: An international symptom of health care system failure

    Pagina :208-209

    Louis Graff

    
• • ·Effectiveness of mechanical versus manual chest compressions in out-of-hospital cardiac resuscitation

    Pagina :210

    Katharina P Koetter, Wolfgang H Maleck

    
• • ·Diagnosing benign early repolarization

    Pagina :210

    Tsung O Cheng

    
• • ·Treatment of capsaicin (Mace?) Dermatitis

    Pagina :210-211

    Jeffrey R Suchard

    
• • ·Redundancy of portable cervical spine films in the trauma suite

    Pagina :211-212

    Edward Monico

    
• • ·Myocardial infarction diagnosis by morphology of ventricular extrasystole

    Pagina :212-213

    Vincenzo Marafioti, Gabriele Zanotto, Piero Zardini

    
• • ·Lightning strike to the head of a helmeted motorcyclist

    Pagina :213-214

    Edward P Junkins, Nanette C Kunkel, Mark D Kriskovich

    
• • ·First-line management of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

    Pagina :214-216

    David McD Taylor, Thomas F Auble, Donald M Yealy

    
• • ·Utility of myoglobin in the evaluation of chest pain in the ED

    Pagina :216-217

    Andrew Bushnell, Jannie Woo, Robert Sunheimer, John B McCabe

    
• • ·Leukemic hyperleukocytosis-induced unstable angina and congestive heart failure

    Pagina :217-219

    James McCormick, Sean O Henderson

    
• • ·Pneumococcal meningitis with normal cerebrospinal fluid in an immunocompetent adult

    Pagina :219

    Alfonso Gutiérrez-Macías, Nicanor García-Jiménez, Luis Sánchez-Muñoz, Mikel Martinez-Ortiz de Zarate

    
• • ·Treatment of the cardiovascular manifestations of phosphine poisoning with trimetazidine, a new antiischemic drug

    Pagina :219-220

    A Dueñas, J.L Pérez-Castrillon, M.A Cobos, V Herreros

    
• • ·Crotalid antivenin availability during shortage

    Pagina :220

    Sean Patrick Nordt, Anthony Manoguerra, Saralyn Williams, Richard F Clark